His name was Fleming, and he was a poor Scottish farmer．One day, while trying to make a living for his family, he heard a cry for help coming from a nearby bog(泥塘)．He dropped his tools and ran to the bog．There, trapped to his waist in black mud, was a terrified boy, screaming and struggling to free himself．Farmer Fleming saved the boy from what could have been a slow and terrifying death．
The next day, a fancy carriage pulled up to the Scotsman's surroundings．An elegantly dressed nobleman stepped out and introduced himself as the father of the boy Farmer Fleming had saved．“I want to repay you,” said the nobleman．“You saved my son's life．”
“No, I can't accept payment for what I did,” the Scottish farmer replied, waving off the offer．At that moment, the farmer's own son came to the door of the family hovel(陋屋)．“Is that your son?” the nobleman asked．“Yes,” the farmer replied proudly．
“I'll make you a deal．Let me take him and give him a good education．If the boy is anything like his father, he'll grow to a man you can be proud of．”
And that he did．In time, Farmer Fleming's son graduated from St．Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and went on to become known throughout the world as the noted Sir Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin．
Years afterward, the nobleman's son was stricken with pneumonia(肺炎)．What saved him? Penicillin．
The name of the nobleman? Lord Randolph Churchill．His son's name? Sir Winston Churchill．
Someone once said, “What goes around, comes around．”
(1)
Why did the nobleman come to the poor farmer's house?
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A．
Because they were close relatives．
B．
Because they were good friends．
C．
Because the nobleman knew the farmer had a promising son．
D．
Because he wanted to thank the great farmer for saving his child．
(2)
What the nobleman said in Paragraph 4 meant that ________．
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A．
he wanted to bargain with the father
B．
he wanted to adopt the son of the farmer
C．
he wanted to repay the great farmer who saved his child
D．
he wanted to test if the boy was like his great father
(3)
What can we learn from the passage?
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A．
It was farmer Fleming's great deed that helped his son achieve success later．
B．
Sir Alexander Fleming achieved success all by his own hard work．
C．
Sir Alexander Fleming achieved success all by the nobleman's help．
D．
A good relationship between a farmer and a nobleman is of great use．
