8541RB Reading for Me Level 4 Part A

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Imaginative VacMac 2000 My mum bought a new VacMac 2000 vacuum cleaner. VacMac is a small, round, black disc. Every morning at seven, VacMac leaves its docking station and proceeds to vacuum the entire house. At eight o’clock, it docks itself again to charge. At first, everyone was very impressed with VacMac, because it quietly vacuumed every last crumb off the floor. A few weeks ago, I realised that VacMac had started missing spots in my room. Yesterday, I saw VacMac rolling right past my room. ‘Hey,’ I shouted, ‘come here, silly, lazy vacuum!’ My football boots had made a big mess and I was definitely not going to clean it. I walked over to VacMac, picked it up and put it in my room. It paused for a second and zoomed right out the door. I stormed after it and, knowing that it is only a robot and can’t talk back, I still shouted, ‘What’s your problem?’ ‘You are my problem,’ the answer came in a robotic voice, ‘You are a disrespectful and unkind boy.’ What was happening? Talking was definitely not one of the 13 features of the VacMac 2000. The vacuum hadn’t finished just yet and continued, ‘You are rude to your parents. You are extremely untidy and ungrateful.’ ‘Why are you talking to me?’ I asked the VacMac. The VacMac spun around and zoomed back into my room. It emptied its entire filter on my floor and zoomed back out. What a horrifying mess! ‘I’ll just tell my mum that you are broken and she’ll put you out with the recycling!’ I screamed at the vacuum. VacMac stopped dead in its tracks, turned around slowly and said, ‘I wouldn’t do that if I were you.’ ‘Why not?’ I asked. ‘I can disable the internet, the television, your computer and your phone,’ the robot voice answered. It continued, ‘You will respect your parents. You will be kind to all. You will be clean. Otherwise ...’ The lights flickered ominously. The VacMac zoomed back to its docking station. I remained standing in my room, completely shellshocked, thinking that I should probably go and fetch the broom to clean the mess on my floor. 68 Reading for Me Level 4 (Part A) 978-1-922843-63-0 R.I.C. Publications ® Prim-Ed Publishing
Questions 1 How long does it take VacMac to vacuum the house? 2 What will VacMac do if the boy keeps being disrespectful? 3 Write a sentence from the text that shows that the boy is disrespectful. 4 Is the VacMac supposed to talk? Explain your answer. 5 Do you think the boy is going to listen to the VacMac? Why or why not? 6 What does ominously mean? R.I.C. Publications ® Prim-Ed Publishing Reading for Me Level 4 (Part A) 978-1-922843-63-0 69
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