1. _____ Premier Wen Jiabao acted exactly that way when he kept his cool during the shoethrowing
incident at Cambridge University.
     It happened on the last day of his weeklong official trip to Europe in early February.Wen was delivering
a speech at the university.
     A German student,Martin Jahnke,interrupted Wen Jiabao's speech.2._____ Pausing for a few seconds,
Wen Jiabao calmly told the audience that the incident would do nothing to hold back the friendship of the
Chinese and British people.
     Wen later posted a notice on the government website asking British officials to pardon Jahnke.3._____
He believes education is the best path to a young man.
     The Premier's response to the incident says a lot about our country and culture.4._____.The student's
words and actions showed his lack of knowledge about China,as the Chinese Ambassador to the UK,Fu
Ying,pointed out.By asking the university to forgive Jahnke,the premier showed his tolerance toward
people,who did silly things without thought.
     This incident has upset many Chinese people.However,some coolminded people think that we Chinese
should not be anxious about those who misunderstand China.5._____.
     We can always rely on the words of Confucius to deal with men and things:"I will not be afflicted
(折磨) by men not knowing me；I will be afflicted that I do not know men."
(不患人之不己知,患不知人也)

A. Wen hoped the university would give Jahnke an opportunity to continue his studies.
B. As the old saying goes,we must be patient with trouble.
C. Wen's forgiveness reflects traditional Chinese values on how to treat people who are ignorant or 
     angry.
D. Confucius teaches us to stay calm when faced with trouble.
E. He threw a shoe but missed the Chinese Premier.
F. Instead,we should just keep focusing on our development.
G. Wen believes education can promote better understanding that can help from fair judgment.

     A year after graduation,I was offered a position teaching a writing class.Teaching was a profession I
had never seriously considered,though several of my stories had been published.I accepted the job without
hesitation,as it would allow me to wear a tie and go by the name of Mr.Davis.My father went by the same
name,and I liked to imagine people getting the two of us confused."Wait a minute,"someone might say,"are
you talking about Mr.Davis the retired man,or Mr.Davis the respectable scholar?"
     The position was offered at the last minute,and I was given two weeks to prepare,a period I spent
searching for briefcase and standing before my fulllength mirror,repeating the words,"Hello,class.I'm Mr.
Davis."Sometimes I would give myself an aggressive voice.Sometimes I would sound experienced.But
when the day eventually came,my nerves kicked in and the true Mr.Davis was there.I sounded not like a
thoughtful professor,but rather a 12yearold boy.
     I arrived in the classroom with paper cards designed in the shape of maple leaves.I had cut them myself
out of orange construction paper.I saw nine students along a long table.I handed out the cards,and the
students wrote down their names and fastened them to their breast pockets as I required.
     "All right then,"I said."Okay,here we go."Then I opened my briefcase and realized that I had never
thought beyond this moment.I had been thinking that the students would be the first to talk,offering their
thoughts and opinions on the events of the day.I had imagined that I would sit at the edge of the desk,
overlooking a forest of hands.Every student would yell."Calm down,you'll all get your turn.One at a time,
one at a time!"
     A terrible silence ruled the room,and seeing no other opinions,I inspected the students to pull out their
notebooks and write a brief essay related to the theme of deep disappointment.

1. The author took the job to teach writing because _____.

A. he wanted to be respected
B. he had written some stories
C. he wanted to please his father
D. he had dreamed of being a teacher

2. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 2?

A. He would be aggressive in his first class.
B. He was wellprepared for his first class.
C. He got nervous upon the arrival of his first class.
D. He waited long for the arrival of his first class.

3. Before he started his class,the author asked the students to _____.

A. write down their suggestions on the paper cards
B. cut maple leaves out of the construction paper
C. cut some cards out of the construction paper
D. write down their names on the paper cards

4. What did the students do when the author started his class?

A. They began to talk.
B. They stayed silent.
C. They raised their hands.
D. They shouted to be heard.

5. The author chose the composition topic probably because _____.

A. he got disappointed with his first class
B. he had prepared the topic before class
C. he wanted to calm down the students
D. he thought it was an easy topic