King Solomon, the most powerful and the most respected Israeli king, once said,

King Solomon, the mostpowerful and the most respected Israeli king, once said, “Kings take pleasurein honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth.” He wrote a book calledProverbs, which is part of the Bible and studied carefully even today.

There was a collegegraduate in Wuhan who shared his own experience about being truthful. It is agood lesson for everyone who reads of his experience.

Mr. Lou went to workfor a factory making electrical machines. On the first day of his job, heaccidentally broke an electrical machine because of his inexperience. Since itwas very expensive, it caused Mr. Lou to become frightened about what his bossmight say to him. The machine was worth his six months’ salary.

He decided to try andrepair it. After working on it for about 2 hours, he could make it function,but it didn’t work as well as it should.

After spending arestless night, Mr. Lou felt he must tell his boss the truth. The next morning,he showed the broken machine to his boss nervously, for he didn’t know what theresult would be. To his great surprise, the boss praised him for being truthfuland even later gave him a rise.

Mr. Lou never forgotthis dramatic experience. He had to make the choice of hiding his mistake bysaying nothing or of telling the truth. The boss had found an honest newemployee who would prove later to be of great value to the company.

Being honest makes aperson worthy of trust, which is so important for a family, a company, and evena country.

60. The underlined part“honest lips” (in Paragraph 1) most probably refer to “_____”.

   A. peoplewho speak the truth                    B. lips of honest people

   C. peopleloyal to their king                          D. lips of people loyal to the king

61. What did Mr. Lou dofirst after he broke the electrical machine?

   A. He hidit in a secret place.                       B. He reported it to the boss at once.

   C. Herepaired it himself.                         D. He replaced it with a used one.

62. What can we learnfrom the passage?

   A. Mr. Louwas excited and happy to have the machine repaired.

   B. Mr. Loutold the boss the truth in order to get a rise later.

   C. Theboss was disappointed and sad about the broken machine.

   D. Theboss thought honest employees were of great value to the company.

63. By telling thestory of Mr. Lou, the author wants to show that _____.

   A.mistakes can sometimes bring good luck to a person

   B. beingtruthful is a most important character of a person

   C.employees should always be careful with their work

   D.experience is important for an employee to do his work well

试题答案

【答案】

 A

 C

 D

 B

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