Mr. Samson was a newspaper editor in Boston, America. On the night of August 28, 1988, whe

Mr. Samson was a newspaper editor in Boston, America. On the night of August 28, 1988, when he was on night duty, he dreamed that a volcano(火山)near the Island of Java(爪哇岛) erupted(爆发) , and that the local people were buried under lava(熔岩).

  When he woke up from the bad dream with a start, he thought it was very interesting material, so he wrote it down on a piece paper, left it on the desk and went home. Early in the morning, the editor-in-chief came to work and saw the paper. He took it for the latest news that something important had happened last night and published it immediately . Only after did he find it was merely about what Mr. Samson had seen in his dream. But it was too late because the newspaper had already been delivered.

  In no time the editors met to discuss the serious problem. They finally decided to make an apology in the newspaper. Just at that time word came that a volcano on a small between Java and Sumatra (苏门答腊岛)destroyed 163 villages and killed over 40 000 people . It was really a great tragedy（灾难）in human.

 1.The editors in the newspaper office _______.

A. didn’t make an apology    

B. took back all the newspapers

C. made an apology to the readers in the newspaper

D. didn’t realize the serious problem

2. Which of the following do you think is the best if we give another title to the passage 、

 A. The latest news            B. News leading to a Tragedy

 C. Seeing Is believing         D. Dream news became True

1. A 从最后一段可以看出，编辑们决定道歉的时候就传来了火山爆发的消息，说明了他们刊登的消息的真实性，所以他们就不用道歉了。

2．D  仔细阅读全文就会发现D项正是文中的概括。