阅读理解。
Mr Read lived in a city. He wrote a lot of novels and the young men liked to read them. And he was often
visited. It took him much time to meet them. Some visitors talked much with him and at last he didn' t like it.
He told his servant (小说) to stop the strangers from troubling him.
One morning he was writing a novel when the door was knocked at. He hoped to finish writing it as soon
as possible and he had no time to meet anybody. He told the servant he did not want to be troubled. The
servant opened the door and found it was Mr Baker, one of Mr Read's old friends.
"Is Mr Read at home, Mabel?" asked Mr Baker.
She wanted to let him in but suddenly ( 突然 ) remembered what she was told.
"Sorry, Mr Baker," said the servant. "He's gone out."
"Where has he gone?"
"I don't know."
"When will he come back?"
"Sorry, he didn't tell me about it."
Mr Baker understood his friend wouldn't see him. He got mad and left. That afternoon Mr Read finished
his novel. He felt sorry for Mr Baker and wanted to apologize to his old friend. He got there and shouted, "Is
Mr Baker at home?"
Mr Baker heard it was his friend. He remembered what happened that morning. He didn't open the door
and answered," Sorry, I' m not in." "I have heard it's you, Mr Baker."
"I believed your servant this morning," said Mr Baker."But you don't believe your friend now!
1. According to the passage, Mr Read was ___________.
A. a waiter
B. a writer
C. a worker
D. a servant
2. What does the underlined word "apologize" mean in Chinese?
A. 道歉
B. 挑战
C. 回答
D. 邀请
3. From the story we can guess Mr Baker felt _______ because his old friend didn't let him in.
A. happy
B. surprised
C. sorry
D. angry
4. Which statement is true?
A. Mr Read lived in a small town.
B. The servant didn't know Mr Baker so she didn't let him in.
C. Mr Read didn't want to be troubled while he was writing novels.
D. Mr Baker wasn't at home when Mr Read came to his house that afternoon.
