阅读理解。
Mr. Hunt came from a poor family. He had three brothers and two sisters. His father worked
hard but wasn't paid much. And his mother did all the housework at home. They were both able
but they couldn't get enough money for their family.
Mr. Hunt was in school for only three years and he had to stop to help his parents though he
was good at his lessons. When he was sixteen, he came to the city and began to work in a small
factory. He learned from an old worker and became a skilled worker. The old worker liked him
and married his daughter to him. The young man did not have his own house and had to live with his
parents-in-law. His mother-in-law always thought he was poor and often chattered. So the young
man tried to save everything and hoped to have his own house.
It was one fine Sunday. The old woman wanted to have a picnic on the top of the hill. She told
Mr. Hunt to drive her car. But sometimes she told him to turn left and sometimes to turn right. The
young man had to listen to her. At a crossing the lights were red but she made him turn left. The
policeman stopped them and told the young man to give his license to him.
"If I did wrong, sir," said Mr. Hunt, "It was my mother-in-law's fault (过错). She was driving the
car though she sat behind me!"
1. The Hunts were poor because ____.
A. they were lazy
B. they were too weak to work
C. they couldn't make enough money
D. they weren't able enough
2. Mr. Hunt left the school because ____.
A. he didn't like studying
B. his family was poor
C. he wasn't clever
D. he hoped to stay at home
3. ____, so the old man married his daughter to him.
A. Mr. Hunt became a skilled worker
B. Mr. Hunt was friendly to him
C. Mr. Hunt was paid much in the factory
D. Mr. Hunt worked for six years there
4. The old woman was ____ to Mr. Hunt.
A. good
B. bad
C. friendly
D. useless
5. Which of the following is wrong?
A. The old woman herself drove the car that day.
B. It was the old woman's fault.
C. Mr. Hunt hated his mother-in-law.
D. The old woman told Mr. Hunt to run the red lights.
