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完形填空The measure of a man’s real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. ---Thomas MacaulaySome thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O’Neill gave an arithmetic1to our class. When the papers were2she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the same mistakes throughout the test. There is nothing really new about3in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill didn’t even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to4after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs O’Neill asked5questions, and she didn’t6us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the7words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to8these words into our exercise-books one hundred times. I don’t know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for9I can say:it was the most important single10of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they11seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a way to 12ourselves rather than others. 13of us are asked to make14decisions about nations going to war of armies going to battle. But all of us are called15daily to make a great many personal decisions.16the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the 17change received at the store be forgotten or18? Nobody will know except19. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always20to live with someone you respect. 1.A.testB.problemC.paperD.lesson2.A.examinedB.pletedC.markedD.answered3.A.lyingB.cheatingC.guessingD.discussing4.A.eB.leaveC.remainD.apologize5.A.noB.certainC.manyD.more6.A.excuseB.shoutC.helpD.scold7.A.aboveB.monC.followingD.unusual8.A.repeatB.getC.putD.copy9.A.myselfB.ourselvesC.themselvesD.herself10.A.chanceB.incidentC.lessonD.memory11.A.evenB.stillC.alwaysD.almost12.A.measureB.respectC.loveD.believe13.A.AllB.FewC.SomeD.None14.A.quickB.wiseC.greatD.personal15.A.outB.forC.upD.upon16.A.ShouldB.MustC.WouldD.Need17.A.extraB.smallC.someD.necessary18.A.paidB.rememberedC.sharedD.returned19.A.meB.youC.usD.them20.A.easierB.more naturalC.betterD.more peaceful