The story told to all American children about honesty(誠實) is about the cherry tree(櫻桃樹) that President George Washington cut when he was a boy．When his father returned home, he asked George if he knew anything about who cut the tree down．George replied, "Father, I can not tell a lie．It was I who cut down the cherry tree．"

In China, every child knows the story of Lei Feng, the young soldier who helped everyone and was very honest．The stories of George Washington and Lei Feng help us understand the importance of being honest．

Every teacher wants his or her students to be honest．If every student can be honest in their childhood, they will be honest when they become adults(成年人)．The country will then be known as an honest country and it will be respected(尊敬，尊重) by everyone．

Usually, it is the father and the mother who give the first lessons of honesty．George Washington learned honesty from his father．

A favorite Chinese story is about a young man who went to the market to buy food for his mother．There was a very young girl there who was selling flowers．The young man was asked to see and smell one flower and when the girl served another person, the young man stole the flower．

When he went home, he began to think what he had done．He went back to the market to see the girl．He told her that he was sorry and that he wanted to pay for the flower．

The little girl refused and said, "You do not need to pay for the flower, elder brother．Since you took it I thought you had a reason to take it．So I did not worry, about receiving money for it．"

The young man was ashamed(羞愧) that he stole the flower．He never forgot the kind-hearted peasant girl．To him it was a strong personal lesson and he could never forget about the importance of being honest．

1．According to the text, George Washington learned honesty from      ．

A．the textbook        B．his teacher                     C．his father         D．his mother

2．Who in human society is the first person to give lessons of honesty?

A．The parents．

B．George Washington’s father．

C．The eleventary school teachers．

D．A young girl who was a flower seller as told in a Chinese story．

3．Why is the education of honesty so important in school education?

A．Because it is one of the lesson required for study in every country．

B．Because if a child is honest in his/her childhood, he/she will be honest when growing up．

C．Because honest people are becoming less and less in most countries．

D．Because teachers are afraid of students stealing things when they are still in school．

4．The writer gives the favourite Chinese story             ．

A．a(chǎn)s an example of a touching love story

B．to show what may happen to a dishonest person

C．a(chǎn)s an example of the meaning of " honesty" in Chinese

D．to show that society as well as parents and teachers may also have an effect on the building up of a person’s character of honesty

5．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．If a person is honest in his childhood, he will be honest when he becomes an adult．

B．The story about George Washington’s childhood is known to everyone in the USA．

C．The young man who stole the flower admitted his wrong doing to his parents．

D．The young man was ashamed of his wrong doing and could never forget the lesson he received from the kind-hearted peasant girl．