Themeasureofaman'srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout．----ThomasMacaulayAboutthirtyyearsago，IwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork．Oneday，MrsNanetteO'Neillgaveamaths（41）___toou

　　Themeasureofaman'srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout．

　　----ThomasMacaulay

　　Aboutthirtyyearsago，IwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork．Oneday，MrsNanetteO'Neillgaveamaths（41）___ toourclass．Whenthepaperswere （42）___shediscoveredthattwelveboyshadmadeexactlythe（43）___mistakesthroughoutthetest．

　　Thereisnothingreallynewabout（44）___inexams．Perhapsthatwas（45）___ MrsO'Neill didn'tevensayawordaboutit．Sheonlyaskedthetwelveboysto （46）___afterclass．Iwasoneofthetwelve．

　　MrsO'Neillasked（47）___questions，andshedidn't（48）___ useither．Instead，shewroteontheblackboardthe（49）___wordsbyThomasMacaulay．Shethenorderedusto copythesewordsintoourexercise-booksonehundredtimes．

　　Idon'tknowabouttheotherelevenboys．Speakingfor（50）___Icansay：itwasthemostimportantsingle（51）___ofmylife．Thirtyyearsafterbeing introducedtoMacaulay'swords，they（52）___ seemtomethebestyardstick（准绳），becausetheygiveusa （53）___ tomeasureourselvesratherthanothers．

　　（54）___ofusareaskedtomake （55）___decisionsaboutnationsgoingtowarorarmiesgoingtobattle．Butallofusarecalled（56）___dailytomakeagreatmanypersonaldecisions．Should thewallet，（57）___inthestreet，beputintoapocket or（58）___ tothepoliceman？Shouldthe（59）___changereceivedatthestorebeforgottenor （60）___？Nobodywillknowexcept you．Butyouhavetolivewithyourself，anditisalways bettertolivewithsomeoneyourespect．

　　41．A．paperB．questionC．testD．problem42．A．markedB．completedC．examinedD．answered43．A．easyB．sameC．funnyD．serious44．A．lyingB．discussingC．guessingD．cheating 45．A．becauseB．whenC．whyD．how46．A．remainB．apologizeC．comeD．leave47．A．manyB．certainC．noD．more48．A．excuse