A poor couple who were arrested for stealing out-of-date food from supermarket and they had to send their hungry children to live with grandparents.

Paul and Kerry Barker stole chicken wings, bread and cheese from a locked supermarket at night. The couple had two children.Paul, 39, said: “I was starving. We would sometimes go two or three days without food. 3      .”

Kerry, 29, is due in court on Wednesday but says she has been told to expect the same sentence.The Barkers said today they did not give their children – Mollie-Mae, 22 months, and Jayden Paul, three – any out-of-date food. But they did get shoplifted food.

Kerry said: “We know out of food is bad for our health, But we have no money to buy. We have to feed ourselves.

Since January, the couple took the decision to move the children to live with Kerry’s parents Mavis, 63, and Patrick, 65, 100 miles away in Keswick, Cumbria.Uk. Paul went to live with them for several weeks to help them settle there.

Kerry said: “It was heartbreaking but we felt we had no choice. I speak to them every day on the phone and read them a bedtime story every night.

“It is a horrible situation but this was our choice. If I can get a job,I will bring the kids back to be with us.”

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1.How old was Paul Barker?

A 29

B 39

C 63

D 65

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第2段“The couple had two children.Paul, 39.”可知。

2.Where did the story happen?

A America.

B England.

C Canada.

D India.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第5段“ Since January, the couple took the decision to move the children to live with Kerry’s parents Mavis, 63, and Patrick, 65, 100 miles away in Keswick, Cumbria.Uk”可知。

3.Which of the following sentence can be put in the blank?

A I would like to be a teacher.

B I just wanted to feed my children.

C I just wanted to find a job.

D I just could not take it any more

解析：选D。D 句子填空题。根据文章前面两句”I was starving. We would sometimes go two or three days without food”可知，他再也无法忍受了。

4.Why did they send their children to their parents?

A Because the children were badly ill.

B Because they had no money.

C Because they were arrested by the police.

D Because they didn’t like to live with their children.

解析：选B。B 细节理解题。根据文章第4段“But we have no money to buy. We have to feed ourselves.”可知，他们没有钱，没办法养活孩子。

5.From the passage , we can know________.

A The couple stole some money from the supermarket.

B The couple’s paretns lived near them.

C They had no way but to send their children to their parents.

D Kerry talked with her children by QQ.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。根据最后一段“It is a horrible situation but this was our choice. If I can get a job,I will bring the kids back to be with us. ”可知。他们也没有办法，只能送孩子去外公外婆家。