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One day a student went to see his teacher. He had been given an important position and now was coming to say goodbye to his teacher. The old man asked him how he would live among high officials. The student answered, “ I will be all right. I have prepared a hundred high hats, one for each official I will meet. I am sure I will succeed.” The teacher got angry on hearing this. “What?” he cried. “Is this what ten years of my teaching has made of you? Nothing but flatterer(拍马屁的人)?” “Excuse me, honored(尊敬的) master,” the student rose to his feet and apologized hurriedly. “But you have always been absorbed in your studies and don’t know how vulgar(庸俗的) the world has come to be. There are few men in the world who are above flatterers like you.” “There is something true in what you said,” the teacher nodded, smiling with one of the student’s “high hats” on.
【小题1】. The student came to say goodbye to his teacher because_____________.

A.he had got hundred hats to sell
B.he had got a fairly high position in society
C.he wanted to see his parents in his home town
D.he moved away to another city
【小题2】. The student would live among high officials by___________.
A.selling hats to themB.making a hundred hats for them
C.flattering themD.serving them
【小题3】. The phrase “rose to his feet” means________.
A.stood upB.kicked with his feet
C.became quite excitedD.raised his feet
【小题4】. The teacher____________.
A.liked to be flattered as well
B.really knew nothing about the vulgar world
C.was in need of a high hat
D.was satisfied with the new hat


【小题1】B
【小题2】C
【小题3】A
【小题4】A

解析试题分析:本文是一篇哲理性小故事。在故事中学生因获得了要职而去向老师辞行,当老师问他如何和那些高官相处时,学生回答说他为每一位高官都准备了一个“高帽”,也就是去对他们阿谀奉承,老师听后勃然大怒,但是当学生说了一番动听的话语之后,老师不禁转怒为笑,原来“高帽”的力量是如此的强大。
【小题1】B 细节理解题。根据文章中He had been given an important position and now was coming to say goodbye to his teacher.可知他因为得到一份好的工作而去向老师辞行,故答案选B。
【小题2】C细节理解题。从文中 I have prepared a hundred high hats, one for each official ……,以及下文内容.可知当老师问他如何去和高官打交道时,他说给他们准备了高帽,也就是对他们进行阿谀奉承,答案选C。
【小题3】A词义猜测题。根据语境可知当学生说要对那些官员进行溜须拍马的时候,老师勃然大怒,由此判断下文学生向老师道歉时应该站在老师面前,故答案选A。
【小题4】A细节理解题。根据smiling with one of the student’s “high hats” on可知当学生对老师说了一些赞扬的话时,老师不生气了,所以也是喜欢别人的阿谀奉承,选A。
考点:考查故事类短文阅读。

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