Question

阅读下面材料，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

“The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.”—Thomas Macaulay

One day, some thirty years ago, Mrs. O’Neill gave us a test to our class. When the papers were marked, she discovered 12 boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test. There is nothing new about cheating in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to remain after class. I was one of them.

Mrs. O’Neill asked no questions, and she didn’t scold us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the above words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to copy these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

It was the most important single lesson of my life. Thirty years later, the words still seem to me the best yardstick, because they give us a way to measure ourselves rather than others.

【写作内容】

1.以约30个词概括上述故事的内容要点。

2.然后以约120个词从“作者”，或者他的老师“Mrs. O’Neill”的行为中任选一个角度发表你的看法，内容包括：

（1）谈谈你对“作者”对待自己的错误或者他的老师“Mrs. O’Neill”对待学生犯错的处理方式发表你的看法，并说明理由；

（2）你读后的感受与启示。

【写作要求】

1、作文中可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

    概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

Answer 1

One possible version:

Instead of being criticized severely, the author, together with other 11 boys who cheated in a test, was ordered to copy an instructive sentence a hundred times, which he thought was the most important lesson of his life.

In my point of view, the author was somewhat brave enough to face his fault and deal with it in a right way, nevertheless he had cheated in the test. Thanks to his teacher, Mrs. O’Neill, he received an impressive and particular lesson from which he obtained a way to measure himself.

As a saying goes, “A fault confessed is half redressed.” In fact, faults are like road humps, they slow you down temporarily but you can enjoy the smooth road afterwards. Since mistakes can’t be avoided, it is our duty and commitment to cultivate an ability to overcome whatever mistakes we are confronted with. With this ability, no obstacles can overwhelm us and interfere with our long range goal. Only when we build it up will we almost inconceivably triumph.