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Reading Comprehension

Fill in the blank with a word from the fable. Choose the correct
word.

Once upon a time, a hungry [1] (dog, cat, fox) happened on a

delicious looking bunch of [2] (grapes, apples, oranges) in the for-

est. But the bunch was set high up in the [3] (tree, vine, shrubs), and

jump as he may, the fox couldn’t reach it. Frustrated and a hundred

times hungrier, the fox [4] (whispered, mumbled, shouted) to himself,

“What the hell, those grapes are [5] (sweet, spicy, sour) anyway.”

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