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 a math 1 to our class. When the papers were 2 , she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the 3  mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about  4  in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O' Neill 5 even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to  6__after class. I was one of the twelve.

Mrs O' Neill asked 7 questions, and she didn't 8  us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the 9  words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to copy these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don't 10  about the other eleven boys. Speaking for myself, I can say: it was the most important single 11  of my life. Thirty years after being 12  to Macaulay's words, they  13  seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a way to measure ourselves rather than others.

14 of us are asked to make 15  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.  16 the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman? Should the  17 change (找零)received at the store be forgotten or  18  ? Nobody will know except 19   . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always  20  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. easy　 B. funny　 C. same　　 D. serious

4. A. lying　 B. Cheating C. guessing　 D. discussing

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

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

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

8. A. excuse　 B. Refuse C. help　        D. scold

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

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

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

12. A. referred　 B. shown　　 C. Brought D. introduced

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

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

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

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

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

18. A. paid　　 B. Remembered      C. shared　   D. returned