1、单选题：
Personal development can be defined as_______.
选项：
A:Being happy
B:Being educated
C:Improving yourself
D:Being promoted in your job
E:Being successful
答案: 【Improving yourself】

2、单选题：
Socrates is the “father of Western philosophy” because____.
选项：
A:He invented the Western scientific method.
B:He is the first philosopher to write a book in the West.
C:He claimed that he didn’t know anything but could only ask questions.
D:He started a new religion.
答案: 【He claimed that he didn’t know anything but could only ask questions.】

3、单选题：
Measuring personal development requires self-assessment and also_______.
选项：
A:Positive feelings
B:A framework of economic criteria
C:Psychological examination
D:Taking a test
E:A framework for external observation
答案: 【A framework for external observation】

4、单选题：
The definition of a career is:________.
选项：
A:How you make money
B:How companies define work
C:Having a promotion
D:Spending several years in the same job
E:Developing yourself in your work
答案: 【Developing yourself in your work】

5、单选题：
Which of these statements about the Confucian idea of personal development is NOT TRUE?
选项：
A:Personal development is scientific.
B:Personal development is essentially achieved through learning.
C:Being a “superior person” (junzi) is the goal of personal development.
D:The practice of rituals lead to personal development.
答案: 【Personal development is scientific.】

6、单选题：
In Taoist philosophy, the main disagreement with Confucius is about ____.
选项：
A:The scientific method
B:The practice of rituals leads to personal development
C:The use of poetry
D:The art of war
答案: 【The practice of rituals leads to personal development】

7、单选题：
In Plato’s philosophy, the idea of transcendence means____.
选项：
A:Philosophy is essentially an art form.
B:Philosophy is about truth that you cannot know through the senses.
C:Philosophers should have a full-time profession.
D:Philosophy is about arguing over truth.
答案: 【Philosophy is about truth that you cannot know through the senses.】

8、单选题：
Aristotle’s ideas are important for today because____.
选项：
A:He inspired recent research in psychology and economics.
B:He invented science.
C:His lost works were discovered in Egypt last year.
D:He was the first communist philosopher.
答案: 【He inspired recent research in psychology and economics.】

9、单选题：
The idea of happiness that best describes the goal of personal development is:______.
选项：
A:pleasure
B:wealth
C:realising potential
D:family well-being
答案: 【realising potential】