SET 32

Sir Henry

Sir Henry was famous Caribbean pirate and privateer. He was one of the most successful
pirates of a, time. Although very right is known about Morgan’s early life, he was supposedly
born in 1635, sometime in the 1650's, Morgan made his way to Jamaica, where his uncle was
lieutenant governor. He soon married his uncle's daughter and began a career at sea. In
1667, Morgan was commissioned by the governor of Jamaica to capture Spanish prisoners in
Cuba to learn details on a possible attack planned on Jamaica with ten ships and over 500
men, Morgan First sailed to Cuba and destroyed the town of Puerto Principe.

Morgan then sired or Panama, where he captured the fortified town of Portobello Morgan and
his crew only agreed to leave Portobello, and spare the city from incineration, after the
governor offered them a range ransom. Morgan and his crew sailed to their headquarters in
Port Royal, Jamaica, where they celebrated. Morgan’s exploits earned him the respect and
trust of Jamaica's governor, who subsequently sent him on plundering missions again to
Cuba and then to Venezuela Morgan next planned an attack on the Isthmus of Panama.

On December 15, 1670, Morgan and over 1,400 soldiers attacked and occupied Santa
Catalina Island off the coast of Nicaragua before reaching Panama. On December 27, after a
long battle in which 300 Spaniards were killed, Morgan and his men took charges castle and
then planned a major attack on panama. On January 15, 1671, Morgan split his forces in two
and routed roughly .1500 poorly trained Spanish soldiers stationed in Panama. Morgan and
his men left Panama. Residents of the city were tortured until they revealed the locations of
more treasure.

In 1674, the Queen of England knighted Henry Morgan for his service to the crown. He then
returned to Jamaica and became the island’s Lieutenant Governor a post he served for nine
years before being suspended in 1673. Morgan died in 1698, possibly of tuberculosis or liver
cirrhosis. Sir Henry Morgan has remained prominent in popular culture well after his death.
He is memorialized on the labels of bottles of Captain Morgan's spiced Rum. In 1926, the
famous author John Steinbeck wrote a cup of Gold, a fictional account of Morgan's life. It was
Steinbeck’s first novel, Morgan’s life was again dramatized in Josephine Toy’s 1952 never the
privateer.

1. Why did Sir Henry Morgan and his crew finally decide to leave Portobello, panama?
A. He wanted to flack Cuba again.
B. They were outnumbered.
C. The Queen of England ordered him to return.
D. He was offered a large ransom.

2. Which of the following could be a possible reason that Henry Morgan was knighted by the
Queen of England?
A. For his service to Spain.
B. Because his plundering mission brought great wealth to Spain.
C. Because his sailing expertise influenced sailors for years to come.
D. Because his plundering missions brought England great wealth.

3. Which of the following places is in Cuba?

A. Portobello
B. Charges Castle
C. Puerto Principe
D. Santa Catalina

4. Where were Morgan's headquarters?

 A. Cuba
B. Panama
C. England
D. Miri

5. Which of the following is not true about Henry Morgan?

A. He died in 1688.
B. He was suspended from the office of Lieutenant Governor after six years of service.
C. He led plundering missions in parts of the Spanish empire.
D. He is memorialized on the labels of Captain Morgan’s spiced rum.

SET 33

The Hitch Hiker

When she was alone, thinking it was too dangerous, but what wags the harm in doing a
favour for a little old lady like this? Andrea pulled up a lifted way down the road, and the lady,
holding a big shopping bag, hurried over to climb in the door which Andrea had opened for
her.

When she got in, Andrea could see that she was not, in fact, so little. Broad and fat, the old
lady had some difficulties in climbing in through the car door, with her big bag. And when she
had got in, she filled the seat next to Andrea. She wore a long, shabby old dress and she had
a yellow hat. Panting noisily from her effort, she pushed her big brown canvas shopping bag
down onto the floor under her feet, and said in a voice which was almost a whisper, "Thank
you dear. I’m going to Brockboume.”

"Do you live there?” asked Andrea, thinking that she had never seen the old lady in the village
in the four years she had lived there herself.

"No, dearie," answered the passenger, in her soft voice,” I am just going to visit a friend. He
was supposed to meet me back there at Mickeys, but his car didn't start, so I decided to
hitchhike -- there isn't a bus until seven, and I didn’t want to wait. I knew some kind soul would
give me a lift.'

Something in the way, the lady spoke, and the way she never turned her head, but stared
continuously into the darkness ahead from under her old yellow hat, made Andrea uneasy
about this strange hitchhiker. She didn't know why, but she felt instinctively that there was
something wrong, something odd and something dangerous. But how could an old lady be
dangerous? It was absurd.

Careful not to turn her head, Andrea looked sideways at her passenger. She studied the hat,
the dirty collar of the dress, the shapeless body, the arms with her thick black hair.... Thick
black hair?

Hairy arms? Andrea's blood froze.

This wasn’t a woman. It was a man.

At first, she didn't know what to do. Then suddenly, an idea came into her racing, terrified
brain. Swinging the wheel suddenly, she threw the car into a skid, and brought it to a hat.

"My God" she shouted, 'A child! Did you see the child? I think I hit her!

The "old lady" was clearly shaken by the sudden skid. I didn’t see anything dearie,’

She said. "l don't think you hit anything”

"l'm sure it was a child!" insisted Andrea. 'Could you just get out and have a look?’

‘Just see if there's anything on the road?' She held her breath. Would her plan work?
It did. The passenger slowly opened the car door, leaving her bag inside, and climbed out to
investigate. As soon as she was out of the vehicle, Andrea gunned the engine and
accelerated madly away. The car door swung shut as she rounded a bend. She had put a
good three miles between herself and the awful hitchhiker. It was only then that she thought
about the bag lying on the floor in front of her. Maybe the bag would provide some information
about the real identity about the old woman who was not an old woman. Pulling into the side
of the road, Andrea lifted the heavy bag onto her lap and opened it curiously. It contained only
one item - a small hand axe, with a razors sharp blade. The axe, and the inside of the bag,
were covered with the dark red stains of dried blood.

1. Where did Andrea work?

A. Brockboume
B. Not mentioned
C. London
D. Mickeys

2. How was Andrea feeling as she drove home?

A. Happy
B. Disappointed
C. Sad
D. Scared

3. What made Andrea afraid when she looked at the old lady?
A. She had a moustache.
B. She had a hard voice like a man.
C. She had hairy arms.
D. She had a shopping bag.

4. Why did Andrea suddenly stop the car?

A. She thought she had hit a child in the road.
B. She skidded on some ice in the road.
C. She wanted to tries the passenger into getting out.
D. She was so afraid that she couldn’t.

5. Why did Andrea take the old lady's bag?

A. She wanted to steal what was in it.
B. She wanted to find her address so that she could send the bag back to her.
C. She wanted to find out who the strange passenger was.
D. She wanted to borrow the old lady's tools.

SET 34

Breakfast

One Sunday morning, my family and I went to a popular restaurant for breakfast. As soon as
we walked into Restaurant Happy Meal, a young waitress showed us to a table. We ordered
out food and soon after, our food came. Just as we were about to begin our meal, we heard
someone shouting for the proprietor. What is this? A dead fly in my food!" a man with a deep
scar across his face roared angrily. He banged his fist on the table and swept the plates and
cups of fit. These came crashing to the floor, breaking into pieces.

His companion, a huge man with a tattoo on his arm, stared angrily at the proprietor who
stood nervously in front of the two gangsters, the proprietor apologized repeated it I to the
angry customers and tried to pacify them by offering lo replace their food. He even told them
that they could have their meal for free. The commotion affected the business of the
restaurant. Fearing that a brawl would ensue, many customers quickly paid for their meals
and left the restaurant hurriedly. Some of them had not, even finished their breakfast.
My father told us to eat our food quickly and not to look at the two angry men. We obeyed him
and finished our food within minutes. That was probably the quietest and fastest breakfast my
family ever had. Although my father warned us not to look at the two unruly customers, I could
not help stealing a glance at them. I saw that the proprietor had managed to pacify the two
angry customers. Fresh food and drinks were brought to their table. They sat down again and
continued with their breakfast. Meanwhile, the waitress who had shown us to our table earlier
swept up the broken China.

1. The word these refers to the___________

A. tables
B. two angry customers
C. cups and plates
D. dead fly and the food

2. The fourth paragraph tells us that the owner of the restaurant was ________
A. sorry for what had happened.
B. angry with the two customers.
C. unsure of what to do to calm the two customers.
D. disappointed that the man created problems with the restaurant.

3. The word pacify can best be replaced by___________

A. convince
B. calm down
C. apologise
D. offer

4. The line "That was probably the quietest and faster breakfast my family ever had”
tells us that the writer and his family...
A. ordered a lot of food each time they ate out.
B. did not like to be disturbed while they ate.
C. often ate silently and that day was no exception.
D. often talked while they ate.

5. Which word describes the atmosphere at the restaurant?

A. Sad
B. Tense
C. Happy
D. Quiet