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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

—Thomas Macaulay

Some thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O'Neill gave an arithmetic _______to our class. When the papers were marked she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the _______ mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about_______in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs. O'Neill_______even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to________after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs. O'Neill asked______ questions, and she didn't _______ us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the ______words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to_______ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don't _______about the other eleven boys. Speaking for_______I can say :it was the most important single_______of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay's words, they_______seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a _______to measure ourselves rather than others.

_____of us are asked to make_______decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions._______the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket_______turned over to the policeman? Should the_______change received at the store be forgotten or returned? Nobody will know except_______. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.

1.A. paper   B. problem   C. test   D. lesson

2.A. easy   B. funny   C. same   D. serious

3.A. lying   B. cheating   C. guessing   D. discussing

4.A. didn't   B. did   C. would   D. wouldn't

5.A. come   B. leave   C. apologize   D. remain

6.A. no   B. certain   C. many   D. more

7.A. excuse   B. reject   C. help   D. scold

8.A. following   B. common   C. above   D. unusual

9.A. repeat   B. copy   C. put   D. get

10.A. worry   B. know   C. hear   D. talk

11.A. myself   B. ourselves   C. themselves   D. herself

12.A. chance   B. incident   C. lesson   D. memory

13.A. even   B. almost   C. always   D. still

14.A. way   B. sentence   C. choice   D. reason

15.A. All   B. Few   C. Some   D. None

16.A. quick   B. wise   C. great   D. personal

17.A. Would   B. Must   C. Should   D. Need

18.A. and   B. or   C. then   D. but

19.A. extra   B. small   C. some   D. necessary

20.A. me   B. us   C. you   D. them

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