Themeasureofaman’srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout.—ThomasMacaulaySomethirtyyearsago,IwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork.Oneday,Mrs.NantetteO’Neillgaveanarithmetic___1
Themeasureofaman’srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout.
—ThomasMacaulay
Somethirtyyearsago,IwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork.Oneday,Mrs.NantetteO’Neillgaveanarithmetic___1___toourclass.Whenthepaperswere___2___shediscoveredthattwelveboyshadmadeexactlythe___3___mistakesthroughoutthetest.
Thereisnothingreallynewabout___4___inexams.PerhapsthatwaswhyMrs.O’Neill___5___evensayawordaboutit.Sheonlyaskedthetwelveboysto___6___afterclass.Iwasoneofthetwelve.
Mrs.O’Neillasked___7___questions,andshedidnot___8___useither.Instead,shewroteontheblackboardthe___9___wordsbyThomasMacaulay.Shethenorderedusto___10___thesewordsintoourexercise-booksonehundredtimes.
Idon’t___11___abouttheotherelevenboys.Speakingfor___12___Icansay:itwasthemostimportantsingle___13___ofmylife.Thirtyyearsafterbeing___14___toMacaulay’swords,they___15___seemtomethebestyardstick(准绳),becausetheygiveusa___16___tomeasureourselvesratherthanothers.
___17___ofusareaskedtomade___18___decisionsaboutnationsgoingtowarorarmiesgoingtobattle.Butallofusarecalled___19___dailytomakeagreatmanypersonaldecisions.___20___thewallet,foundinthestreet,beputintoapocket___21___turnedovertothepoliceman?Shouldthe___22___changereceivedatthestorebeforgottenor___23___?Nobodywillknowexcept___24___.Butyouhavetolivewithyourself,anditisalways___25___tolivewithsomeoneyourespect.
1.A.testB.problem C.paper D.lesson
2.A.examinedB.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.wouldD.wouldn’t
6.A.come B.leave C.remain D.apologize
7.A.no B.certain C.