In the eighteenth century young ladies in Italy were taught reading, writing, music and arithmetic．But their knowledge of history and geography was very poor．

Once the French ambassador in Rome was giving a ball to which many important people were invited．The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs came very late．A young lady, who knew him very well, saw him enter the ball -room and asked why he was so late．

"You see," said the Minister, "there has been a little, accident at the King's palace．"

The curious young lady asked the Minister to tell her what had happened at the King's palace．

"Oh, nothing important," answered the Minister．"The ambassador of Brazil, who was to be presented to the King, forgot to take his credentials(國書) with him and was forced to go back to his hotel to bring them．If he had left them in Brazil we should have had to wait at least six months for them．"

"Is Brazil so far from Rome?" asked the lady, who knew little geography．

"It is in the New World," said the Minister．

"In the New World," repeated the lady in great surprise．

"Yes, in the New World," answered the Minister in a sarcastic (諷刺的) tone, "which was discovered by Christopher Columbus．"

When the young lady heard this, she rushed in to the middle of the ball-room and shouted as loud as she could:

"Ladies and gentlemen, have you heard the latest news? A new world has just been discovered by a certain Christopher Columbus．"

1．The Italian foreign minister came to the hall very late because            ．

A．he had had something to do at home

B．he was delayed by a little accident

C．someone was hurt in the King's palace

D．he was unhappy to come to the ball

2．What happened at the King's palace?

A．The ambassador left his credentials in Brazil．

B．For some reason the ambassador had to go back to Brazil．

C．The King was late and the Brazilian ambassador had to wait．

D．The Brazilian ambassador forgot to take his credentials with him．

3．Where did the ambassador leave his credentials?

A．In Brazil．          B．In Rome．          C．In the hotel．        D．In his office．

4．The reason why the young lady shouted her announcement was that              ．

A．she was the hostess of the ball

B．she knew the Minister very well

C．she had ever heard about Columbus

D．she wanted to broadcast the surprising news

5．Her announcement showed she was           ．

    A．ignorant(.無知的)    B．clever          C．thoughtful          D．knowledgeable

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