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. Nantette O’Neill gave an arithmetic ___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 did not ___8___ us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the ___9___ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to ___10___ these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don’t ___11___ about the other eleven boys. Speaking for ___12___ I can say: it was the most important single ___13___ of my life. Thirty years after being ___14___ to Macaulay’s words, they ___15___ seem to me the best yardstick(準(zhǔn)繩), because they give us a ___16___ to measure ourselves rather than others.

___17___ of us are asked to made ___18___ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called ___19___ daily to make a great many personal decisions. ___20___ the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket ___21___ turned over to the policeman? Should the ___22___ change received at the store be forgotten or ___23___? Nobody will know except ___24___. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always ___25___ to live with someone you respect.

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

2. A. examinedB. 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. reject  C. help    D. scold

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

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

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

12. A. myself  B. ourselves    C. themselves  D. herself

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

14. A. referred       B. shown C. brought      D. introduced

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. A. and      B. or       C. then    D. but

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

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

24. A. me       B. you     C. us       D. them

25. A. easier   B. more natural      C. better  D. more peaceful

1---25    ACCBA   CADAD   BACDB   ABCDA   BADBC  


解析:

文章主要講作者 30 年前讀中學(xué)時因考試舞弊所接受的特殊教育對自己后來一生的重大影響。

1. A。根據(jù)本段最后一句的 mistake throughout the test)可顯然看出。

2. C。mark 用作名詞，表示“分?jǐn)?shù)”，用作動詞，表示“給…打分”。本句中的 marked 表示“打分”或“批改”。

3. C。老師認(rèn)為其中12個男生舞弊，其依據(jù)就是他們試卷上的錯誤“完全一樣(exactly the same)”。

4. B。/ 5. A。此處的語境是：由于當(dāng)時考試舞弊(cheating)并不是什么新鮮事，所以老師對此只字未提(didn’t even say a word about it)。

6. C。remain 在此表示“留下”。

7. A。注意下文的 not…either(也沒有…)，它表明上文應(yīng)該表示否定意義。

8. D。此句語境為：老師既沒有質(zhì)問我們，也沒有處罰(scold)我們。（這是為下文作鋪墊）

9. A。根據(jù)本句后面的 by Thomas Macaulay 可知，此處提到的就是文章開頭的那句話，故填 above。

10. D。根據(jù)常識和比較四個選項，可知此題 D 最佳。

11. B。比較四個選項，只有 know 與空格后的介詞 about 搭配在此合符語境。

12. A。由于不知道其他同學(xué)的情況，所以就談“我自己”(myself)。

13. C。此處句意為“這是我一生中最重要的一課(lesson)”。

14. D。請注意 introduce sb to sth 這一結(jié)構(gòu)，不要把它直譯為“把某人介紹給某物”，其實際意思是“使某人認(rèn)識或了解某事物”，其被動式 be introduced to sth 表示(某人)認(rèn)識或了解某事物。

15. B。根據(jù)上下文的意思和作者的在文中的態(tài)度可知，老師要我們抄寫的 Macaulay 的這句話，對我來說現(xiàn)在“仍然(still)”是最好的準(zhǔn)繩。

16. A。way 的意思是“方法”，a way to measure oneself 在此表示“檢測某人行為的方法”。

17. B。/ 18. C。根據(jù)一般常識：關(guān)于國家與軍隊參戰(zhàn)這樣的決定不一般人能作出的(故用 few of us 與語境較吻合)，同時這樣的決定顯然屬于重大的(great)決定。

19. D。此處語境是：我們雖然不作出國家或軍隊參戰(zhàn)這樣的重要決定，但我們每天都要作出一些個人的小決定。句中涉及的句型 call upon sb to do sth 表示要求某人做某事。

20. A。注意第 20 至 23 題所涉及的兩個句子的句型相為相似，注意互相參照。第 20 空填 should 即可從第 22 空前的 should 得到啟示。

21. B。此題填 or 可從第 23 空前的 or 得到啟示。

22. A。extra change received at the store 在此指在商店被多找的零錢。此句意為：在商店被多找(extra)的零錢是應(yīng)該被忘記(forgotten)還是應(yīng)該退給(returned)店主？

23. D。比較四個選項并結(jié)合一般常識可知 D 最佳。

24. B。根據(jù)下文 But you have to live with yourself… 可知此處應(yīng)選 you，否則上下文人稱不一致。

25. C。根據(jù)本句句意可推知答案。

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