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1、www.ks5u.com语篇提能阅读理解AConfuciuswasbornintoday'sQufuinShandongProvincein551BC.Hisfamilywasfarfrombeingwell－to－do.Buthewasahard－workingpupileveninhischildhood.Whentheyoungmanofalittleovertwenty,hebecameasmallofficialofthestate.Sincehewasveryknowledgeableandseriousinwork,hehadbecome
2、quitewell－knownbythetimeheturnedthirty.Confuciushadbeentomanyofthestatesofthetime,tryingtomakehispoliticalviewsacceptedbytherulersinrunningtheirstates.Buttheyturnedadeafeartohisviewsandopinions.Asaresult,Confuciusmadeuphismindtodevoteallhisenergiestoeducation.Whenpeoplelearnedab
3、outthis,manyofthemsenttheirchildrentohimtobeeducated.TheywereacceptedoneandallandsoConfuciusbecamethefirstmaninthehistoryofChineseeducationtostartaprivateschool.YanHui,ayoungmanofhumbleorigin,wantedtobeacceptedasConfucius'sstudent.Butthefamilywassopoorthattheyevenhaddifficultypr
4、ovidingthemselveswithdailynecessities.Hewasafraidhewouldberejectedashecouldnotaffordthetuition.OnedayhecametowhereConfuciuswasgivinglecturesandoverheardConfuciussay,“I'mreadytoacceptanyonethatcanbring10piecesofpreservedmeatfortuition,whateverhisorigin.”Greatlyheartenedbythis,Yan
5、HuihurriedbackhomeandtoldhisfriendsZiLuandZiGongaboutit.Afewdayslater,allthreebecameConfucius'sstudents.Confuciuswasadedicatededucator,havingacceptedatotalof3,000studentsinhislife,ofwhom72wereoutstandingscholars.Througheducationalwork,Confuciussucceededinspreadinghispoliticalvie
6、ws,whicheventuallybecameanindependentschoolofthoughtandhadagreatimpactonChinaforthousandsofyears.1．Confuciushadbecomeveryfamousbythetimeheturnedthirtybecause______.A．hehadrichknowledgeandtookhisworkseriouslyB．hewasahard－workingpupilwhenhewasyoungC．manypeopleinthegovernmentknewhi
7、mwellD．hispoliticalviewhadbeenwidelyaccepted2．Fromthelastpartofthefirstparagraph,wecanlearnthat______.A．nobodyhopedtosendtheirchildrentoschoolthenB．ConfuciuswasthefirstpersontostarteducationforallinChinaC．ConfuciuswashappytoworkinthegovernmentD．Confuciusstartedhisschoolwiththehe
8、lpofthegovernment3．Thesecondparagraphinthepassa
