Question

I am a middle school student.My name is Li Mei.My grandfather is 70 years old now.He often says life has changed a lot.It becomes better and better.I ask him what life was like when he was a child.The following was what he said.

When he was a child,he used to feel hungry.There didn’t use to be enough food for him to eat.He has two brothers and two sisters.His parents were both farmers.They were very poor and couldn’t let their children eat as much as possible.As for clothes,they didn’t use to have enough clothes.And they never bought new clothes.The younger brothers and sisters often wore their old brothers’ and sisters’ clothes.My grandfather is the youngest.He is the only one that went to school and had a job in the city.His brothers and sisters didn’t get an education and they still live in the countryside now.Now my grandfather has retired and lives a happy life.He can eat any food that he wants.He can buy clothes that he wants to buy.He says he is much happier than before.He often asks me to study hard.He says if I work hard,I can have a good future.

1.How many children do her grandfather’s parents have?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.

2.Whose clothes did her grandfather use to wear?

A. His brothers’. B. His mother’s.

C. His own. D. His father’s.

3.Why couldn’t her grandfather’s brothers or sisters go to school?

A. Because they didn’t want to go to school.

B. Because their parents didn’t want them to go to school.

C. Because they were poor.

D. Because they were rich.

4.How is the Li Mei’s grandfather now?

A. Sad. B. Moved. C. Happy. D. Bored.

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