96年高考英语真题完形填空题·完全解析
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 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 didn't___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 (准绳), because they give us a___16___to measure ourselves rather than others.
___17___of us are asked to make___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. 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. 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 &