The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ---Thomas Macaulay
Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic
36 to our class. When the papers were
37 she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.
There is nothing really new about
38 in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to
39 after class. I was one of the twelve.
Mrs O’Neill asked
40 questions, and she didn’t
41 us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the
42 words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to
43 these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.
I don’t know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for
44 I can say:it was the most important single
45 of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they
46 seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a way to _47____ourselves rather than others.
48 of us are asked to make
49 decisions about nations going to war of armies going to battle. But all of us are called
50 daily to make a great many personal decisions.
51 the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the
52 change received at the store be forgotten or
53 ? Nobody will know except
54 . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always
55 to live with someone you respect.
| 小题1: | | A．test | B．problem | C．paper | D．lesson |
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| 小题2: | | A．examined | B．completed | C．marked | D．answered |
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| 小题3: | | A．lying | B．cheating | C．guessing | D．discussing |
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| 小题4: | | A．come | B．leave | C．remain | D．apologize |
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| 小题5: | | A．no | B．certain | C．many | D．more |
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| 小题6: | | A．excuse | B．shout | C．help | D．scold |
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| 小题7: | | A．above | B．common | C．following | D．unusual |
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| 小题9: | | A．myself | B．ourselves | C．themselves | D．herself |
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| 小题10: | | A．chance | B．incident | C．lesson | D．memory |
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| 小题11: | | A．even | B．still | C．always | D．almost |
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| 小题12: | | A．measure | B．respect | C．love | D．believe |
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| 小题14: | | A．quick | B．wise | C．great | D．personal |
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| 小题16: | | A．Should | B．Must | C．Would | D．Need |
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| 小题17: | | A．extra | B．small | C．some | D．necessary |
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| 小题18: | | A．paid | B．remembered | C．shared | D．returned |
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| 小题20: | | A．easier | B．more natural | C．better | D．more peaceful |
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