Question

Martin Baker is a bus driver. He lives in a small town with his wife and four children. His wife's father, Mr. Butcher, lives with them, too. He is too old to do any work. He sits in his chair near the bed all day; but in summer, when it is warm enough to sit outside, he sometimes takes his chair into the garden.

    Mr. Baker has been very ill for over a month. He has been too ill to do his job. He is not well enough to go back to work. He is still too weak to drive his bus.

    Martin's oldest son is twenty-five. He teaches in a village school. He lives in the village because it takes too long to travel there every day from his father's house. The other children are not yet old enough to go out to work. They are still at school -- except for the youngest daughter. She is still too young to go to school.

1. From the passage we can know Mr. Baker's           

     A. age                B. job                C. work place          D. parents

2. Who is the oldest in the family?

     A. Mr. Baker.         B. Mrs Baker.         C. Mr. Butcher.         D. Mrs Butcher.

3. What does Mr. Baker's oldest child do?

     A. He's a teacher.                                B. He's a student.

     C. He's a bus driver.                            D. We don't know.

4. Of the Bakers' children, how many of them go to school?

     A. Three.            B. Two.               C. One.                D. None.

5. Mr. Baker's oldest child may be about              years older than his youngest one.

     A. fifteen            B. ten                 C. thirty                D. twenty

Answer 1

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