C
Test question analysis: The question "The road to good people should be broad but not narrow, and the road of speech should be open but not blocked", which means recruiting talents. Channels should be broad rather than narrow, and the opinions of others should be listened to from many aspects rather than closed off. The emphasis is on the importance of recruiting talents and good words; the title of "Great wisdom can only make a country prosperous by gathering the wisdom of others", which means outstanding intelligence. The people who can make a country strong are just the collective wisdom of everyone; both famous quotes in this question suggest that the government must listen carefully to the opinions of the people and all relevant parties, identify deficiencies, and improve its work. It can be seen that items ① and ③ are in line with the meaning of the question and can be selected; the material in this question does not involve the issue of government administration according to law, so item 2 is not in line with the meaning of the question and cannot be selected; the statement "direct decision-making by the people" in ④ is wrong, so it cannot be selected Selected. Therefore, the answer is option C.