Eight honours and disgraces

The leader of China issued a list of honours and disgraces, helping Chinese people form life values. They are the following:

    1. Love, do not harm, the motherland.          2. Serve, don’t betray, the people.

3. Value science; don’t be ignorant.           4. Work hard, don’t be lazy and hate work.

5. Be united and help each other; don’t benefit at the expense of others.

6. Be honest and trustworthy; don’t chase profit at the expense of your values.

7. Obey the law, be disciplined; don’t break laws and violate discipline.

8. Know plain living and hard struggle; do not waste away in luxuries and pelasure.

56. A boy was seriously ill. His grandpa thought the hospital could do nothing about the boy’s illness. He asked a witch to help him. This was against _______ value.

A.the first                   B.the third                   C.the seventh       D.the eighth

57. Which of the following is NOT good?

A. You found a wallet on the ground. There was nobody around. You couldn’t find its owner and you didn’t know where you should hand it in. So you kept it.

       B. You have too much homework, but a very funny cartoon is on TV. You still goon doing your homework until you finsih it.

C. You are in a noisy class. The other students are talking loudly. You can’t listen to the teacher clearly, so you ask them to be quiet.

D. You heard somebody say bad things about China. You are brave enough to tell him it’s not good to do so.

58. Why has the government issued “the Eight Honours and Disgraces”?

A.To ask Chinese people to gain more knowledge.      B.To tell people to obey laws.

C.To tell people that science is very important            D.To help Chinese people form life values.