English 9 · Unit 8: The environment · Cambridge Global English Stage 9

Questions

1. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   1. What two questions does the poem ask?

   • How fast is the wind, and when does it stop?
   • Why is the wind cold, and why is it strong?
   • Where does the wind come from, and where does it go?
   • Who owns the kite, and where is the hill?
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2. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   2. Why is the writer fascinated by the wind?

   • Because it is slower than he is.
   • Because it breaks his kite.
   • Because nobody knows where it comes from or where it goes.
   • Because it is cold on the hill.
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3. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   3. Which question does the writer find the answer to?

   • Where the wind comes from
   • Neither
   • Where the wind goes
   • Both
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4. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   4. How would the writer find out where the wind goes?

   • By running after the wind
   • By asking someone who knows
   • By reading a book
   • By letting go of the kite and finding where it landed
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5. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   5. 'I couldn't keep up with it, / Not if I ran.' What does this tell us about the wind?

   • It is faster than a person can run.
   • It is easy to catch.
   • It is very slow.
   • It stops when you run.
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6. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   6. What does the poem tell us about nature?

   • The wind always blows from the hill.
   • Kites control the wind.
   • Nature is easy to understand.
   • Some things in nature are a mystery that nobody can explain.
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