Question

Dear Joe,

  Last week, I received your letter and you wanted to know what the world used to be like when I was young. Now let me tell you. Life used to be very different then. When we wanted to keep in touch with our friends far away,we had to write letters. Because we didn't have cellphones or e-mails. When we traveled from town to town，we used to walk，ride horses or take a cart(马车).Later，we had buses but very few people had cars. Air travel was a luxury(奢侈品)and we used to dream of traveling on an airplane，but now people do. It's so common.

Food is another big difference. There wasn't any supermarket so we used to grow our own food. We would sell our things and buy the things we didn't have. We didn't have a fridge so we kept things cool in a special room downstairs.

  But the biggest difference is electricity (电).We didn't have any in our town！At night, we used to light candles when we wanted light and we burned coal(煤)or wood to keep warm. We didn't have televisions. In summer, we used to go swimming in the river.

  Life used to be very difficult, but we were happy at that time.

                                     Love， Grandpa

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. When the writer was young, ______________ .

A.    cars were not common

B.     there were no horses or trains

C.    cellphones were quite common

D.    air travel was so common
(   ) 2. The writer no longer      

A.   hates carrots

B.    has to grow his own food

C.    buys food from the supermarket

D.   has a fridge

(   ) 3. As there wasn't any electricity when the writer was young, .

A.   he couldn't keep warm

B.    he went swimming

C.    he went to his friend's house to watch television

D.   he used to light candles

(   ) 4. The writer used to swim .

A.   in the city swimming pool

B.    in the ocean

C.    in the river

D.   in his own swimming pool

(   ) 5. Hie letter talks mostly about what ,

A.  the world used to be like

B.    the writer wants to do in the future

C.    the boy should do differently

D.   the boy has not done recently

Answer 1

1. A 由第一段第七句可知，那时很少有人拥有小汽车。

2. B

3. D

4. C 由第三段最后一句可知，作者过去经常在河里游泳。

5. A  由全文可知，文章是在描述过去的生活。