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　　The measure of a man’s 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’Neil gave an arithmetic 　　1　　 to our class．When the papers were 　　2　　 she discovered that twelve boys had made the same mistakes throughout the test．

　　There is really nothing new about 　　3　　 in the exams．Perhaps that was why Mrs O’Neill 　　4　　 even say a word about it．She only asked the twelve boys to 　　5　　 after class．I was one of the twelve．

　　Mrs．O’Neill asked 　　6　　 questions, and she didn’t 　　7　　 us either．Macaulay, she wrote on the blackboard the 　　8　　 words by Thomas Macaulay．She then ordered us to 　　9　　 these words into our exercise books one hundred times．

　　I don’t 　　10　　 about the other eleven boys．Speaking for myself I can say：it was the most important single 　　11　　 of my life．Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay’s words, they 　　12　　 seem to me the best yard-stick(准绳), because they give us a 　　13　　 to measure ourselves rather than others．　　14　　 of us are asked to make 　　15　　 decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle．But all of us are called 　　16　　 daily to make a great many personal decisions．　　17　　 the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or turned over to the policeman?Should the 　　18　　 change received at the store be forgotten or 　　19　　?Nobody will know except 　　20　　．But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect．

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　　My topic today is the internet．It was prompted(引出)by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!

Dear David,

　　I am a middle school student．Now I am preparing for a writing competition．Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice?

　　Thank you!

No name

　　David writes：I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition－unfair to the other competitors!

　　But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck．Your article makes some good points that deserve talking about in this column!…

　　Dear David,

　　I’m now learning English by myself．Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners?Please help me．

Moonlight

　　David writes：Well, dear Moonlight, I bet you will make a good choice by using the Internet in your studies．Two very good websites I would suggest to you are：www．British council．org．cn and www．britishcouncil．org．cn/learn English．

　　By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List．

　　And also, a healthy warning to all my readers：If over used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT－a Waste of money, Brains and Time!

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阅读理解

　　My topic today is the Internet．It was prompted(引出)by the first letter, which I am unable to answer fully for the reasons given!

　　Dear David,

　　I am a middle school student．Now I am preparing for a writing competition．Could you please check the mistakes in my article about using the Internet and give me some advice? Thank you．

　　No name

　　David writes：I am very sorry to say that I think it would be very unfair for me to help you win a competition－unfair to the other competitors!

　　But I will say that your article is very interesting and I wish you good luck．Your article makes some good points that deserve talking about in this column!

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　　Dear David,

　　I’m now learning English by myself．Can you introduce some useful websites where I can make friends with foreigners? Please help me．

　　Moonlight

　　David writes：Well, dear moonlight, I bet you made a good choice by using the Net in your self-studies．Two very good websites I would suggest to you are：

　　www.britishcouncil.org.cn and www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish．

　　By the way, for those readers interested in the teaching of English, there is an Internet discussion group called ELTCSChi-L(English Language Teaching Contacts Scheme China List)．

　　And also, a healthy warning to all my readers：If over-used, the Internet can be a WOMBAT－A Waste of Money, Brains and Time!

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