Read the passage, then do as required Most of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes

imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines. Life there is

simple and good. Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. The other side

of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to

death or live like 'Robinson Crusoe', waiting for a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is

an element of truth in both these pictures, but few of us have had the opportunity to find

out.

Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there

longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Island to Miami to have it

repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly located a small rubber

dinghy with food, matches, water and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they

arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no

water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rain- water in the rubber

dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat.

They caught lobsters and fish every day, and , as one of them put it ' ate like kings' ! When a

passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had

to leave.

Questions:

1-Choose a suitable title for this passage.

2-According to the information given In the text, how the two men came to the desert

island? And what did they do there ?

3-If you were stuck on a desert island, and you have the chance to bring ( 3 items / things )

to help you survive in this island. What will you bring with you? And why?

4-What would you change / or add in this text, if you are the author ?

5-Can you summarize the text in two or three sentences?

6-Think of another Ending for this story.

7-If you got the chance to ask the author of this passage, one question, what would it be?​