He set an example ______ his classmates.

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B．to

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He set an example ______ his classmates.

A. in                            B. to                                   C. of                     D. as

An evil man once went to a wise man asking for advice about starting a new life. The wise man asked him to give up at least one of his   36   habits. He gave up telling lies.

That night, when he went to the loyal palace to  37  something, he found in the palace another person ,who said he was a thief. He too  38  that he was a thief and both   39  the treasury (国库)and   40  between themselves the diamonds found there. The other person was none other than the king, he   41  to be a thief. While the diamonds were shared, the real thief   42 the king who was losing his entire stock, he asked his  43  to leave one diamond behind in the safe. And, it was done.

The next morning, when it was   44  that the treasury had been broken into, the Minister was sent by the king to assess the  45  .The Minister found the diamond，thinking that it had  46   the eyes of the thieves. He  47  hid it in his own pocket and reported at the court that all the diamonds were  48  !

The king had got from the real thief his address the previous night while they  49  with their separate bags. So he   50  him and when the thief stood in court before the king, he admitted that   51 but one of the diamonds were stolen by him and his  52  companion. The diamond was discovered in the pocket of the Minister and the king dismissed(免……的职) him for the   53 . The real thief was appointed Minister   54  , and he gave up his other bad habits too.

It is a perfect   55   of how one step in the right direction can lead to another.

36．A．bad                  B．regular             C．social                     D．unfortunate

37．A．return                     B．steal                C．collect             D．exchange

38．A．learned                   B．suggested     C．announced       D．heard

39．A．set up               B．looked into       C．rang up            D．broke into

40．A．hid                         B．divided             C．rewarded         D．treated

41．A．pretended             B．expected          C．hoped              D．appeared

42．A．looked down upon   B．agreed with      C．felt pity for      D．knocked into

43．A．conductor         B．neighbor          C．friend              D．companion

44．A．said                        B．discovered              C． recorded      D．believed

45．A．loss                    B．cost                 C．price               D．number

46．A．attracted                 B．  kept         C．missed             D．filled

47．A． suddenly             B．carefully          C．firmly              D．quietly

48．A．sold                        B．gone             C．damaged       D．packed

49．A．parted                     B．practiced          C．worked            D．rested

50．A．waited for              B．called on         C．sent for           D．thought of

51．A． both                   B．some               C．none                D．all

52．A．impatient                 B．unknown         C．homeless         D．disabled

53．A．puzzle                     B．mistake            C．lie                D．excuse

54．A．instead                 B．indeed              C．too                  D．though    

55．A．match                  B．experience        C．experiment       D．example

To get a good mark in examinations has been regarded as being most important for a student, and it is also what parents always expect their children to do．But is it enough? These days increasing attention has been paid in schools across the country to what is called quality education（素质教育）．It means that a student, apart from doing well in exams, should develop his skills in other ways so as to turn himself into a qualified graduate for modernization of the motherland.

       Quality education, said Xing Jizu, Party Secretary of the Education Bureau of  downtown Hongkou District Shanghai, aims to help students to gain a high moral  standard, a strong sense of patriotism （爱国精神）, a strong wish for learning, as well  as a sound（健康的）mind and body．

       "We need reforms （改革）to achieve our goal for quality education．" Mr. Xing Jizu told SSP．He also outlined what they had planned.

       Xing said that return of Hong Kong to the mainland in July, 1997, for example, was regarded as a very good chance for the education advances．A lot of related activities were organized at all the schools in Hongkou．Besides, all schools in the district were advised to set up after-class art or science groups．A students' art festival is to be held in each school every year．

       As for physical education, every students is required to have at least one hour of exercise a day．Every year, a sports meet will take place at each school．Besides, various kinds of after-school activities will be organized to help develop the students' practical and social abilities．

       "What we are doing is by no means to weaken the importance of the regular classroom teaching or exam results," Xing pointed out．"Instead, we hope that through quality education, students can learn more, in less time, in an easier way．Only in this way can we bring up children fit for the bright future of China."

1．The writer thinks that to get a good mark in examinations has been regarded as most important for a student is             .

       A．completely right                        B．one-sided

       C．completely wrong                      D．only a single standard for a good student

2．The word "outline" means to ____．

       A．give main points of                      B．to tell something about education

       C．answer some questions of                D．draw a picture of

3．In this text, quality education is really that ____．

       A．every student gets development on all sides

       B．it is all right for a student to get a good mark

       C．it is all right for a student to get a single skill

       D．it is impossible that a student can develop on all sides

4．The text tells us that ____．

       A．quality education is a must in schools

       B．politics must be put in the first place

       C．students should be able to bear hardships and stand hard work

       D．it is never late to learn

To find out what the weather is going to be, most people go straight to the radio, television, or newspaper to get an expert weather forecast. But if you know what to look for, you can use your own senses to make weather predictions.

There are many signs that can help you. For example, in fine weather the air pressure is generally high, the air is still and often full of dust, and faraway objects may look unclear. But when a storm is stirring up, the pressure drops and you are often able to see things more clearly. Sailors took note of this long ago and came up with a saying: “The farther the sight, the nearer the rain.”

Your sense of smell can also help you discover weather changes. Just before it rains, odors(气味) become stronger. This is because odors are repressed (抑制) in a fair, high-pressure center. When a bad weather is coming, air pressure lessens and odors are set free.

You can also hear an coming storm. Sounds bounce(弹回) off heavy storm clouds and return to earth with increased force. An old saying describes it this way: “Sound traveling far and wide, a stormy day will betide.”

And don’t feel funny if your grandmother says she can feel a storm coming. It is commonly known that many people feel pains in their bones when the humidity(湿度) rises, the pressure drops, and bad weather is on the way.

1．he topic of this passage is ___________.

     A．expert weather prediction

     B．seeing coming storms

     C．old sayings about weather

     D．using the senses to discover weather changes

2．According to the passage, as a storm approaches, faraway objects look ___________.

     A．unclear because of dust in the air

     B．clearer because air pressure is high

     C．clearer because air pressure is dropping

     D．dark because of cloud storms

3．In the last paragraph, the writer implies that ___________.

     A．the idea of feeling a coming storm is foolish

     B．older people know a lot about weather

     C．it’s impossible that people feel aches when a storm is coming

     D．it’s definitely true that some people can feel coming weather changes

4．The writer quotes the old saying “The farther the sight, the nearer the rain” in order to ___________.

     A．show how foolish and untrue such sayings were

     B．show that this observation, made long ago, is true

     C．make the reader believe that expert predictions are not reliable

     D．explain why you can’t see clearly when the rain is coming