完形填空    SomethirtyyearsagoIwasstudyinginapublicschoolinNewYork.OnedayMrs.NanetteO'Neil

gaveanarithmetic   1   toourclass.Whenthepaperswere    2  shediscoveredthattwelveboyshad

madethesamemistakesthroughoutthetest.?

    Thereisreallynothingnewabout   3   intheexams.PerhapsthatwaswhyMrsO'Neilldidn'teven

sayawordaboutit.Sheonlyaskedthetwelveboysto    4   afterclass.Iwasoneofthetwelve.

Mrs.O'Neillasked    5  questionsandshedidn't    6   useither.Macaulayshewroteonthe

blackboardthe   7  wordsbyThomasMacaulay.Shethenorderedusto    8   thesewordsintoour

exercise-booksonehundredtimes.?

    Idon't    9   abouttheotherelevenboys.SpeakingformyselfIcansay:itwasthemostimportant

single   10  ofmylife.ThirtyyearsafterbeingintroducedtoMacaulay'swordsthey  still  seemtome

thebestyard-stick(准绳)becausetheygiveusa    11   tomeasureourselvesratherthanothers.?

   12   ofusareaskedtomake    13   decisionsaboutnationsgoingtowarorarmiesgoingtobattle.

Butallofusarecalledupondailytomakeagreatmanypersonaldecisions.  Shouldthewalletfoundin

thestreetbeputintoapocketorturnedovertothepoliceman?Shouldthe    14  changereceivedat

thestorebeforgottenor   15 ?Nobodywillknowexceptyou.Butyouhavetolivewithyourselfand

itisalwaysbettertolivewithsomeoneyourespect.?(    )1.A.test      

(    )2.A.examined  

(    )3.A.lying    

(    )4.A.come      

(    )5.A.no        

(    )6.A.excuse    

(    )7.A.above    

(    )8.A.repeat    

(    )9.A.worry    

(    )10.A.chance  

(    )11.A.way      

(    )12.A.All      

(    )13.A.quick    

(    )14.A.extra    

(    )15.A.paid    B.problem      

B.completed    

B.cheating      

B.leave        

B.certain      

B.reject        

B.common        

B.get          

B.know          

B.incident      

B.sentence      

B.Few          

B.wise          

B.small        C.pa