Ⅴ.Text-Related Practice
Decide whether the following statements are True or False .
1.The writer mainly uses personification to describe the moth that is going todie .
2.The weather at the beginning of the story is the early morning of summer .
3.The writer describes the plough, the field, the share, the earth and the rooks to show the beautiful surroundings .
4.When the writer sees the moth the first time, the moth is busy fighting with the rooks in the air .
5.The writer s eyes keep turning upon the book because she is curious about the little moth s struggle .
6.The writer tries to help the moth by using her pencil and she succeeds the first time .
7.After a pause of exhaustion, the moth protested and flew into the air once again .
8.The last action of the moth is to lie uneasily on the ground and wait for death .
9.The two words“minute”and“mean”in the last few sentences are of the same meaning .
10.According to the writer, even though the moth is small, its fight with its fate is impressive and admirable .
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