How was Beauty’s life in the castle?

Many people go there on weekends to have a rest after a hard working week.

The village is between the mountain and a river.

There is a big old banyan tree to the entrance of the village.

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE

On Sunday, John invited Anna to join his family on a day trip to his own village about 60 km to the north of Hanoi. The village lies near the foot of a mountain and by a river. Many people go there on weekends to have a rest after a hard working week. The journey to the village is very interesting. People have the chance to travel between the green paddy fields and cross a small bamboo forest before they reach a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village. Ann met John’s family at his house early in the morning; and after two hours traveling by bus, they reached the big old tree. Everyone felt tired and hungry, so they sat down under the tree and had a snack

Ann’s village is sixty kilometers to the north of Hanoi.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

“The Beauty and the Beast” is a heartfelt story about true love which transforms the Beast into a prince. The fairytale starts with a young girl who lived with her father and two sisters. They lived a good life in a big house but due to some unfortunate turn of events her father lost all his money. They were forced to move into a smaller house. The two sisters kept on grieving for their former life and Beauty kept her sadness for herself and tried her best to help her family.

One day the father found out there is a slight chance he could get back a part of his fortune when one of the ships got back. The two sisters demanded all sorts of thing but Beauty just wanted a single rose. On his way home, the father got lost and wandered into the Beast’s castle. The Beast let him go under the condition of him sending one of his daughters to the castle.

Beauty’s life in the castle was pleasant. She had her room and she was served. Unhappy about his appearance, the Beast never appeared. Beauty only heard his voice. As time passed by they started to love each other. One day, the Beast let her go home to look after her sick father. While she was taking care of her father, she had a dream about Beast dying. When she came back to the palace she found the Beast ill in his bed. She didn’t want him to die and she told him she’ll marry him.

Beast disappeared all of the sudden and its place was taken by a beautiful prince. He told her all about a fairy enchanting him and how the spell could have only been broken by a girl falling in love with him. After her father got better, they threw a wedding and then they all lived happily ever after.

Why did the beauty’s family have to live in a smaller house?

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

When I (6)________ a child I used to go to see my grandmother. I thought her house was as beautiful as a palace and the garden seemed bigger than a park. When I grew (7)________ the house and garden seemed smaller but I still loved visiting the old lady. There (8)_______ so many beautiful things in the house. Sometimes, I played (9)_______ the doll's house which was older than grandmother herself. At that times, I (10) ________ books which were more interesting than my children's book at home.

It took them 2 hours to travel.