题目内容
The measure of a man，s real character is what he would do it 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. Nantette O’Neill gave an arithmetic ____ to our class. When the papers were ____ she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test.
There is nothing really new about ____ in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill ____ even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to ____ after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs. O’Neill asked ____ questions, and she did not ____ us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the ____ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to ____ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.
I don’t ____ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself I can say: it was the most important single ____ of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they ____ seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a ____ to measure ourselves rather than others.
____ of us are asked to made ____ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called __ daily to make a great many personal decisions. ____ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the ____ change received at the store be forgotten or ____? Nobody will know except ____. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.
1.A. test B. problem C. paper D. lesson
2.A. examined B. completed C. marked D. answered
3.A. lying B. cheating C. guessing D. discussing
4.A. didn’t B. did C. would D. wouldn’t
5.A. come B. leave C. remain D. apologize
6.A. no B. certain C. many D. more
7.A. excuse B. reject C. help D. scold
8.A. above B. common C. following D. unusual
9.A. repeat B. get C. put D. copy
10.A. worry B. know C. hear D. talk
11.A. chance B. incident C. lesson D. memory
12.A. even B. still C. always D. almost
13.A. way B. sentence C. choice D. reason
14.A. All B. Few C. Some D. None
15.A. quick B. wise C. great D. personal
16.A. out B. for C. up D. upon
17.A. Should B. Must C. Would D. Need
18.A. extra B. small C. some D. necessary
19.A. paid B. remembered C. shared D. returned
20.A. me B. you C. us D. Them
