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Revisit the text and complete the following sentences by giving suitable reasons.

1. Shirin’s parents sent her to live in London because .

2. Shirin felt nervous at the airport because .

3. Shirin found London disappointing because .

4. Stephen offered Shirin some of his milkshake because .
5. Shirin decided not to let others’ opinions bother her because .

6. Shirin imagined her parents would like Stephen because .

Let’s ponder

A. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.

1. Little Shirin wanted to cry because she loved her mother and father very much and she
did not want to leave them. Also, she did not know her cousins at all. They had only
visited once and Shirin was too little to understand what they were saying because they

did not speak Farsi which Shirin thought was very strange indeed.

a. What does the extract tell us about Shirin’s emotional state?

i. excited ii. calm

iii. sentimental iv. curious

b. Infer the meaning of ‘know’ in the line, ‘...she did not know her cousins at all.’

c. Select the evidence from the extract that tells us that Shirin was separating
from her parents.

d. Complete the following sentence with a suitable explanation.

Shirin felt it was strange that her cousins did not speak in Farsi because .

2. But when she arrived at the airport in London it was not quite as she had imagined at
all. The sky was a horrible grey colour and it was windy and raining. Shirin wished
that she had not decided to wear her sandals because her toes were very cold. And worst
of all…worst of all was the feeling that everybody was looking at her as if she was an
alien with a big head and three eyes.

a. How did Shirin feel when she arrived at the airport in London?

I. excited II. disappointed III. uncomfortable

IV. relieved V. curious

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