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  Who was the greatest teacher in China's history? You can't think 1 anyone else when you hear people read one of Confucius' 2,500-year-old 2 ，" He who learns but does not think is lost;he who thinks but does not learn is in danger.”

  He 3 born on September 28th, 551 B. C. in the state of Lu， today's Shandong Province. Chinese look upon Confucius as the greatest 4 and also the greatest educator. He 5 about 3,000 students. For more than 2,000 years, Confucius' ideas have still been around in people's 6 life. Now they have gone far to east and south Asia.

  Why are his ideas so 7 ？They are useful not only in everyday life but also in society. Confucius' most important ideas are 8 and good manners. Confucius said young people should respect(尊重)the old，and people should give up thinking of(關于) 9 and work for others. As a great teacher,

Confucius said all should go to school if they could and wanted to learn.

  Some of Confucius' popular 10 are " A kind person should care for others. " and " Be strict with yourself, but be kind to others." People use his ideas to help themselves and society. More than100 Internet websites are introducing to people about him.

  "Kindness and honesty are the best values (價值)of the world today," says 79-year-old Kong Fanjin, who is studying Confucius.

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 After Peter, the Secretary of the Swedish Academy, announced in Stockholm on Thursday, "Chinese writer Mo Yan won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature(文學)”，Mo Yan became well-known to us. The awarding ceremony was held on December 10th. A medal，a personal diploma(證書)，a cash award of 8 million Swedish kronor ( about 1 million U. S dollars) were given to the winner.

  Mo Yan was born in Gaomi in Shandong Province in eastern China in 1955. He spent his childhood there. He left school at the age of 12. First he worked as a farmer like his parents, later as a worker in a factory. After he joined the People's Liberation Army in 1976 ，he began to study literature and write articles. His first short story came out in 1981. Mo Yan described the experiences during his childhood and the cultures in his birthplace in his writing. His novel HongGaoliangJiazu(1987 ，RedSorghum 1993 in English) ，which was made up of five stories，was filmed successfully in 1987. Besides his novels, Mo Yan has also written many short stories and passages on many different topics. A number of his stories have been translated into English，F(xiàn)rench，Japanese and many other languages.

  Mo Yan not only brings a great surprise to the world but also a great pride to China. 

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。

(   ) 1. When did Mo Yan win the Nobel Prize in Literature？

A.   On December 10th， 2011.

B.   On December 10th, 2012.

C.   On Thursday.

D.   On December 8th， 2012.

(   ) 2. How old was Mo Yan when he joined the Army?

A. 32. B.38. C.21. D.25. 

(   ) 3. What did Mo Yan mainly write about in his works?

A.   The experiences during his childhood and cultures in his birthplace.

B.   The experiences during his life and cultures in his birthplace.

C.   The experiences during his childhood and Chinese culture.

D.   The experiences during his life and Chinese culture.

(   ) 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.   Mo Yan got 8 million dollars for his Nobel Prize.

B.   HongGaoliangJiazuis a four-story book.

C.    Mo Yan began to write articles at the age of 32.

D.    Mo Yan's works were translated into many other languages.

(   ) 5. The passage is about      

A.   the Nobel Prize in Literature

B.   Mo Yan's works

C.   Mo Yan,who won the Nobel Prize in Literature

D.   Mo Yan's story

  The Chinese have always been fond of writing. Almost as soon as they developed their own writing system, they tried to record 1 that had been happening around them. But,by far, 2 had done so in such a better way than Sima Qian whose Shijicovers events spanning(跨越)nearly 3 ， 000 years. This famous work includes everything from the time of the mythical(神話的)Yellow Emperor to the dynasty during 3 Sima Qian was living.

  Sima Qian was born some time 4 145 B. C. and 135 B. C. His father, Sima Tan,was the Grand Historian for Emperor Wu of the Western Han dynasty for thirty years，so Sima Qian had a happy life and 5 a good education when he was young.

  Shortly after he celebrated his twentieth birthday, Sima Qian 6Lang Zhong who was a palace office. In 110 B. C.，his father fell badly 7 Knowing that his days were numbered, Sima Tan asked his son to carry out his dream of 8 a wide,in-depth(深人的) history book for many periods to come. He . promised(承諾)his father to do so. But in99B. C.，great change 9 in his life. Sima Qian got a cruel fine and he was mutilated (殘缺不全).For a while, he almost lost his hope 10 . Luckily, he finally came around and remembered his promise to his father. He completed Shijiaround 91 B. C. and probably died in 87 B. C.

(   ) 1. A. nothing    B. everything

       C. something    D. anything

(   ) 2. A. all    B. both

      C. either    D. none

(   ) 3. A. what    B. whose

      C. which    D. who

(   ) 4. A. between    B. during

       C. from    D. in

(   ) 5. A. led    B. gave

        C. remained    D. received

(   ) 6. A. was made    B. made

        C. was ordered    D. ordered

(   ) 7. A. down    B. ill

       C. well    D. better

(   ) 8. A. wrote    B. written

       C. writing    D. to write

(   ) 9. A. took in    B. took up

        C. took out    D. took place

(   ) 10. A. to live    B. living

        C. to work    D. working

(   ) 10. She wasn't successful at first. She became a successful businesswoman____________

A.   in her forty

B.   in her forties

C.   on her forty

D.   on her forties

(   ) 9. ―I don't know the man with       you talked just now, who is he? 

     ——He is our new Chinese teacher, Mr. Wang.

A. whom    B. which

C. what    D. whose

( ) 8. ―I came here at five o'clock. What about you?
      —I arrived here      than you.

A.    thirty minutes early

B.    early thirty minutes

C.    thirty minutes earlier

D.    earlier thirty minutes

(   ) 7.——Qian Xuesen made important contributions to       our aerospace.

   —Yes. He      __ the Chinese people.

A.   developing;is pride of

B.   developing;is the pride of

C.   develop;is proud of

D.   develop;is the proud of

(   ) 6. The girl      name is Lucy has won first prize in the exam.

A. who    B. whom

C. which    D. whose

(   ) 5.——It's said that computers can beat human beings in playing chess.

A. It's hard to believe！

B.   That's all right.

C.   It doesn't matter！

D.   It's easy to do so！

(   ) 4. The new village road is about 10 meters        and 5,000 meters .

A.   wide;away

B.   widely;away

C.   wide;long

D.   widely;long