Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub

 Little Cyclone: The Story of a Grizzly Cub

Choose the correct answer

1. Little Cyclone is a grizzly cub who earned his name by his ____________

1. appearance and behaviour.
2. viguor of resistence to ill-treatment.
3. speed and courage.
4. escape from a cyclone.

Ans : viguor of resistence to ill-treatment.

2. The nervous captor let one bear go because ________________

1. he was afraid of bears.
2. he did not have proper equipment to seize him.
3. the bear fought so fiercly.
4. the bear escaped and ran away.

Ans : the bear fought so fiercly.

3. Little Cyclone was rescued by the ____________

1. members of the Blue Cross.
2. friendly hands of the Zoological Society.
3. members of the National Zoo.
4. volunteers from New York.

Ans : friendly hands of the Zoological Society.

4. Little Czar was a ___________

1. good natured European brown bear.
2. grizzly cub from Alaska.
3. furry little Polar bear.
4. North American black bear.

Ans : good natured European brown bear.

5. Little Cyclone will fight any other bear in ____________

1. 10 minutes’ notice.
2. 15 minutes’ notice.
3. 03 seconds’ notice.
4. 10 seconds’ notice.

Ans : 03 seconds’ notice.

C. Learn the following idioms on bears

IDIOM	MEANING
a. hungry as a bear	being very hungry
b. gruff as a bear	being unsociable, speaking in a very abrupt, rude way
c. take the bear by the tooth	put oneself in a dangerous position
d. as busy as a hibernating bear	remaining idle
e. a bear hug	put one’s arms around someone and hug them affectionately
f. a bear market	a period of time when investors are more likely to sell rather than buy shares