Passage 3
Once upon a time a poor farmer taking a sack of wheat to the mill did not
know what to do when it slipped from his horse and fell on the road. The
sack was too heavy for him to lift, and his only hope was that presently
someone would come riding by and lend a hand.
It was not long before a rider appeared, but the farmer's heart sank when
he recognized him, for it was the great men who lived in a castle nearby.
The farmer would have dared to ask another farmer for help, or any poor
man who might have come along the road, but he could not beg a favor of so
great a man.
However, as soon as the great man came up he got off his horse, saying, "I
see you've had a bad luck, friend. How good is it that I am here just at
the right time." Then he took one end of the sack, the farmer the other,
and between them they lifted it on the horse.
"Sir," asked the farmer, "how can I pay you?"
"Easily enough," the great man replied. "Whenever you see anyone else in
trouble, do the same for him."
Questions 18 to 20 are based on the passage you have just heard.
18. Why didn't the farmer know what to do when the sack of wheat fell on
the road?
19. What did the farmer feel when he recognized the rider?
20. Which of the following is not true?