READING COMPREHENSION TEST-----Ali Baba and Forty Thieves

Ali Baba was such a poor man that he had only one shoe for his two feet. Even mice in his house were hungry.

One day his wife said, “We have no food in the house. No rice. No potatoes. Go and collect leaves in the forest so that I can make a soup.”

Ali was a lazy man. He looked for leaves for about ten minutes and then he climbed a tree to sleep. He was afraid of wolves. When he woke up he was surprised to see forty thieves on forty horses. They stopped in front of the big rock.

“Open, Sesame!” shouted the leader. A door in the rock opened. The thieves carried sacks full of gold into the cave. When they had finished, the leader shouted, “Close, Sesame!” and the door closed. As soon as the thieves had disappeared, Ali Baba jumped down from the tree and said, “Open, Sesame” and went into the cave.

There were shelves all around the walls. The shelves were full of sacks. The sacks were full of gold. Ali took a sack home with him.

One of the thieves saw Ali’s footprints on the sand. He followed them to Ali’s home. He took out his knife and made a cross on the door.

“Now I shall know which house it is”, he said. He rode off to get the other thieves. But Ali had seen the thief.

He and his wife took the brooms and swept away the footprints. Then he made crosses on every door in the street. When the forty thieves arrived they had their knives between their teeth. But they never found Ali – or the gold. And Ali and his wife lived happily ever after.

Task I

Read the text and put “True” if the sentence is right and “False“if one is incorrect.

1.Ali Baba was a poor man.

2.When he woke up he saw forty wives on forty horses.

3.“Open, Sesame!” thought the leader.

4.The thieves carried sacks full of silver into the cave.

5.There were shelves all around the walls.

6.One of the thieves saw Ali’s footprints on the sand.

Task II

Choose the correct answer

1.What kind of man was Ali Baba?

2.Why did Ali’s wife tell him to go and collect leaves?

3.What did the leader of the thieves shout to open the cave?

4.What were there on the shelves in the cave?

5.What did Ali take home?

6.Why did the thief follow Ali’s footprints?