The following text is adapted from Anna Sewell’s 1877 novel Black Beauty, which is narrated from the point of view of a horse.Every one may not know what breaking in is, therefore I will describe it. It means to teach a horse to wear a saddle and bridle, and to carry on his back a man, woman or child; to go just the way they wish, and to go quietly. Besides this he has to learn to wear a collar, a crupper, and a breeching, and to stand still while they are put on; then to have a cart or a chaise fixed behind, so that he cannot walk or trot without dragging it after him; and he must go fast or slow, just as his driver wishes. He must never start at what he sees, nor speak to other horses, nor bite, nor kick, nor have any will of his own.Which choice best states the main idea of the text?Once a horse is broken in, it loses its free will.eliminateA horse mistrusts the person that breaks him in.eliminateBreaking in is a process mysterious to horses.eliminateBreaking in teaches horses not to talk to other horses.

Which of the following is the best explanation of the idiomatic expression "hold your horses"?

The following text is adapted from Guy de Maupassant’s short story The Necklace (1884). She was one of those pretty and charming girls born, as though fate had blundered over her, into a family of artisans. She had no marriage portion, no expectations, no means of getting known, understood, loved, and wedded by a man of wealth and distinction; and she let herself be married off to a little clerk in the Ministry of Education. Her tastes were simple because she had never been able to afford any other, but she was as unhappy as though she had married beneath her; for women have no caste or class, their beauty, grace, and charm serving them for birth or family, their natural delicacy, their instinctive elegance, their nimbleness of wit, are their only mark of rank, and put the slum girl on a level with highest lady in the land. According to the text, what is true about the woman described?Choose 1 answer:She wished she was born into a higher class of society.eliminateShe never wanted to get married.eliminateShe was unhappy with the simplicity of her life.eliminateShe always dreamed of starting her own business.elimin

The following text is from George Eliot’s 1887 novel Middlemarch. Miss Brooke had that kind of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress. Her hand and wrist were so finely formed that she could wear sleeves not less bare of style than those in which the Blessed Virgin appeared to Italian painters; and her profile as well as her stature and bearing seemed to gain the more dignity from her plain garments, which by the side of provincial fashion gave her the impressiveness of a fine quotation from the Bible,—or from one of our elder poets,—in a paragraph of to-day’s newspaper. She was usually spoken of as being remarkably clever, but with the addition that her sister Celia had more common-sense.According to the text, what is true about Miss Brooke?Miss Brooke is known for her exquisite fashion sense.eliminateMiss Brooke likes to read the Bible.eliminatedMiss Brooke elevates the simple clothes she wears with her beauty.eliminateMiss Brooke has a strained relationship with her sister Celia.

determine how the horse can be described.Covered by hair or fur, runs or walks to move, has hooves and its coat has a patternCovered by hair or fur, runs or walks to move, has hooves and a long tail used for balanceCovered by hair or fur, runs or walks to move, has hooves and its coat has no patternCovered by hair or fur, hops or jumps to move, has hooves and its coat has no pattern

analyse and annotate this quotation from animal farm by Orwell to how it shows the following: power and control, importance of education, leadership and lies and propaganda also, use quotes from over parts of the book which links to this quote: "And finally there was a tremendous baying of dogs and a shrill crowing from the black cockerel, and out came Napoleon himself, majestically upright, casting haughty glances from side to side, and with his dogs gambolling round him." make it simple