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.
51. 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
52. The student would live among high officials by___________.
A. selling hats to them B. making a hundred hats for them
C. flattering them D. serving them
53. The teacher was angry with__________.
A. himself B .the society C. his student D. high officials
54. The phrase “rose to his feet” means________.
A. stood up B. kicked with his feet
C. became quite excited D. raised his feet
55 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