Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
In a far off land that neither you nor I will
ever travel to, something strange happened.
It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining,
the trees were green and butterflies flitted
from flower to flower. However, there was
no one there to see this splendid scene as
no one had yet arrived.
The day described was not unusual in
this place. In fact, every day had gone
on like this since the beginning of time.
It could almost be thought of as a boring
day if someone had actually been there to
consider the monotony of the beauty. The
sky was always bright blue and cloudless
until the early evening and then little white,
candyfloss like clouds would appear over
the sea and drift towards land where they
settled for the night. By morning, they
would be gone. However, on this day there
was something in the sky. It was not a
cloud or the sun. It was a dot.
If someone had been there watching,
they may not have initially noticed the
dot. They would probably have gone
about their daily routine and not seen it.
At least in the morning! But, by noon,
the dot had grown larger. It continued to
grow, larger and larger over the next few
hours until suddenly, ‘pufit’. The noise
was unremarkable, but no one was there
to hear it anyway.
Something had landed on the grass in a
clearing. The grass around it was not
altered in any way. It was not charred or
smoldered. Everything was exactly how
it had been a moment before, except now
there was no dot in the sky and there was
a large rock on the grass. It stood firmly
embedded in the soil and was about two
metres high and dark in colour. Its surface
almost shone as it reflected the sun’s rays.
If there had been someone to look at it,
they would have said that it was a wonder,
like no other stone they had ever seen
before. They would also have said it was
mysterious. No plants would ever try to
grow on it and it would never be damaged,
but the people who were not there would
never know this.
What is strange about the land?
AThe weather was nice.
BIt’s uninhabited.
CHumans cannot go there.
DThere were butterflies.