Task 3:
Where angels fear to tread
This task is about reading to find information and make inferences.
Read ‘Where angels fear to tread‘, then answer the following questions.
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How old is Ngorongoro Crater?
Two Million years old ________________________________________________________________________
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What word does the writer use in the middle of the story to indicate that he wasn’t scared of buffalo?
Only is the word because say it’s “only a buffalo” means you do not know the dangers of the animal ____________________
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| c) | What would have been a useful item to take on the walk to the lodge? |
| A flashlight would be an excellent choice because it was a dark night and only little amounts of light and those lights were way off in the distance. Even the moon ans stars were gone because they were behind clouds.
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| d) | Explain how the saying in the final line, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread”, goes with the story. |
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“Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” refers to a person who behaves impulsively; they don’t think before reacting. The saying goes with the story because a group of people, Halina and the speaker travel to Africa before knowing very little about it e.g. dangers, animals, people. ________________________________________________________________________ “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread” refers to the author and his limited knowledge ________________________________________________________________________ because if he had taking the wrong step and upset the buffalo as it says in Paragraph 5 ________________________________________________________________________ he would be rammed over by the buffalo or trampled and killed. Thankfully he treated the ________________________________________________________________________ animal like a New Zealand sheep which was just to wave it away. ________________________________________________________________________ |
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What two lessons could be gained from this story?
i. Never cross a buffalo in the night Ii. Always learn about the place before you go there |
