Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history？Many people would think of Confucius，whose birthday was September 28.Although he lived over 2，000 years ago，people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.
   Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu，which lies in Shandong Province.He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period.He had a hard childhood.His father died when he was only 3.His mother brought him up.As a child，he had to work to help his mother，but young Confucius didn't give up studying.He visited many famous teachers and learned music，history，poetry and sports.
    Later，he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history，At that time only children from noble families could go to school，but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn.He had about 3，000 students in his lifetime.
   Today，people sill follow Confucius' lessons.He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. "When I am with three people，one of them must be better than me in some areas.I choose their good qualities and follow them."
   He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. "All study but no thinking makes people puzzled.All thinking but no study makes people lazy."
   Confucius is not only a great teacher，but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society.His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners." A person should be strict with himself，but be kind to others." he said.People uses his ideas to help themselves and society.At present，more than 100 Internet websites are telling people about him，and his ideas have gone far into East and South Asia.

（1）Today we still remember Confucius mainly because of

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B

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A．his hard work in his childhood
B．his wise thoughts and great views about education
C．his travelling from state to state
D．his birthday in Spring and Autumn Period
（2）The underlined word "noble" in Paragraph 3 has the closest meaning to

C

C

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A．poor
B．bright
C．rich
D．cute
（3）The correct order of the following statements is

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①Confucius' father died and he had to help raise the family.
②Confucius educated about 3，000 students in his lifetime.
③Confucius' idea are learned from all over the world.
④Confucius started the first public school in Chinese history
⑤Confucius visited many famous teachers in his childhood.
A． ①⑤④②③
B． ③④⑤②①
C． ①⑤③④②
D． ①③②④⑤
（4）From the last paragraph，we can learn that

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C

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A．people in East and South Asia know little about Confucius' ideas
B．people only use Confucius' ideas to help them study
C．more and more people will learn about Confucius' ideas in the future
D．we can hardly find any information about Confucius on the Internet