—Thomas Macaulay

Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York.  One day, Mrs. Manette O’Neill gave an arithmetic  1  to our class. When the papers were  2  , she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the  3  mistake throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about  4  in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Nei11 5   even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to  6  after class. I was one of the twelve.

 Mrs. O’Neill asked  7  questions, and she didn’t 8 us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the  9 words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to 10  these words into our exercise books one hundred times.

I don’t  11  about the other eleven boys. Speaking for  12  I can say: it was the most, important single  13  of my life. Thirty years after being  14  to Macaulay’s words, they 15 seem to me the best yardstick (准绳), because they give us a 16 to measure ourselves rather than others.

 17  of us are asked to make  18  decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called  19  daily to make a great many personal decisions. 20  the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket  21 turned over to the policeman? Should the  22 change received at the store be forgotten or  23 ? Nobody will know except  24 . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always  25  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．easy

B．funny

C．same

D．serious

4.A．lying

B．cheating

C．guessing

D．discussing

5.A．didn’t

B．did

C．would

D．wouldn’t

6.A．come

B．leave

C．remain

D．apologize

7.A．no

B．certain

C．many

D．more

8.A．excuse

B．reject

C．help

D．scold

9.A．above

B．common

C．following

D．unusual

10.A．repeat

B．get

C．put

D．copy

11.A．worry

B．know

C．hear

D．talk

12.A．myself

B．ourselves

C．themselves

D．herself

13.A．chance

B．incident

C．lesson

D．memory

14.A．referred

B．shown

C．brought

D．introduced

15.A．even

B．still

C．always

D．almost

16.A．way

B．sentence

C．choice

D．reason

17.A．All

B．Few

C．Some

D．None

18.A．quick

B．wise

C．great

D．personal

19.A．out

B．for

C．up

D．upon

20.A．Should

B．Must

C．Would

D．Need

21.A．and

B．or

C．then

D．but

22.A．extra

B．small

C．some

D．necessary

23.A．paid

B．remembered

C．shared

D．returned

24.A．me

B．you

C．us

D．them

25.A．easier

B．more natural

C．better

D．more peaceful

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. Manette O’Neill gave an arithmetic  1  to our class. When the papers were  2  , she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the  3  mistake throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about  4  in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O’Nei11 5   even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to  6  after class. I was one of the twelve.

 Mrs. O’Neill asked  7  questions, and she didn’t 8 us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the  9 words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to 10  these words into our exercise books one hundred times.

I don’t  11  about the other eleven boys. Speaking for  12  I can say: it was the most, important single  13  of my life. Thirty years after being  14  to Macaulay’s words, they 15 seem to me the best yardstick (准绳), because they give us a 16 to measure ourselves rather than others.

 17  of us are asked to make  18  decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called  19  daily to make a great many personal decisions. 20  the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket  21 turned over to the policeman? Should the  22 change received at the store be forgotten or  23 ? Nobody will know except  24 . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always  25  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．easy

B．funny

C．same

D．serious

4.A．lying

B．cheating

C．guessing

D．discussing

5.A．didn’t

B．did

C．would

D．wouldn’t

6.A．come

B．leave

C．remain

D．apologize

7.A．no

B．certain

C．many

D．more

8.A．excuse

B．reject

C．help

D．scold

9.A．above

B．common

C．following

D．unusual

10.A．repeat

B．get

C．put

D．copy

11.A．worry

B．know

C．hear

D．talk

12.A．myself

B．ourselves

C．themselves

D．herself

13.A．chance

B．incident

C．lesson

D．memory

14.A．referred

B．shown

C．brought

D．introduced

15.A．even

B．still

C．always

D．almost

16.A．way

B．sentence

C．choice

D．reason

17.A．All

B．Few

C．Some

D．None

18.A．quick

B．wise

C．great

D．personal

19.A．out

B．for

C．up

D．upon

20.A．Should

B．Must

C．Would

D．Need

21.A．and

B．or

C．then

D．but

22.A．extra

B．small

C．some

D．necessary

23.A．paid

B．remembered

C．shared

D．returned

24.A．me

B．you

C．us

D．them

25.A．easier

B．more natural

C．better

D．more peaceful