【正文】 they value a man who speaks the truth.” He wrote a book called Proverbs, which is part of the Bible and studied carefully even today. There was a college graduate in Wuhan who shared his own experience about being truthful. It is a good lesson for everyone who reads of his experience. Mr. Lou went to work for a factory making electrical machines. On the first day of his job, he accidentally broke an electrical machine because of his inexperience. Since it was very expensive, it caused Mr. Lou to bee frightened about what his boss might say to him. The machine was worth his six nonths’ salary. He decided to try and repair it. After working on it for about 2 hours, he could make it function, but it didn’t work as well as it should. After spending a restless night, Mr. Lou felt he must tell his boss the truth. The next morning, he showed the broken machine to his boss nervously, for he didn’t know what the result would be. To his great surprise, the boss praised him for being truthful and even later gave him a rise. Mr. Lou never fot this dramatic experience. He had to make the choice of hiding his mistake by saying nothing or of telling the truth. The boss had found an honest new employee who would prove later to be of great value to the pany. Being honest makes a person worthy of trust, which is so important for a family, a pany, and even a country. 56. The underlined part “honest lips” (in Paragraph 1) most probably refer to “_____”. A. people who speak the truth B. lips of honest people C. people loyal to their king D. lips of people loyal to the king 57. What did Mr. Lou do first after he broke the electrical machine? A. He hid it in a secret place. B. He reported it to the boss at once. C. He repaired it himself. D. He replaced it with a used one. 58. What can we learn from the passage? A. Mr. Lou was excited and happy to have the machine repaired. B. Mr. Lou told the boss the truth in order to get a rise later. C. The boss was disappointed and sad about the broken machine. D. The boss thought honest employees were of great value to the pany. 59. By telling the story of Mr. Lou, the author wants to show that _____. A. mistakes can sometimes bring good luck to a person B. being truthful is a most important character of a person C. employees should always be careful with their work D. experience is important for an employee to do his work well B Everyone takes drugs. Sometimes a drug might be called a herb （草藥） but the effect is the same. Drugs and herbs can make life better for they are used to improve health. From the simplest headache to a cure for cancer, people believe that certain drugs can help them. But there is danger if the drugs are not used in a proper way. American teenagers sometimes use certain drugs to feel good. They call this “getting high”. The problem is that once a young man or a young woman has the feeling of “getting high”, they want to do it often. If school is boring or too hard, students might get depressed and a drug or herb might help them feel better. If the student takes too much of a drug, the body may change in a wrong way such as a confused mind, poor sight, a headache, and an unfortable stomach. Schools now have D. A. R. E. program which means Drug Abuse Resistance Education. This program was started so that young students from age 10 to 18 might understand how a drug affects their bodies. The main point of the program is education. Once a student understands certain drugs can cause ill health, he will know he should not use them. Education is the key to good nutrition as well. If a student eats correctly, he or she will be full of energy which leads to good study habits and good grades. Poor nutrition may cause the need for more sleep and poor concentration. Proper food is similar to the proper use of drugs. Both allow a healthy body to grow while the