Reading Comprehension Test 55

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[passage-header]Read the following passage and the following question.[/passage-header]The dog is a very intelligent animal and it can be trained for many duties. Some dogs work with the police and the army as sentries and trackers, and there are medals that are awarded to dogs for bravery in action. Other dogs act as seeing-eyes for the blind, and some breeds are specially trained for rescue work among mountains and snow. Jobs like herding sheep and cattle and guarding homes are also done by them. Whenever man lives and works in the Arctic Circle, in the desert, in the jungle, in the moors or mountains, the dog is his faithful companion and help. A common mongrel may possess these qualities just as much as the aristocratic bloodhound.

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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]The Frog and the Ox:
A frog decided to become as big as an ox.
So it began to breathe in and in and every time it swallowed more air, it did, in fact, become bigger. But it soon began to tire of its efforts.
'Am I big enough yet?' it asked hopefully to its many watching companions.
Then they had another look at the ox and shook their heads, 'No, a bit more.'
So the ambitious frog kept on puffing itself up and up ________ until it burst like a balloon!
"Do not make fool of yourself to make others merry."

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[passage-header]Read the passage given below and answer the question that follows:[/passage-header]The Lion and the Bull:
A Lion prowled about in a pasture where four bulls were grazing. He tried many times to capture them, but each time he failed. Whenever he came near, the four bulls turned and formed a ring, so that no matter which way the lion approached, he was met by their horns.
One day, however, the bulls had a quarrel and would not speak to one another. Each went alone to a separate part of the pasture to graze. This was the moment the lion had been waiting for. One by one he attacked the bulls and made an end of them.
Well-fed and contented, the lion thought, "Those beats would still be grazing had they remembered:
"United we stand; divided we fall."

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