Passage 1: henry moore (1898 – 1986 )

PASSAGE 3: WHY FAIRY TALES ARE REALLY SCARY TALES

QUESTIONS 27-31: COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH THE CORRECT ENDING, A-F, BELOW.

27. Answer: C

Key words: fairy tales, details, plot

The very first sentence of the passage mentions that: “[…] the same story often takes a variety of forms in different parts of the world”.

Thus, the matching answer is C, and the complete sentence is “In fairy tales, details of the plot show considerable global variation.”

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  global = world
  
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  variation = variety = different
  

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  Answer: C.
  

28. Answer: B

Key words: Tehrani, rejects, useful, lessons, life

Paragraph 2 mentions: “the idea that they contain cautionary messages”. Here, ‘cautionary messages’ refer to the warnings or lessons for life, such as listening to your mother and avoid talking to strangers. This idea may be “what we find interesting” about fairy tales, and why it has survived till this day. However, Tehrani’s research suggests otherwise. Therefore, it can be understood that : Tehrani rejects the idea that the useful, survival-relevant lessons in fairy tales are the reason for their survival.

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