open your eyes quickly 6. when a piece of machinery breaks and stops working 7. almost not, hardly 8 extremely surprised or shocked 9. a feeling of great surprise 10. alone, far away from other people 11. an extremely serious or dangerous situation 12. a house or place to live in 13 fixing something that is damaged or broken 14. very unusual, surprising, and unexpected 15. having been in a ship destroyed in an accident B. Directions: Read the passage then answer the questions. I lived alone, without anyone to really talk to, until I had a breakdown in the Sahara Desert, six years ago. As I had neither a mechanic nor any passengers with me, I had to attempt the repairs on my own. It was a matter of life and death I had scarcely enough drinking water to last a week The first night I went to sleep on the sand, a thousand miles from any human habitation. I was more isolated than a shipwrecked sailor on a raft in the middle of the ocean. Thus you can imagine my amazement, at sunrise, when I was awakened by a curious little voice. It said: "Please-draw me a sheep!" I jumped to my feet, completely thunderstruck. I blinked hard I looked carefully all around me. And I saw a most extraordinary little person, who was standing there examining me very seriously 1 Where did the narrator have a breakdown? a Sonoran Desert b. Sahara Desert c Antarctic Desert d. Gobi Desert 2. When did this happen? a two years ago b four years ago c. five years ago d six years ago 3 Who was with the narrator? a He was alone. b. He was with his friend. c. He was with his rival d He was with his brother 4 What might happen after a week? a He would survive b. He would starve c He would die of thirst d He would succeed 5. What kind of person does the narrator compares to himselt? e military b actor a shipwrecked sailor d labor leader 6 When does he hear a curious little voice? b summer c sunrise d. winter a sunset 7. What does the voice ask him to do? b. draw a sheep c. draw a goat a draw a cow d draw a dog 8. Choose the correct sequence of events The narrator c hears a voice, jumps to his feet, blinks, looks around a hears a voice, blinks, looks around jumps to his feet d bears a voice, looks around, blinks, jumps to his fee b hears a voice jumps to his feet, looks around blinks b pilor c prince d student 9 The narrator is a . a mechanic​