一、完形填空（10分）
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was an officer called Qi Huangyang living in the State of Jin. One day, the king asked him who could be the right person to be the county magistrate (县令) of Nanyang. Qi Huangyang 1 for a while and recommended Xie Hu.
The king was very 2 at this answer. He knew that Xie Hu was Qi Huangyang’s enemy (对手). He didn’t like Qi Huangyang at all. The king didn’t 3 why Qi Huangyang recommended Xie Hu. So he asked Qi Huangyang, “Isn’t Xie Hu your enemy? Why did you recommend him?”
Qi Huangyang said, “You only asked me who would be the right person to be the county magistrate. It doesn’t matter 4 Xie Hu is my enemy.” The king thought Xie was 5. So the king took Qi’s advice and sent Xie Hu to be the county magistrate. Xie did a good job there.
When Confucius(孔子) heard about this, he highly praised(称赞) Qi Huangyang. He thought Qi cared about the big picture 6 personal grudges (私人恩怨). When he recommended a person for a job, he only thought about that person’s 7. Even if the person was his enemy, he would still 8 that person’s ability(能力).
This is the story behind the Chinese idiom “Dagong-wusi”. Now we use it to describe (形容) a person who is perfectly fair(公正的). And as a selfless(无私的) man, he will always care more about others than 9. In fact, 10 people can act like this. Our society needs more such kind of people.
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C
) 1. A. stood B. waited C. thought D. enjoyed
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D
) 2. A. cheerful B. excited C. relaxed D. surprised
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A
) 3. A. understand B. think C. wonder D. believe
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B
) 4. A. when B. if C. how D. why
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B
) 5. A. active B. trustworthy C. curious D. funny
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D
) 6. A. but also B. less than C. as well as D. rather than
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A
) 7. A. quality B. look C. sense D. feeling
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C
) 8. A. set apart B. take care of C. pay attention to D. look forward to
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C
) 9. A. themselves B. ourselves C. himself D. yourself
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B
)10. A. more B. few C. a few D. a little bit
