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At the age of six, Tom started carrying stones for workers building railroads. He wanted to become a steel-driver who creates pathways for the railroad lines by cutting holes in rocks. When Tome grew up, he was a highly skilled steel-driver in the country. He married a woman who was also a steel driver, and they had a son after a few years of their marriage. One day a salesman came to visit the railroad company with a drilling machine. Tom liked the machine as he thought it would increase his efficiency and creativity in creating pathways

  1. What Tom was doing at the age of six?

  2. A.

    playing with toys

    B.

    carrying stones for workers

    C.

    carrying water for workers

    D.

    creating pathways for railroad lines


  3. What Tom wanted to be when he grew up?

  4. A.

    doctor

    B.

    stone driver

    C.

    engineer

    D.

    steel driver


  5. Whom Tom married?

  6. A.

    a female engineer

    B.

    a female doctor

    C.

    a female steel driver

    D.

    none of the above


  7. What salesman brought with him?

  8. A.

    stone crusher

    B.

    drilling machine

    C.

    hammer

    D.

    all of the above


  9. Why Tom liked the machine?

  10. A.

    it had good design

    B.

    it was very cheap

    C.

    it could improve efficiency and creativity

    D.

    salesman was his best friend