【完形填空Themeasureofaman'srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout.-ThomasMacaulay。SomethirtyyearsagoIwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork.One】
完形填空 Themeasureofaman'srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout.
-ThomasMacaulay。
SomethirtyyearsagoIwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork.OnedayMrsNanetteO'Neill
gaveanarithmetic__1__toourclass.Whenthepaperswere__2__shediscoveredthattwelveboyshad
madethesamemistakesthroughoutthetest.
"Thereisreallynothingnewabout__3__intheexams.PerhapsthatwaswhyMrsO'Neill__4__even
sayawordaboutit.Sheonlyaskedthetwelveboysto__5__afterclass.Iwasoneofthetwelve.
MrsO'Neillasked__6__questionsandshedidn't__7__useither."Shewroteontheblackboardthe
__8__wordsbyThomasMacaulay.Shethenorderedusto__9__thesewordsintoourexercisebooks
onehundredtimes.
Idon't__10__abouttheotherelevenboys.SpeakingformyselfIcansay:itwasthemostimportant
single__11__ofmylife.ThirtyyearsafterbeingintroducedtoMacaulay'swordsthey__12__seemtome
thebestyardstick(准绳)becausetheygivemea__13__tomeasuremyselfratherthanothers.__14__ofus
areaskedtomake__15__decisionsaboutnationsgoingtowarorarmiesgoingtobattle.Butallofusare
called__16__dailytomakeagreatmanypersonaldecisions.__17__thewalletfoundinthestreetbeput
intoapocketorturnedovertothepoliceman?Shouldthe__18__changereceivedatthestorebeforgotten
or__19__?Nobodywillknowexcept__20__.Butyouhavetolivewithyourselfanditisalwaysbetterto
livewithsomeoneyourespect。
( ) 1.A.test
( ) 2.A.examined
( ) 3.A.lying
( ) 4.A.didn't
( ) 5.A.come
( ) 6.A.no
( ) 7.A.excuse
( ) 8.A.above
( ) 9.