English 9 · Unit 9: Achievements and ambitions · Cambridge Global English Stage 9

Questions

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

   1. What surprises Naima?

   • The woman is her aunt.
   • The rickshaw is painted blue.
   • The owner of the rickshaw repair shop is a woman, in a village like her own.
   • The shop is closed.
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2. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   2. What is 'the shining rectangle of unpainted tin'?

   • A piece of metal that the woman is going to paint
   • A window
   • A rickshaw wheel
   • A mirror
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3. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   3. What is the woman doing?

   • Painting a design on the tin
   • Teaching Naima
   • Repairing a wheel
   • Selling a saree
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4. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   4. Why is the woman annoyed?

   • Naima broke her brush.
   • Nobody wants her work.
   • She has run out of paint.
   • She has only one day to finish her first order and keeps being interrupted.
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5. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   5. What do Naima's words 'I could help you. I paint the best alpanas in my village' show?

   • She is confident and brave.
   • She is shy and afraid.
   • She is rude.
   • She is lazy.
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6. 📖 This question is about a text that students read in the app.

   6. What does the extract tell us about achieving our dreams?

   • Dreams come without work.
   • Take your chances and offer your talents, even when it's difficult.
   • Wait for someone to ask you.
   • Never talk to strangers.
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