Question

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

The measure of a man’s 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’Neil gave an arithmetic(算術) ______ to our class. When the papers were ____ she discovered that twelve boys had made the same mistakes throughout the test.?

There is really nothing new about ____ in the 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. Macaulay, 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 myself 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 yard-stick(準繩), 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 ____ daily to make a great many personal decisions. ____ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the _____ change received at the store be forgotten or _____? Nobody will know except _____. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.

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

2. A. examined B. completed C. marked D. answered

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. remain D. apologize

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16.A. out B. for C. up D. upon

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

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

19.A. paid B. remembered C. shared D. returned

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

Answer 1