Custom Search   [ Correct English | Common Errors |  | Sample Letters | Glossary of Correct Usage | Common Sentences | Q & A ] [ English Compositions | High School Vocab | Words | Phrases | Celebrity | Poetry Corner | SPM essays ] [ Literary English | Word Differentiation ] Sponsored Links <<Prev Reading  Comprehension Next>>     TOEFL Vocabulary English Conversation English Grammar American Idioms English Comprehension English Summary English News Movie Reviews   Read the poem below and answer the questions that follow. Mistake Once it was a farm.       'Here at Acme we manufacture plastics, everything from wire to elastics.'   I lived here once -- grew up here, in fact.       'Last year we began to expand; we laid out eighty thousand for this land.'   I milked the cows, planted, dreamed.       'The factory you are about to enter is an ultra-modern manufacturing center.'   My father owned it, and his father before him.       'Yes, sir. We're going to create new products here; plastic hats, flowers, and cans for beer.'   When he died I decided to sell. That money looked awfully good. But now   Seeing this -- this factory, I miss that farm. Michael Mager         1. Which of the following statements is true about the persona ?             (A) The persona was greedy.     (B) The persona still lives on the farm.     (C) The persona dreamed of building a factory on the farm.     (D) The persona was paid eighty thousand dollars for the farm.           2. From the poem, we know that the farm             (A) is worthless     (B) is now deserted     (C) is owned by the persona's siblings     (D) had been in the persona's family for a long time           3. The farm has sentimental value to the persona for the following reasons except             (A) he grew up there     (B) he once worked there     (C) he does not like the factory     (D) it was left to him by his father           4. The words in italics in the poem are most probably spoken by the             (A) persona     (B) persona's children     (C) manager of the factory     (D) author who wrote the poem           5. Acme bought the land to             (A) expand its factory     (B) build houses for its workers     (C) supply raw materials for its factory     (D) extract the minerals from the land           6. The persona sold the farm because             (A) the offer was good     (B) his father had died     (C) he had no time to take care of it     (D) he was faced with financial difficulties         Sponsored Links         Answers : 1D   2D   3C   4C   5A   6A     001    002    003    004    005    006    007    008    009    010    011    012    013    014    015    016    017    018    019    020    021    022    023    024    025    026    027    028    029    030    031    032    033    034    035    036    037    038    039    040    041    042    043    044    045    046    047    048    049    050    051    052    053    054    055    056    057    058    059    060    061    062    063    064    065    066    067    068    069    070    071    072    073    074    075    076    077    078    079    080    081    082    083    084    085    086    087    088    089    090    091    092    093    094    095    096    097    098    099    100    101    102    103    104    105    106    107    108    109    110    111    112    113    114    115    116    117    118    119    120    121    122    123    124    125    126    127    128    129    130    131    132    133    134    135    136    137    138    139    140    141    142    143    144    145    146    147    148    149    150    151    152    153    154    155    156    157    158    159    160    161    162    163    164    165    166    167    168    169    170    171    172    173    174    175    176    177    178    179    180    181    182    183    184    185    186    187    188    189    190    191    192    193    194    195    196    197    198    199    200    201    202    203    204    205    206    207    208    209    210    211    212    213    214    215    216    217    218    219    220    221    222    223    224    225    226    227    228    229    230    231    232    233    234    235    236    237    238      Sponsored Links       American Slang English Proverbs English Exercises Common English mistakes Ancient Chinese stories Junior English essays High School English essays Lower Secondary English essays