Embrace yourself

1. Read the text carefully!

2. Monita : Pipit, look at these models! They are so beautiful.

Pipit : You’re right. They’re white and tall. They have no

laws at all.

Monita : They are just perfect.

Pipit : I wish I looked like them.

Monita : So do I.

Pipit : They put on makeup.

Monita : Yes. That’s what makes them beautiful.

1. Why do Monita and Pipit want to be looks like the models in the

advertisement?

• Because they are right.

• Because they have no flaws.

• Because they are white and fat.

• Because they are not perfect.

cosmetics applied to the face = ...

• prettify

• make up

with earnest and eager attention = ...

• intently

• carefully

• apparently

• quickly

A slight hollow in a hard even surface = ...

• dent

• scratch

• line

• flaw

A mark or wound = ...

• dent

• scratch

• line

• flaw

a quick look = ...

• embrace

• humming

• scanning

• threw a glance

Look at all parts = ...

• embrace

• humming

• scanning

• threw a glance

How many people were there in the story?

• one

• two

• three

• four

Where did the story take place?

• canteen

• make up shop

• beauty shop

• a classroom

Can you guess the gender and age of ‘I’ character in the story?

• a boy, teenager perhaps 14 or 15 years old

• a boy, an adult for about 30 years old

• a girl, teenager for about 13 or 14 years old

• a girl, an adult perhaps 27 years old