Themeasureofaman'srealcharacteriswhathewoulddoifheknewhewouldneverbefoundout.
—ThomasMacaulay
SomethirtyyearsagoIwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork.OnedayMrsNanetteO'Neillgaveanarithmetic 41 toourclass.Whenthepapersweremarkedshediscoveredthattwelveboyshadmadeexactlythe 42 mistakesthroughoutthetest.
Thereisnothingreallynewabout 43 inexams.PerhapsthatwaswhyMrsO'Neill 44 evensayawordaboutit.Sheonlyaskedthetwelveboysto 45 afterclass.Iwasoneofthetwelve.
MrsO'Neillasked 46 questionsandshedidn't 47 useither.Insteadshewroteontheblackboardthe 48 wordsbyThomasMacaulay.Shethenorderedusto 49 thesewordsintoourexercise-booksonehundredtimes.
Idon't 50 abouttheotherelevenboys.Speakingfor 51 Icansay:itwasthemostimportantsingle 52 ofmylife.ThirtyyearsafterbeingintroducedtoMacaulay'swordsthey 53 seemtomethebestyardstick(准绳)becausetheygiveusa 54 tomeasureourselvesratherthanothers.
55 ofusareaskedtomake 56 decisionsaboutnationsgoingtowarorarmiesgoingtobattle.Butallofusarecalledupondailytomakeagreatmanypersonaldecisions. 57 thewalletfoundinthestreetbeputintoapocket 58 turnedovertothepoliceman?Shouldthe 59 changereceivedatthestorebeforgottenorreturned?Nobodywillknowexcept 60 .Butyouhavetolivewithyourselfanditisalwaysbettertolivewithsomeoneyourespect.
41.A.paper B.problem C.test D.lesson
42.A.easy B.funny C.same D.serious
43.A.lying B.cheating C.guessing D.discussing
44.A.didn't B.did C.would D.wouldn't
45.A.come B.leave C.apologize D.remain
46.A.no B.certain C.many D.more
47.A.excuse B.reject C.help D.scold
48.A.following B.common C.above D.unusual
49.A.repeat B.