Theworldwouldbeabetterplaceifweallhadchildren'seyes.Thisisnotbecausechildren'seyesaretoosharptoallowanyblot(污点,瑕疵)topasswithoutbeing(36)___,butbecauseadultshavetoomanyconflictingconcernstokee
The world would be a better place if we all had children's eyes.This is not because children's eyes are too sharp to allow any blot(污点,瑕疵)to pass without being (36)___,but because adults have too many conflicting concerns to keep their eyes open to all wrongdoing.
Not long before,an examination,intended to(37)___some police officers to higher positions,was held in Gansu province.Someone (38)___with a good idea that 18primary pupils could be invited to act as invigilators (监考人).At that age,students would do as they are told and act fearlessly.(39)___,they caught 25officers cheating on the spot,which has caused a stir (轰动,搅动) and(40)___the question of whether adult invigilators would (41)___their duties as well.
The implication of this event goes (42)___ its impact on the work style of local police officers and the examinations.Most people said what these children have done points to the sad fact of (43)___being less trustworthy.If adults acted as invigilators,they would quite(44)___turn a blind eye to cheating.
We Chinese have been holding the(45)___that human nature was good at birth:as (46)___ of blot as a sheet of blank paper,which can be (47)___ with content (good or bad) in the process of growing up.Everything should be done on the basis of certain principles.(48)___,nowadays the repeated reports of cheating in examinations,selling ranks and (49)___ and embezzling (挪用) public funds paint a (50)___picture of common social morals.Adults have become too concerned with their own personal gains to (51)___basic sense of principles.When no one (52)___any principle and the only concern is personal interest,everyone will (53)___,not only those who first break the rules.
Besides,cheats are unfair to honest examinees,and when the success of cheats(54)___more people to cheat,the consequences will be disastrous.
In a word,we adults need to have our eyes as(55)___as children's on matters of principle.