Question

    The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

——Macaulay

About thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette O'Neill gave a math_________to our class. When the papers were_________, she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the _________mistakes throughout the test.

There is nothing really new about._________in exams. Perhaps that was_________Mrs. O’Neill didn't even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to_________after class. I was one of he twelve.

Mrs. O'Neill asked_________questions, and she didn't_________us, either. Instead she wrote on the blackboard the _________, words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to copy these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

I don't know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for__________, I can say: it was the most important single  __________of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulays words, they__________seem to me the best yardstick(准绳 )now because they give us a way to__________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. Should the wallet,__________ in the street, be put into a pocket or __________ to the policeman? Should the__________change received at the store be forgotten or__________. Nobody will know except you. but you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.

1.A.test B.question C.paper D.problem

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

3.A.same B.easy C.funny D.serious

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

5.A.because B.when C.how D.why

6.A.leave B.apologize C.remain D.come

7.A.many B.no C.certain D.much

8.A.excuse B.reject C.scold D.help

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

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

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

12.A.almost B.even C.always D.still

13.A.adjust B.measure C.help D.control

14.A.Few B.All C.Some D.None

15.A.quick B.wise C.great D.personal

16.A.out B.upon C.for D.up

17.A.found B.bought C.thrown D.stolen

18.A.turned up B.turned on C.turned back D.turned over

19.A.small B.necessary C.some D.extra

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

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.C

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.D

19.D

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。作者通过回忆自己上学时，作弊被罚抄的经历说明了人应该诚实，正如Macaulay所说，衡量一个人真正的品质，要看他在知道永远不会被人发现的情况下做些什么。

1.考查名词词义辨析。句意：一天，Nanette O'Neill女士对我们班进行了数学测试。A. test测试；B. question问题；C. paper纸，卷子；D. problem问题。根据下文的 When the papers were____2____可知作者所在的班级进行了测试，且throughout the test也有暗示，test是原词复现，故选A项。

2.考查动词词义辨析。句意：当卷子批改之后，她发现12个男孩在测试中差不多犯了同样的错误。A. examined检查；B. marked批改；C. completed完成；D. answered回答。结合上下文可知，此处是指老师批改卷子之后发现了一个奇怪的情况，故选B项。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. same相同的；B. easy容易的；C. funny滑稽的；D. serious严重的。根据下文内容可知，包括作者在内的12个男孩考试时作弊，故推测他们做错的题是一样的，故选A项。

4.考查动词词义辨析。句意：考试作弊不是什么新鲜事。A. lying撒谎；B. discussing讨论；C. cheating作弊；D. guessing猜测。根据前文The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.的可知本文主要讲述诚实，故此处用“作弊”符合语境，故选C项。

5.考查连词词义辨析。句意：或许那就是为什么奥尼尔女士什么都不说的原因。A. because因为；B. when什么时候；C. how如何；D. why为什么。根据前文的There is nothing really new about.____4____in exams可知此处用“为什么”符合语境，故选D项。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她只是叫这12个男孩放学之后留下来。A. leave离开；B. apologize道歉；C. remain留下；D. come来到。老师让犯错的学生留下符合常识，故选C项。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：奥尼尔女士没有问我们问题，也没有责骂我们。A. many很多；B. no没有；C. certain确定的；D. much很多。根据下文的and she didn't____8____us, either.可知此处用“没问我们问题”符合语境，故选B项。

8.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. excuse原谅；B. reject拒绝；C. scold责骂；D. help帮助。结合句意可知，此处是指老师既没有问他们也没有责骂他们，故选C项。

9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：相反，她在黑板上写下了上面的那句话。A. above上面的；B. common常见的；C. following下面的；D. unusual通常的。因为Thomas Macaulay.的话在文章开头引用的，故此处用“上面的”符合语境，故选A项。

10.考查代词词义辨析。句意：就我自己而言，我敢说这是我一生中最重要的一课。A. herself她自己；B. ourselves 我们自己；C. themselves他们自己；D. myself我自己。根据上文的I don't know about the other eleven boys.可知此处作者只是陈述自己的感受，故用“我自己”符合语境，故选D项。

11.考查名词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. chance机会；B. lesson 课；C. incident事件；D. memory回忆。结合上下文可知，此处是指作者把那天发生的事情，尤其是老师的教导当成人生中最重要的一节课，故选B项。

12.考查副词词义辨析。句意：知道Macaulays的话30年了，他们现在对我仍然是最好的准绳，因为他们给了我们一个衡量自己而非别人的方法。A. almost 几乎；B. even甚至；C. always总是；D. still仍然。结合句意可知，此处是指Macaulays的话在多年之后对作者仍然有很大影响，故选D项。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. adjust校对；B. measure衡量；C. help帮助；D. control控制。根据前文的The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.可知此处用“衡量”符合语境，measure是原词复现，故选B项。

14.考查代词词义辨析。句意：我们中很少有人被要求就国家参战或者军队参战做出重大决定。A. Few很少；B. All所有；C. Some一些；D. None没有人。结合常识，国家或者军队参战的决定是国家高层的决定，普通人没有这个权力，故选A项。

15.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. quick快速的；B. wise明智的；C. great重大的；D. personal个人的。结合常识，国家或者军队参战属于重大决定，且下文的make a great many personal decisions也有暗示，great是原词复现，故选C项。

16.考查动词短语辨析。句意：但是我们所有人每天被呼吁做出很多和个人相关的重大决定。A. (call) out 唤起；B. (call) upon呼吁；C. (call) for要求；D. (call) up打电话。结合下文内容可知，“把路上发现的钱包移交警察局；把额外的找零退给商家”是社会呼吁我们做的事情，故选B项。

17.考查动词词义辨析。句意：街上发现的钱包应该放到自己口袋，还是移交给警察呢？A. found发现；B. bought买；C. thrown扔；D. stolen偷。结合句意可知，此处是指发现别人掉在街上的钱包，故选A项。

18.考查动词短语辨析。句意：同上。A. turned up调高，出现；B. turned on打开；C. turned back折回；D. turned over移交。结合句意可知，此处是指把捡到的钱包移交给警察来处理，故选D项。

19.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：在商店里，额外的找零是应该忘记还是退回呢？A. small小的；B. necessary必要的；C. some一些；D. extra额外的。结合句意可知，此处是指商家多找的零钱，故用“额外的找零”符合语境，故选D项。

20.考查动词词义辨析。句意：同上。A. paid 支付；B. remembered记得；C. returned退回；D. shared分享。结合句意可知，此处是指把商家多找的零钱退给商家，故选C项。