1. (2023·河东模拟) 阅读理解

There was once a professor of medicine, who was very strict with the students. Whenever he took the chair on the exam committee （委员会）, the students would be in fear, the students of medicine would take their exam again. Now a student entered the room and got seated before the committee. This student was a little nervous as he knew it would not be so easy to get through the exam at all.

The professor began to ask. The student was asked to describe a certain illness, his description of which turned out to be OK.

Then the professor asked about the cure （治疗） for illness, and the student also answered just as right.

"Good, " said the professor, "and how much will you give the patient?"

"A full spoon（勺子）. " answered the student.

"Now you may go out and wait for what you can get, " said the professor. At the same time the committee discussed carefully the answers the student had given. Suddenly the student noticed that there was something wrong with his last answer. "A full spoon is too much, " he thought to himself. Anxiously, "Mr. Professor, I've made a mistake! A spoon is too much for the patient. He can take only five drops. "

"I'm sorry, sir, " said the professor coldly

1. （1） The passage is mainly about　   　.

   A . the student's being poor at answering the questions B . the professor's rude behavior to the students C . the professor's strictness with the students D . the committee's hard questions for the students
3. （2） The student who finished his answers was asked to go out　   　.

   A . to cure a patient B . to wait for his mark C . to think over his answer D . to ask someone else to go in
5. （3） We learn from the passage that　   　.

   A . very few students receive a good mark from the professor B . one student's careless mistake led one patient's death C . the students were not clever enough for the questions D . the exam at the end of the term was most difficult
7. （4） According to the passage, "took the chair" probably refers to　   　.

   A . sitting down on the chair B . take a chair in front C . asking the hardest questions D . controlling the exam
9. （5） We can infer that the student who corrected his answer would　   　.

   A . get a good market B . not get a good mark C . be lucky enough to cure a patient D . have no chance to go on with the study