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    Thesenseofhonorappearstobedying.
InWorldWarⅡmendiedmoreorlesswillinglyforthenationandthenation’shonor,andtheywerehonoredforitinreture.Nowwehavebecomecynicalaboutsuchthings;thenationlies,fightsunjustifiablewars;thenationrobsthepoortogivetotherich.
Atmycollegethestudentsusedtoagreetoinformontheirfriendsratherthansufferabreachinthehonorcode.Asenseofhonorisasensethattherearestandardsofbehavioronemustliveupto,evenatthecostofone’spersonalhapiness,evenatthecostofone’slife.Withoutsuchasenseonehastomakeupone’srightsandwrongsasonegoeslong-usually,asithappens,toone’sownadvantage.Moralitytherebybecomesamatterofexpediency:nothingseemsworthdyingfor,andlifelosesitsbeautyandsomeofitsvalue.
Ourrecenthistoryhasdeprivedusofmodels.ⅠcherishthestoryofJohnStubbs,aPuritandivineofQueenElizabeth’stimewhostronglyopposedherprojectedmarriagetothedukeofAlencon.Stubbsknewthepenaltyfordoingso,whichwasthelossofahand;nevertheless,hepublished,andwasledoutforpublicexecutionofthesentence.Stubbslaidhisrighthandontheblock,theaxfell,andherosetohisfeet,liftedthebloodystumphighintheair,andcriedouttothecrowd,"Longlivethequeen!"
Inspiteofthebloodandthehorror,itisthebeautyofsuchanactthatstandsout.Amanlivesuptohisbeliefs;heactswithcourageandgreatstyleandliterallygivesofhimselfintheserviceofsomethinghefeelsisgreaterthanhimself.Wecannothelpbuthonorhim,whetherweagreewithhisbeliefsornot.
Themainideaofthepassageisthat_____.
A．thereisnothingbeautifulinmodernlife
B．eacherahasitsownconceptionofhonor
C．therearestillmanypeoplewhohaveasenseofhonortoday
D．oursocietynolongerhighlyvaluesthesenseofhonor
ThefactorwhichdoesNOTaccountforthedyingsenseofhonoris_____.
A．people’sselfishness
B．deceit
C．lackofcourage
D．unwarrantedwars
Theinferencewecanmakefromthispassageisthat_____.
A．earlierinthiscentury,givingone’slifeforone’scountrywasnotconsideredanhonourablethingtodo
B．intheauthor’scollegedays,studentsvaluedhonormorethanloyaltytooneanother
C．theauthoradmiresJohnStubbsforhiscourageinobjectingtothequeen’smarrage
D．theauthorhimselfisapersonwiththehighestsenseofhonor
ThestoryofJohnStubbsistoldtoconveytheideathat_____.
A．loyaltyisthebesthonor
B．itisthegreatesthonortodieforone’sbelief
C．ourrecenthistorylackssuchmodels
D．evenbloodsheddingbringsapersonhonor