阅读下面短文，从短文所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Jim was born in a small village．His father，Mr．Brown has a big piece of farm and works hard on it．He often gets good harvest．Now Jim is six years old，but there’s no school near the village．Mr．Brown is very worried．

　　“ My sister works in London．” said Mrs．Brown．“ We can take Jim to school there．”

　　“It’s a good idea! ” Mr．Brown said happily．The next day they all went to London by train．Jim’s aunt was glad to see them．A week later Jim came to school．

　　“ What’s your name，little boy? ” a teacher asked．

　　“ Jim Brown．” answered the boy．

　　“ You must be polite (有礼貌的)，” said the teacher，“ Please say ‘sir’ when you are speaking to the old．Now answer my question again．What’s your name? ”

　　“ Sir Jim Brown．”

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阅读理解　阅读下列短文，然后根据其内容从A、B、C、D中选出最佳选项。

　　Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself．He set out one morning with his son to sell the horse before it died．Father and son walked, because the farmer did not want the horse to be too tired．They met two men on the road who said,“Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse．It's a long way to market(市场)．”The farmer know that this was true, so he rode on the horse, while his son walked．Then they met two old women,“What are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you see how tired the boy is?”So the farmer got down, and his son rode instead．Next, three old men stopped them, one said,“Why are you walking, farmer?”“Get up, It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today,”So the farmer got up behind his son, and they rode on．

　　Some time later, a young woman passed them,“Why aren't you walking?”she asked,“It isn't far to the market．Give your poor horse a rest．”So the farmer, and his son, got down once again．It is a fact that you cannot please all the people all the time．

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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　Some boys join the navy(海军)when they are young．They are then given a 　　1　　 of training as sailors．It is a long course, both on land and at sea．During it, the boys study things like mathematics and science 　　2　　 learning to tie the knots(打结), fire guns and to do other practical things．

　　One of the important things they are taught is how to swim．　　3　　 the old days, many sailors were unable to swim, nowadays it is hard to find one that cannot．

　　At one school for sailors, the swimming instructor(教练)was excellent．He had 　　4　　 never met a boy whom he had 　　5　　 to teach to swim by the time the course ended．One year, however, there was one particular(特别的)boy on the training course who seemed quite 　　6　　 to learn to swim．The instructor tried giving him extra(额外的)lessons, but he had no success at all, whatever he did．In the end, 　　7　　 the time drew near for the training to end, he had to admit(承认)failure．

　　One day, he 　　8　　 the boy to meet him after the swimming lesson and said to him, “John, I have tried very hard to teach you to swim, but I have failed for the first time in my life．Now I want to give you a piece of 　　9　　．Listen carefully．”

　　“Yes, sir, ” answered the boy．

　　“Well, ” the instructor went on, “if you are ever in a ship and it will sink(沉没), just jump over the side into the sea, go right down to the bottom and run to the shore(海岸)as 　　10　　 as you can．That is the only way you will save your life．”

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