Themeasureofaman’srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout.---ThomasMacaulaySomethirtyyearsagoIwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork.OnedayMrsNanetteO’Neillgaveanarithmetic

　　Themeasureofaman’srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout.---ThomasMacaulay

　　SomethirtyyearsagoIwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork.OnedayMrsNanetteO’Neillgaveanarithmetic 36 toourclass.Whenthepaperswere 37 shediscoveredthattwelveboyshadmadeexactlythesamemistakesthroughoutthetest.

　　Thereisnothingreallynewabout 38 inexams.PerhapsthatwaswhyMrsO’Neilldidn’tevensayawordaboutit.Sheonlyaskedthetwelveboysto 39 afterclass.Iwasoneofthetwelve.

　　MrsO’Neillasked 40 questionsandshedidn’t 41 useither.Insteadshewroteontheblackboardthe 42 wordsbyThomasMacaulay.Shethenorderedusto 43 thesewordsintoourexercise-booksonehundredtimes.

　　Idon’tknowabouttheotherelevenboys.Speakingfor 44 Icansay:itwasthemostimportantsingle 45 ofmylife.ThirtyyearsafterbeingintroducedtoMacaulay’swordsthey 46 seemtomethebestyardstick(准绳)becausetheygiveusawayto_47____ourselvesratherthanothers.

　　48 ofusareaskedtomake 49 decisionsaboutnationsgoingtowarofarmiesgoingtobattle.Butallofusarecalled 50 dailytomakeagreatmanypersonaldecisions. 51 thewalletfoundinthestreetbeputintoapocketorturnedovertothepoliceman?Shouldthe 52 changereceivedatthestorebeforgottenor 53 ?Nobodywillknowexcept 54 .Butyouhavetolivewithyourselfanditisalways 55 tolivewithsomeoneyourespect.

　　小题1:A．testB．problemC．paperD．lesson小题2:A．examinedB．completedC．markedD．answered小题3:A．lyingB．cheatingC．guessingD．discussing小题4:A．comeB．leaveC．remainD．apologize小题5:A．noB