The sailor replied, "In my mother tongue, of course' The scholar expressed his .... (40) that a man should have wasted hall has life without learning to speak grammatically and intelligibly. A few hours later the storm arove again, and this time the ship sprang a leak and began to founder. Then the captain weint io the scholar and asked if he could swim. The man of books replied that he had never leamed. 4 am sorry, Sir, for you will lose your life. The ship will go to the bottom in a minute, and my crew and I shall swim ashore. You would have one well, it you had spent a little of you time in learning to swim." 39. a. sail b. fight c. storm d. fiood e. journey 40. a. embarrassment b. attention c. warning d. pride e. regret The following text is for questions number 41 to 45 . Mouse Deer and Mr. Crocodile One day, a mouse deer was walking by the river. He was very starving because he hadn't eaten since moming. It was midday. But he found nothing in the land but dying trees. "Huh.. I hate this branches, I don't like it!" Across the river, there was green grassland, with young leaves. 'Hmm.. it seems delicious' imagined the mouse deer, 'but how can I get there? I can't swim, the current is very rapid?' The mouse deer was figuring out the way how to reach there. Suddenly, he jumped to the air,' then he walked to the edge of the river. He didn't see the reflection because the water flowed very fast. He dipped one of his fore legs into the water. A few moment later, appeared Mr. Crocodile showing his sharp teeth. He then laughed, "Ha... ha... ha, you can't run away from me, You'll be my tasty lunchl" said the crocodile. "Of course I can't. You are very strong, Mr. Croco," replied the mouse deer frightenedly. Then, the other crocodiles approached moving slowly. They approached the edge of the river. "But, before you all have a party, I wonder how many your members are there in the river. If I know your number exactly, I can distribute my meat evenly." said the mouse deer. "Oh, that is a good idea! But we are a large group, I can't count it precisely," Mr. Croco moaned. "Leave it to me, and I can make it for youl" Now, can you ask the others to line up, from one edge to the other edge of the river? The mouse deer requested. Then the crocodiles arranged themselves in line from one edge to the other edge of the river. The mouse deer jumped to the body of one crocodile to the others while he was counting, 'one, two, three; and so forth up to ten. Then at last he arrived at grassland, and he thanked to the dumb crocodiles. 41. Why did mouse deer want to go across the river? a. Because he was very hungry. b. Because he wanted to cheat Mr. Crocodile. c. He wanted to eat some dying trees. d. He was afraid of the current river. e. He was looking for food.