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    Thoughts and Notions

    HIGH BEGINNER READING PRACTICE


    Thoughts and Notions

    UMBRELLAS

    PRE-READING QUESTIONS
    ………………………………………..

    1. Do you an umbrella? How often do you use it?

    2. Some people say not to open an umbrella inside the house. They say it is bad luck. Do

    you believe that?

    3. What do you do when it rains and you do not have an umbrella?

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    Thoughts and Notions

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    Umbrellas

    The Umbrella is a very ordinary object. It keeps the rain and the sun off people. Most
    umbrellas fold up, so it is easy to carry them.
    However, the umbrella did not begin life as an ordinary object. It was a sign of royalty or
    importance. Some African tribes still use umbrellas in this way today. Someone carries an
    umbrella and walks behind the king or important person.
    Umbrellas are very old. The Chinese had them in the eleventh century B.C. From there,
    umbrellas traveled to India, Persia, and Egypt. In Greece and Rome, men wouldn’t use them.
    They believed umbrellas were only for women.
    When the Spanish explorers went to Mexico, they saw the Aztec kings using umbrellas.
    English explorers saw Native American princes carrying umbrellas on the east coast of North
    America. It seems that people in different parts of the world invented umbrellas at different
    times.
    England was probably the first country in Europe where ordinary people used umbrellas
    against the rain. England has a rainy climate, and umbrellas are very useful there.
    Everybody uses umbrellas today. The next time you carry one, remember that for
    centuries only great men and women used them. Perhaps you are really a king or queen, a
    princess or prince.

    object – thing
    royalty – kings, queens, and their families.
    wouldn’t – past of won’t
    princes – sons of queens and kings
    princess – daughters of queens, and kings

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    Thoughts and Notions

    A. Vocabulary

    Put the right word in the blanks. The sentences are from the text.

    wouldn’t queens princes princess


    king object climate tribes
    royalty importance fold up seems

    1. English explorers saw Native American ______________ carrying umbrellas on the


    east coast of North America.
    2. It was a sign of ______________ or importance.
    3. England has rainy ______________, and umbrellas are very useful there.
    4. The umbrella is a very ordinary ______________.
    5. In Greece and Rome, men ______________ use them.
    6. Perhaps you are really a king or queen, a ______________ or prince.
    7. Some African ______________ still use umbrellas in this way today.
    8. Most umbrellas ______________, so it is easy to carry them.
    9. It ______________ that people in different parts of the world invented umbrellas at
    different times.

    B. Vocabulary (new context)

    Put the right word in the blanks.

    prince princess objects seems


    importance fold wouldn’t climate
    queen king royalty tribe

    1. A ______________ is the daughter of a king and queen. A ______________ is the


    son of a king and queen. They are all ______________.
    2. Bill ________________ very unhappy today. What is wrong?
    3. The Yanomami had no metal. They only had ______________ made of wood and
    stone.
    4. Dan asked Maria to go to the movies with him last night, but she ______________
    go. She was too tired.
    5. The Hopi are a ______________ in Arizona.
    6. Qatar has a desert ______________, but Malaysia is in the tropics.
    7. After you write a letter, you ______________ it and put it in an envelope.

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    Thoughts and Notions

    C. Vocabulary Review

    Underline the word that does not belong.

    1. around, about, nearly, behind


    2. movie theater, art museum, gymnasium, science museum
    3. soldier, sailor, pilot, traveler
    4. jungle, navy, forest, trees
    5. game, team, win, adventure
    6. dozen, eighteen, kilo, eleven
    7. slide, receive, take, accept
    8. lead, gold, coal, silver
    9. princes, kings, queens, princess
    10. hook, button, flexible, zipper

    D. Comprehension

    Put a circle around the letter of the best answer. The asterisk (*) means you have to think of
    the answer. You cannot find it in the text.

    1. Today, people use umbrellas for ______________.


    a. the rain
    b. the sun
    c. a sign of a great person
    d. A, B, and C.

    2. A queen is a ______________ person.


    a. royal
    b. embarrassing
    c. holiday
    d. jewelry

    3. A great person walks ______________ someone with an umbrella.


    a. beside
    b. before
    c. in front of
    d. in back of

    4. India and Persia learned about umbrellas from ______________.


    a. Aztecs
    b. Egypt
    c. China
    d. Spanish explorers

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    Thoughts and Notions

    5. Most groups of people had some kind of ______________.*


    a. coal
    b. royalty
    c. ink
    d. mail

    6. Native Americans ______________.


    a. learned about umbrellas from English and Spanish explorers.
    b. invented umbrellas
    c. got umbrellas from the Chinese
    d. taught Egyptians about umbrellas

    7. English people started using umbrellas because they have ______________.


    a. royalty
    b. a rainy climate
    c. too much sun
    d. great men and women

    E. Questions

    The asterisk (*) means you have to think of the answer. You cannot find it in the text.

    1. What are the two uses of umbrella?


    2. Why is it easier to carry an umbrella that folds up?
    3. What was an umbrella a sign of in the past?
    4. Who uses umbrellas in this way today?
    5. How do we know that the Chinese had umbrellas in the eleventh century B.C.?*
    6. Why didn’t Greek men use umbrellas?
    7. What other people invented the umbrella?
    8. Why did English people like umbrellas?
    9. In what countries are umbrellas not very useful?*

    F. Main Idea

    Which is the main idea of this chapter? Choose one.

    1. For centuries only great people used umbrellas, but now ordinary people
    everywhere use them.
    2. Umbrellas are useful in the rain.
    3. The Chinese and Native Americans invented umbrellas.

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