When sailors are allowed ashore after a long time at sea, they sometimes get drunk and cause trouble. For this reason, the navy ___1___ has its police in big ports. Whenever sailors cause trouble, the police come and ___2___ them.
One day, the police in a big seaport received a telephone call ___3___ a bar in the town. The barman said that a big sailor had got drunk and ___4___ the furniture in the bar. The officer in charge of the police guard that evening said that he would come immediately.
Now, officers who ___5___ and punish the sailors ___6___ drunk usually chose ___7___ policeman they could find to go with them. ___8___ this particular officer did not do this. ___9___, he chose the smallest and ___10___ man he could find to go to the bar with him and ___11___ the sailor.
Another officer who ___12___ there was surprised when he saw the officer of the guard chose such a small man. ___13___ he said to him, “Why ___14___ you take a big man with you? You have to fight the sailor who ___15___.”
“Yes, you are ___16___ right,” answered the officer of the guard. “That is exactly ___17___ I am taking this small man. If you see two policemen coming ___18___ you, and one is ___19___ the other, which one ___20___ you attack?”
1. A. always    B. seldom       C. forever       D. sometimes
2. A. meet with      B. deal with    C. see      D. judge
3. A. about     B. from   C. in       D. of
4. A. was breaking  B. was ordering      C. was moving       D. was dusting
5. A. would go       B. might beat  C. dared to fight     D. had to go
6. A. slightly   B. not at all    C. heavily       D. much more
7. A. the biggest     B. the youngest      C. the bravest  D. the experienced
8. A. In fact    B. But     C. So      D. And
9. A. Instead   B. Therefore   C. Although    D. Then
10. A. good-looking      B. weakest-looking C. ugly-looking      D. strongest-looking
11. A. seize     B. kill     C. get rid of    D. catch up with
12. A. will go B. had come   C. would start off      D. happened to be
13. A. Yet       B. But     C. So      D. Then
14. A. don’t    B. couldn’t     C. can’t   D. do
15. A. looks strong B. is drunk     C. seems rude D. is dangerous
16. A. all B. very    C. too     D. quite
17. A. how     B. what   C. why    D. that
18. A. up B. at       C. before D. towards
19. A. not smaller than   B. as big as    C. as small as         D. much smaller than    

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