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Once there was a king. He liked to write stories. He thought his stories were good, so he like to
show them to people. As people were afraid of him, they all said his stories were very good. One day,
the king showed some of his best stories to a famous writer. He wanted the writer to praise(赞美)these
stories. But the writer said his stories were so bad that he should throw them into the fire. The king got
very angry and sent him to prison (监狱). After some time, the king set him free and ordered him to
come to his palace (宫殿). Again he showed some of his new Stories and asked what he thought of
them. After reading them, the writer at once turned to the soldiers and said, "Take me back to the
prison."
1. The king thought his stories were good so ______.
A. People liked them
B. he liked to show them to people
C. he only showed some to the famous writer
2. The famous writer was thrown into prison because ______.
A. he was afraid of the king's stories
B. he said the king's stories were very bad
C. he said he couldn't write good stories for the king
3. People were afraid of the king because ______ .
A. the stories were interesting
B. they would be sent to prison
C. the king wrote many stories
4. Again the king showed the writer some of his new stories because ______.
A. he wanted to know what the writer thought of them
B. he wanted to be angry with the writer
C. he wanted to send the writer to prison
5. When we read the writer's last words, we can be sure that ______.
A. the writer would write some good stories while in prison
B. the writer liked the new Stories'
C. the king's new Stories were no good at all.
