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 36 to our class. When the papers were 37 she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test. There is nothing really new about 38 in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to 39 after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs O’Neill asked 40 questions, and she didn’t 41 us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the 42 words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to 43 these words into our exercise-books one hundred times. I don’t know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for 44 I can say:it was the most important single 45 of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they 46 seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a way to _47____ourselves rather than others. 48 of us are asked to make 49 decisions about nations going to war of armies going to battle. But all of us are called 50 daily to make a great many personal decisions. 51 the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the 52 change received at the store be forgotten or 53 ? Nobody will know except 54 . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always 55 to live with someone you respect. 小题1: A．test B．problem C．paper D．lesson 小题2: A．examined B．completed C．marked D．answered 小题3: A．lying B．cheating C．guessing D．discussing 小题4: A．come B．leave C．remain D．apologize 小题5: A．no B．certain C．many D．more 小题6: A．excuse B．shout C．help D．scold 小题7: A．above B．common C．following D．unusual 小题8: A．repeat B．get C．put D．copy 小题9: A．myself B．ourselves C．themselves D．herself 小题10: A．chance B．incident C．lesson D．memory 小题11: A．even B．still C．always D．almost 小题12: A．measure B．respect C．love D．believe 小题13: A．All B．Few C．Some D．None 小题14: A．quick B．wise C．great D．personal 小题15: A．out B．for C．up D．upon 小题16: A．Should B．Must C．Would D．Need 小题17: A．extra B．small C．some D．necessary 小题18: A．paid B．remembered C．shared D．returned 小题19: A．me B．you C．us D．them 小题20: A．easier B．more natural C．better D．more peaceful