Confucius was born on September 28, 55 l BC.Chinese regard Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest teacher.He had about 3,000 students.For more than 2,000 years, Confucius’ ideas have been around in people’s everyday life.Now they have gone far into east and south Asia.People can still hear them today.

    Why are his ideas so popular? Because they help a lot in everyday life.Confucius said young people should take care of the old.People should give up thinking of themselves and work for others.As a great teacher.Confucius said all should go to school if they could.

1.Confucius was born on_______.

    A.September 28, 551 AD               B.September 28, 55l BC

    C.December 28, 55l BC                 D.December 28 , 551 AD

2.Confucius’ ideas have gone far into_________ .

    A.east and south Asia                      B.north and west Asia

    C.east and south Africa                   D.north and west Africa

3.Confucius thought __________.

    A.young people needn’t take care of the old

    B.people should think of themselves

    C.people should work for others

    D.all the people could go to school

4.What do people think of Confucius?

    A.The greatest leader and teacher.

    B.The greatest thinker and teacher.

    C.The greatest leader and thinker.

    D.The greatest doctor and teacher.

5.What’s the passage mainly about?

    A.All should go to school.

    B.The old and the young.

    C.Work for others.

D.Confucius and his ideas.

When I was 16 years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.It was the early autumn of my first year at a junior high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to make friends with anyone.

Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk about anyone with my problems. And I didn’t my parents to worry about me.

Then one day, my classmates talked happily with their friends, but I sat at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked at me, without a word, a smile.

Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

One day I asked him why he smiled, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!

It doesn’t matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at world and it will smile back.

1. Why was the smile an important gift?

   A. Because the writer’s old school was far away.

   B. Because the writer didn’t know who the boy was.

   C. Because the smile didn’t mean anything to the boy.

   D. Because it made the writer feel happy, lively and warm.

2. The writer didn’t talk to anyone in her new school about her problem because       .

   A. she was always unhappy          B. she didn’t have any friends there

   C. she was in the first year at the junior high school

   D. she didn’t want her parents to worry about her

3. How did the smile change her life?

   A. She started to make friends.                   B. She became the best friend with the boy.

   C. Her parents didn’t worry about her any more.

   D. She realized that she was lonely.

4. Where does she now think her feeling of unhappiness came from?

   A. From her old school.               B. From her parents.            

   C. From herself                           D. From her classmate at the new school

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