🔍 Comprehension
📖 Reading Passage
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At first, Roz knows nothing about cows. But she was built to learn, and learn she does. Step by step, she works out how to care for the herd: when to lead them to pasture, how to guide them into the barn, and when they need feeding, milking, and rest. Roz is methodical and tireless, and within weeks she has become the most dependable worker the farm has ever known. The cows, who were frightened of her at first, slowly change their minds. Roz is always calm, always gentle, and always there. She notices when a cow is unwell long before the farmer does. She listens, too — for Roz can understand the cows' language of lows and grunts, just as she once learned the speech of the island animals. The herd begins to trust her, and Roz begins to integrate into the life of the farm. Something unexpected happens in these chapters: Roz finds purpose. She was made to be useful, and here, among the cattle, she is needed every single day. She becomes a guardian of the herd, watching over the cows with the same fierce care she once gave the island. It is not the home she longs for. But it is, for now, a place where she belongs and a job worth doing well.
1. What does Roz know about cows at the start of this part?
A
Everything, because she was built for farming
B
Nothing, but she was built to learn
C
Only what the cows tell her
D
More than the farmer himself
2. How is Roz's way of working best described?
A
Careless and forgetful
B
Methodical, tireless, and dependable
C
Slow and unwilling
D
Showy and boastful
3. How do the cows' feelings towards Roz change?
A
They grow more and more afraid
B
They stop being frightened and begin to trust her
C
They ignore her completely
D
They try to chase her off the farm
4. How is Roz able to understand the cows?
A
The farmer translates for her
B
She can understand their language, as she did the island animals
C
She reads their thoughts on a screen
D
She cannot understand them at all
5. What 'unexpected' thing does Roz find on the farm?
A
A way back to the island
B
Purpose — she is needed every single day
C
Another robot like herself
D
A hidden treasure in the barn
6. What does Roz become to the herd?
A
A stranger they avoid
B
A guardian who watches over them
C
A rival for the farmer's attention
D
A visitor who soon leaves