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Editors of newspapers and magazines often go too far in supplying readers with facts. Last year a reporter by a well-known magazine wrote an article on the president’s in a new African republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and then refused to it. The article began like this, “Hundreds of steps lead to the high surrounding the president’s palace.” The editor sent the reporter a telegram directing him to find out the number of steps and height of the wall.
The reporter set out to get these important facts at once, but it him a long time to send them back. Meanwhile, the editor was growing , for the magazine would soon be . He sent the reporter two urgent(加急的) telegrams, but received reply. He sent another, yet the reporter again to reply. The editor unwillingly published the article it had been written. A week later, the editor at last the reporter, who told him in the letter that not only had he been arrested(逮捕)but he had been sent to . The poor man had been seized by the police while the 1804 steps leading to the 15-foot wall around the palace.
1.A. answered B. sent C. wanted D. taken
2.A. hometown B. office C. palace D. family
3.A. publish B. rewrite C. sign D. talk about
4.A. palace B. wall C. country D. prison
5.A. quickly B. later C. hurriedly D. immediately
6.A. exact B. large C. small D. unknown
7.A. took B. spent C. got D. found
8.A. glad B. fast C. anxious D. happy
9.A. sold B. sent C. shown D. printed
10.A. no B. much C. one D. any
11.A. managed B. failed C. had D. ought
12.A. until B. like C. when D. as
13.A. met with B. looked for C. came across D. heard from
14.A. a hotel B. prison C. the palace D. the office
15.A. counting B. going C. measuring D. drawing
