Question

One evening, a young man at a certain college who was known to be something of a poet read one of his poems to a small group of his friends in a room．The poem was greatly admired．But afterwards, one of them, who was called Crick, said, "I was very interested in Hand’s poem, but it was stolen from a book."

    His words were reported to Hand, who was very angry and required an apology．"Well," said Crick, "I don’t often take back what I said, but this time I admit (承认) I was mistaken．When I got to my room, I looked in the book which I thought the poem was stolen from, and I saw it was still here!"

1.The poem Hand read one evening was written by         .

     A．Hand                                                B．Crick               

       C．one of his friends                                 D．another poet

2.Hand’s friends admired the poem mainly because       .

     A．it was read by Hand                       B．Hand was a poet

     C．it was really wonderful                     D．it was stolen from a book

3.From the story, we know that Crick        .

     A．was really mistaken                        B．really took back what he said

     C．was a poet himself                         D．was quite familiar with the poem

4.When Hand required an apology, Crick       .

     A．didn’t do as Hand asked                  B．admitted he was wrong

     C．was unwilling to do so                   D．showed the poem to Hand

5.According to the passage, we can infer that Hand       .

     A．was a young poet                       B．liked poems very much

     C．would be a poet                         D．was regarded as a poet

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B