Michael was a farmer in Texas．His parents moved to the USA from Ireland in the 1940’s， and they became very rich．Michael decided to go back to Ireland to meet his old grandfather， who was still living on the same farm．

    Michael booked his ticket，flew to Shannon airport，hired a car and drove to the small village where his parents had been born．He asked for directions to the Ohagan farm，and in the end he drove up a bumpy path．He was shocked by what he saw：a small field，and in the middle of it was an old house，which looked as if it was falling down．Animals were wandering in and out of the front door，and on the porch an old man was smoking a pipe.

“Are you Mr. Ohagan?”asked Michael。

“Yes，”replied the old mall．

“I'm your grandson，Michael，”said Michael．

“A--ha，”replied the old man．

“Is this your farm?”asked Michael．

“Yes，all the way to the wall over there，”said the old man．

Michael was astonished．“Grandfather,”he said，“I have a farm in Texas．I can get into my car and drive all day and I still haven’t reached the end of the farm．”

“Yes，”said his grandfather．“I used to have a car like that．”

Michael’s parents _______．

    A．still lived in Ireland alone          B．owned a small farm in Texas

    C．returned to their birthplace         D．were Irish immigrants（移民）in America

Which of the following shocked Michael?

    A．The farm was small                       B．The old house looked like his own．

    C．Living conditions were poor in the fields．    D．Animals were free in the fields．

The old man _______．

A．owned a small farm, which extended only to the wall not far away

B．had so large a farm that he couldn’t cover it in a day

C．hadn’t his modern car any longer

D．used to have as good a car as his grandson’s

Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Michael owned a large farm in Ireland.

B．Michael’s car was in such poor condition that it couldn’t reach the end of the farm within a day．

C．Michael’s farm was too large for a car to reach its end in a day．

    D．Michael didn’t know what to say to his grandfather

From“I used to have a car like that”，we can see that________．

    A．the old man really had a car like that

    B．the old man knew his son’s farm in the US was quite large

    C．the old man misunderstood what Michael said

D．the old man wanted to buy a car like that

【小題1】D

【小題2】C

【小題3】A

【小題4】C

【小題5】C  


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