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When I was a law professor, a student reported that I made an error in grading his exam by giving him too many points.He was 41 and after thanking him for his honesty, I changed the grade in my 42 . His beaming(欢笑的)face turned to shock."You're 43 my grade?" he said angrily."I would never have come in 44 …"
He didn't finish the 45_ , but it was obvious that his display of honesty was 46_ .He thought he'd have it all —praise and the higher grade.
Several colleagues thought I should have let the higher grade 47 because all I'd accomplished was to discourage him from being 48 in the future.And every time I tell this story, some people agree to this 49 .
But I can't see how I could give good reason for worsening my_ 50 in grading by undermining(损害) the honesty of all my grades by failing to 51 an error.The grade itself would be a dishonest 52 of his knowledge and it would have been 53 to other students.How could I 54 give a student a gift of an unearned grade?
I know 55 reporting an error in one's favor is unusual, but, like 56_ too much change, it's clearly the right thing to do.People of character, those with real honesty, hate to give up 57 as much as anyone else.The difference is that for them a good conscience and reputation is 58
enough to give reason for the cost of doing the right thing.
Perhaps lowering the student's grade did 59 him from being honest in the future, but bribing(贿赂)him to be honest so that he does the right thing when its cost-free would have 60 him even more.The duty to be honest is about right and wrong, not risks and rewards.
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【解析】诚实是什么?我们该如何让人们诚实?文章通过一个小故事告诉了我们究竟该如何保持诚实。
1.形容词辨析。A聪明的,明智的;B正确的;C固执的;D生气的。根据下文我在成绩记录中改了他的名字,可知我也认为他是正确的,我多给他分数了。
2.名词辨析。解析同上。
3.动词辨析。A降低;B改正;C改变;D生产,制作;根据上下文可知这个学生对我降了他的分数感觉很惊讶,也很生气,接下来说:如果(我知道你降了我的分数),我就不会来了。
4.上下文辨析。解析同上。
5.上下文辨析。根据上文的"I would never have come in 44 …"可知他这句话没有说完。
6.上下文串联。根据句意可知这个学生并不诚实,因为下句说他既想得到高分也想得到表扬。他表现出的诚实是假的。
7.动词辨析。A移动;B改变;C保持不变;D下降;根据上下文可知同事们都认为我不应该降他的分数,因为我们那样做会让他变得不诚实。
8.形容词辨析。解析同上。
9.名词辨析。A言辞;谈论,评论;B抱怨;C表扬;D成就。根据句意可知A正确,名词我说起这个故事,人们都同意这样的话。
10.名词辨析。A罪;B错误;C怀疑;D内疚;根据句意:我没有任何理由不去纠正我的错误而去破坏我其它分手的平等性而使我错上加错。
11.动词辨析。解析同上。
12.名词辨析。A回应;B感觉;C迹象,征兆;D反应。根据句意可知:那个分数本身就是对知识的不诚实的反应,对于别的学生来说这就是一种不公平。我怎么可能会给一个学生不应的分数呢?
13.形容词辨析。解析同上。
14.副词辨析。解析同52.
15.副词辨析。根据句意可知:就像归还多给的零钱一样,自告奋勇地报告自己所犯的错误是不同寻常的。
16.动词辨析。解析同上。
17.名词辨析。A益处;B荣誉;C奖励;D礼物;根据句意可知:那些真正诚实的人和别人一样也不愿意放弃好处,但是君子爱财,取之有道。对于他们这样的人来说名誉就是对他们的奖励。
18.名词辨析。A快乐;B奖励;C内容;D荣誉,光荣的事情;解析同上。
19.固定词组。Discourage sb from doing sth阻止某人做某事;
20.上下文辨析。降低他的分数可能阻止他诚实,但是通过给他高分来让他诚实也许会让他收到更大的伤害。
完形(15%)
Albert Einstein said, “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.” Once __41 __, such opportunities are like valuable diamonds hidden in the sand.
Several years ago, I spoke at a school about how we were surrounded by “___42___ ” if we could only recognize them. A man stopped by to see me, and I remembered him as somebody who had suffered through a(n) ___43___ divorce (离婚) and was examining what was most important to him. He took a small ___44___ out of his pocket. Here is what he said to me that day.
“I ___45___ on this stone when I was leaving church last Sunday. You had spoken about ___46___ opportunities—diamonds. I put the stone in my ___47___ to remind me to look for those “diamonds” that I need. I have been trying to sell my business . On Monday morning, a man who seemed interested in ___48___ some of my stock (股票) stopped by. I thought, ‘Here’s my diamond—don’t let it ___49___!’ I sold the entire stock to him by noon. Now my next diamond is to find a new ___50___ !”
Not long afterward, he did find a new and better job. From then on, he decided to keep his stone with him all the time as a ___51___ to look for “diamonds” as he dug through the ___52___ of life.
Richard DeVos is right when he points out. “This is an exciting world. It is filled with opportunities. Great moments wait around every corner.” Those moments are diamonds that, ___53___ left unrecognized, will be forever lost.
Are you looking for “diamonds” every day? If not, you may ___54___ pass them by! Perhaps there is a diamond of opportunity hidden in the difficulty you’re ___55___ now.
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完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things 31 !” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 32 .
These comments may come from stories about us that have been 33 for years—often from 34 childhood. These stories may have no 35 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will never have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life.” How did these expectations 36 my development? I was never 37 to work on cars or be around 38 . When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!
Six years later, 39 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 40 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 41 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”
Bob asked me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 42 and told him about my 43 performance on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 44 is it that you can solve 45 mathematical problems, but you can’t solve simple mechanical problems?”
Suddenly I realized that I didn’t 46 from some sort of genetic defect. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 47 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 48 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 49 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost 50 we choose.
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