When Martin was a little boy, he lived in the town of Holtham. At the time, Martin thought that the
little town was a very big town.
        Well, Martin came back to Holtham last night. "It's a small town!" he said to himself.
        The town has changed very little in the past forty years. But Martin has changed a lot. He has grown
into a man. His ideas are a man's eyes.
        Martin stayed in the town for five hours. He walked from street to street, but he knew nobody.
Who were the strangers, the people in Holtham or Martin? Martin suddenly understood it all. Not the
people in the town but he.

1. Holtham was ______________.

A. a little country    
B. a small town    
C. a big town      
D. a big country

2. Martin left the town __________.

A. when he was 40    
B. 40 years ago    
C. 14 years ago    
D. 5 hours ago

3. During his five hours' stay in the town, Martin __________.

A. met no friend  
B. didn't want to see his friends  
C. saw nobody  
D. saw a lot of friends

4. Which of the following is true? __________.

A. Martin has never lived in the town          
B. Holtham was a town of strangers
C. There have been great changes in the town    
D. A man's ideas are different from a child's

5. Now Martin sees things through ________________.

A. a boy's eyes    
B. a child's eyes    
C. a man's eyes  
D. a stranger's eyes