Read the following passage. The other girls in the school near Gates

1.	Read the following passage. The other girls in the school near Gates Avenue wore new and pretty clothes that spring. But the little girl from Gates Avenue still wore the dirty dress that she had worn all winter. Probably that was the only dress she owned. Her teacher was very unhappy. The little girl was so nice! She always worked hard in school; she was always friendly and polite. Her face was dirty and her hair was untidy, but anyone could see that she was pretty under the dirt. One day the teacher said, “Won’t you wash your face before you come to school tomorrow morning? Please do that, just for me. The next morning the child’s pretty face was clean, and her hair tidy. Before the little girl went home that afternoon, the teacher said, “Now, dear, please ask your mother to wash your dress.” But the girl continued to wear the same dirty dress, “Her mother is probably not interested in her,” the teacher thought. So she bought a bright blue dress and gave it to the little girl. The child took the gift eagerly and rushed home. Now answer the following questions: a) Why did the girl wear the dirty dress? b) “Probably that was the only dress she owned” – How can you say? c) Why was the teacher unhappy? d) Why would all the people say, “She was pretty under the dirt”?e) What kind of girl was she? f) “Please do that just for me.” – What does the word ‘that’ here mean? g) Why did the girl look pretty the next day? h) What did the teacher request the girl the next day? i) Why did the girl continue to wear the same dirty dress? j) What did the teacher do on the third day to make her look beautiful?
Answer» a) Because the girl was poor and she owned only one dress. b) 1. She was very poor. 2. She used to wear the same dress every day. c) Because though the girl was so nice her face was dirty and her hair was untidy. d) Naturally she was very pretty and beautiful but her face was dirty and her hair was untidy. So everyone would say she was pretty under the dirt. e) She was a nice girl. She always worked hard in school. She was always friendly and polite. f) ‘That’ here means washing her face before coming to school. g) Because the next morning the girl washed her face and had her hair combed. h) The next morning the teacher requested the girl to get her dress washed. i) Because she had only one dress and she would not have had another dress if she had got it washed. j) On the third day the teacher bought a new blue dress and gave it to the girl to make her look beautiful.

Read the following passage. The other girls in the school near Gates Avenue wore new and pretty clothes that spring. But the little girl from Gates Avenue still wore the dirty dress that she had worn all winter. Probably that was the only dress she owned. Her teacher was very unhappy. The little girl was so nice! She always worked hard in school; she was always friendly and polite. Her face was dirty and her hair was untidy, but anyone could see that she was pretty under the dirt. One day the teacher said, “Won’t you wash your face before you come to school tomorrow morning? Please do that, just for me. The next morning the child’s pretty face was clean, and her hair tidy. Before the little girl went home that afternoon, the teacher said, “Now, dear, please ask your mother to wash your dress.” But the girl continued to wear the same dirty dress, “Her mother is probably not interested in her,” the teacher thought. So she bought a bright blue dress and gave it to the little girl. The child took the gift eagerly and rushed home. Now answer the following questions: a) Why did the girl wear the dirty dress? b) “Probably that was the only dress she owned” – How can you say? c) Why was the teacher unhappy? d) Why would all the people say, “She was pretty under the dirt”?e) What kind of girl was she? f) “Please do that just for me.” – What does the word ‘that’ here mean? g) Why did the girl look pretty the next day? h) What did the teacher request the girl the next day? i) Why did the girl continue to wear the same dirty dress? j) What did the teacher do on the third day to make her look beautiful?

Answer»

a) Because the girl was poor and she owned only one dress.

b) 1. She was very poor.

2. She used to wear the same dress every day.

c) Because though the girl was so nice her face was dirty and her hair was untidy.

d) Naturally she was very pretty and beautiful but her face was dirty and her hair was untidy. So everyone would say she was pretty under the dirt.

e) She was a nice girl. She always worked hard in school. She was always friendly and polite.

f) ‘That’ here means washing her face before coming to school.

g) Because the next morning the girl washed her face and had her hair combed.

h) The next morning the teacher requested the girl to get her dress washed.

i) Because she had only one dress and she would not have had another dress if she had got it washed.

j) On the third day the teacher bought a new blue dress and gave it to the girl to make her look beautiful.

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