A poet and artist ________ coming to speak to us about Chinese literature tomorrow.

A. is　　　B. are　　　C. was　　　D. were

A poet and artist　　　 coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.?

A.is　　　　　 B.are　　　　　　 C.was　　　　　　 D.were

A poet and artist________coming to speak to us about Chinese literature and painting tomorrow afternoon.

A．is 　 　　B．are

C．was 　　 D．were

    In earlier days few people read Whiteman’s poems. One person who did read them was Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was then a country lawyer. He loved the strength and honesty of Whiteman’s words. he often read them to visitors in his office. Whiteman didn’t know Lincoln, but he wrote a long article about slavery and presidency(总统的职权).Whiteman was against slavery. He wanted to see a new kind of president, not a professional politician(政客),but an ordinary working man. This man would be wise, healthy and middle-aged. He would have a beard. Whiteman didn’t know it, but he was describing and middle-aged. He would have a beard. Whiteman didn’t know it , but he was describing (描写)Lincoln. Before he was a lawyer, Lincoln worked with his hands. He was one of ordinary people. He was wise, healthy and middle-aged, and he had a beard. In 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

    In March 1865, Whiteman was in Washington too. Abraham Lincoln became president for the second time. Whiteman wanted to see the ceremony. The two men had never met, but they had seen each other. Washington was very hot in summer. Sometimes Lincoln went outside the city. He passed Whiteman’s house on the way. He and Whiteman often nodded to each other.

    Early in April the Civil War ended. But on April 13 someone shot President Lincoln, and on 14 Lincoln died. To Whiteman it was like the death of a friend. He loved Lincoln so much. He wrote a poem to express his feeling about the death of the President. It was one of his saddest and most beautiful poems.

1. What title should be given to the passage? _____________

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A. Lincoln and his friend

B. Whiteman and his friend

C. Whiteman and Lincoln

D. Two great friends

2. Lincoln liked to read Whiteman’s poems because ________.

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A. Whitman was one of the greatest poets in America

B. Lincoln loved literature, especially poems

C. both of them were good friends

D. of the strength and honesty of the poet’s words

3. Whitman wrote a long article about slavery _______.

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A. supporting keeping slaves

B. insisting on setting the slaves free

C. in order to please Lincoln

D. so as to make Lincoln angry

4. Lincoln and Whitman had not only seen each other, but ____________.

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A. they had talked to each other

B. they had discussed literature together

C. they had known each other well

D. they had written to each other

5. The poem in memory of Lincoln was one of Whiteman’　s_________________.

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A. most beautiful poems

B. longest poems

C. shortest poems

D. worst poems