Part II Reading Comprehension (20 points)
　　Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.
　　Passage One
　　Jack Billabong is an aboriginal stockman. On Friday afternoon he was riding along the track towards the Hendersonhomestead. He was looking for a prize bull which had escaped from the Borrogee paddock. He reached the hills and saw at once that he could not go further.
　　The fire in the forest had gone out. But the air was still full of smoke and fallen trees had blocked the track. Jack was just going to turn back when he saw something moving in the smoke. He waited. It was a girl on a horse, and she was riding towards him.
　　“There’s a badly burnt man at the homestead,” the girl shouted. “He saved my life. Please help me to save him.”
　　The girl was Cathy Henderson. She had been on horseback for two hours. She had to jump over fallen trees that were still burnings. Her pony had fallen with her twice. She was thirsty and almost dead from want of sleep. But she rode back to the homestead with Jack immediately.
　　Joe Brook was unconscious when they reached him. They lifted him on to Jack’s horse. The ride back to Borrogee was terrible. Cathy was so tired that Jack had to tie her to her pony. The pony was tired too, but its courage was astonishing. It followed Jack right to Borrogee hospital. Nobody saw them arrive, because it was night.
　　“I’ve never seen a horse like that pony” Jack said, Cathy praised Jack Billabong, but she refused to say anything about the pony. “Joe will write about her in my story” she said.
　　But she did say one thing: “If Flame hadn’t returned to the homestead that afternoon, Joe and I would have died.”
　　16. Jack Billabong did not turn back because he saw _________.
　　A. a horse running towards him
　　B. a girl riding a horse towards him
　　C. something moving towards him
　　D. a fire burning towards him
　　17. Joe Brook was taken out of the homestead ___________.
　　A. in a state of unconsciousness
　　B. very easily
　　C. by Cathy’s horse
　　D. consciously by Cathy and Jack
　　18. Cathy refused to talk to reporters about the pony when she was in Borrogee Hospital because__________.
　　A. Jack asked her not to talk to them
　　B. She didn’t know what to talk about the pony
　　C. She was too weak to say anything
　　D. Joe would write about it in his writing
　　19. At last, Cathy owed her and Joe’s lives to “Flame”, which refers to ________.
　　A. the pony
　　B. Jack
　　C. Jack’s horse
　　D. the fire
　　20. The best title of this short story should be____________.
　　A. Bravery of a Lovely Pony
　　B. Heroism of a Young Girl
　　C. Courage of an Aboriginal Stockman
　　D. Rescue of Joe Brook

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