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

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　　I can say: it was the most important single

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　　of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they

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　　seem to me the best yardstick (准绳) now because they give us a way to

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　　ourselves rather than others.

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　　of us are asked to make

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　　decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called

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　　daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet,

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　　in the street, be put into a pocket or

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　　to the policeman? Should the

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　　change received at the store be forgotten or

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　　? 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. paper

　　B. question

　　C. test

　　D. problem

　　2. A. marked

　　B. completed

　　C. examined

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