Its better to die young than old and weak .
The tone of the narrator's description in the passage shows that the narrator is humorous.
Answer:
1.A
2.B
3. A??
Explanation:
James was a strong and intelligent boy. He had always believed that if you wanted to achieve something great in life, you had to be prepared to make sacrifices. <u>That is to say</u>, James was willing to miss out on fun if it meant earning all A's in school. <u>However</u>, James also wanted to be a great basketball player. <u>Therefore,</u> he expected himself to earn As in all of his classes in addition to being a star player on the basketball team.
