Jimmy1      (live)in London and he 2       (begin) swimming a few months ago. He likes swimming, and he often goes to the swimming-pool near his house with his mother and

3     (swim) there for an hour or two.

He 4      (be) six years old last week, and his mother

5        (say), “You 6       (swim) quite well now, Jimmy, your father and I 7        (go) to take you to the sea on Sunday, and you are going to swim in the sea.”

Jimmy's father and mother 8       (take) him to the sea in their car on Sunday, and they stopped at the seaside (海边). Jimmy got out and looked out the sea for a long time, but he was not happy. Then he 9      (say)to his mother, “Which

10        (be) the shallow end (浅水区)？”