阅读理解。
You want to know about life in the past. Right? I can tell you. When I was a boy, things were
different. I had to get up at six every morning. That was not very bad in summer, but in winter it was
cold. And we didn't have any hot water in the house. We had to wash in cold water. We didn't have
a bathroom(浴室). My dad had some chickens. I had to feed (喂养) them every morning and then
I had to walk to school with my little sister. It was about two miles (英里) to school and about two
miles back in the evening. But it always seemed longer in the morning when we were going to school.
There was a bus, but we didn't have any money. And we had to go to bed at eleven o'clock every night
because I had too much homework and housework to do. We couldn't watch TV because there wasn't
any. On Sundays we had to go to church (教堂) three times －morning, afternoon and evening. And we
couldn't play outside on Sundays. But it wasn't all bad. We had some good times (时光). We could go
out and our parents didn't have to worry about us. There weren't so many cars on the roads then, so the
streets were safe to play in. And there were not many robbers and thieves in those days. We had to
work hard and we weren't able to buy all those things in the shops today. Life was hard, but it was
simple (单纯的) and people were happier. I don't think I'd like to be young today.
1. The writer usually went to bed _______ every night.
A. at six
B. at eight
C. at nine
D. at eleven
2. The writer walked about _______ every day.
A. two miles
B. three miles
C. four miles
D. five miles
3. Every morning the writer had to feed _______.
A. his little sister
B. his lovely dog
C. his chickens
D. his father's chickens
4. The writer had a _______ but _______ family.
A. rich; happy
B. poor; happy
C. hard; poor
D. rich; hard
5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. The writer had a little sister.
B. The writer couldn't take the school bus.
C. The writer and his sister never had any good times
D. The write had to get up at six
