A. Choose the correct answers.

The following text is for questions 11 - 20.

    A long time ago, there lived a mute boy named Chan. He was a lonely boy. All of his family had died because of an earthquake. He was even lonelier because all the boys in the village mocked him and did not want to play with him.

    Chan lived in a small village, up on the hill, in China. Under the hill was the beach where the men of the village usually went to and from the sea to catch the fish.

    One day, one of the villagers found that the water at the beach had drifted far out to sea, leaving a lot of fresh fish on the beach. He shouted to the villagers on the hill, making all the villagers rush down to the beach to catch the fish. 'Let's have a feast on the beach!' They cried happily. Chan was about to go down, too, when the naughtiest boy of the village stopped him and said, 'You can't· join the feast because you can't talk.' So, they left Chan in the village alone.

    While everybody was busy collecting the fish, Chan was sadly watching them from the hill, hoping that somebody would come and let him join in. He was imagining eating delicious grilled fish together with those people.

    Suddenly, something strange attracted Chan's attention. There was a big wave coming from far out in the ocean. Chan knew that the villagers in the beach was in danger. He tried to warn them, but he could not make a loud noise. He tried many ways to warn the people. However, nobody paid attention to him. Meanwhile, the big wave was getting closer.

    Finally, Chan took a match and burnt a rice field. The fire soon attracted the people. They ran all over to the hill. They got worried about their properties·. When they reached the hill, they were furious to know that Chan was the one who had burnt the rice field. 'Why did you do that? Are you out of your mind? What's wrong with you? What if the fire burnt our houses?' They yelled to Chan angrily. Chan, being mute, could not explain his action, he just pointed to the huge wave in the sea, which by that time was splashing the beach, swallowing everything there, and drawing it back to the sea.

    People were terrified to see it. They realised that Chan was just trying to save them from being drowned by the tsunami.

18. ____ the villagers had treated him badly, Chan still loved and cared about them.