【正确答案】[范文] 'There isn't anything noble about being superior to another person. True nobility is in being superior to the person you once were.' That means meaningless comparison with other people is not nobility; the true one is comparing with oneself. Based on this, I think modesty is true nobility. People have various kinds of life, so being superior to another person makes no sense, let alone being noble. For example, our late respectful leader Liu Shaoqi often interacted with workers and farmers, saying that the difference of various kinds of work lay in different task allocations, not in that one is superior to another. Although he was in high authority, he still stayed modest, treating everybody equally, no matter which class they belong to. This is why he has been, up to now, respected and commemorated by Chinese people and even people in some other countries. If you are modest, you can be respected by others. If you think yourself as a Mr. know-it-all, you may become short-sighted and conceited. Modesty is the secret to make progress. One that is modest is not necessarily noble, but modesty surely is a principal quality for a nobleman.

【答案解析】“高尚并不在于优于别人，真正的高尚在于胜过以前的自己。”这意味着，与别人毫无意义的比较并不高尚，真正的高尚是与自己比较。基于此，我认为谦虚才是真正的高尚。 人们的人生各不相同，因此，优于别人并没有意义，更不用说是否高尚了。例如，我们已故的受人尊重的领导人刘少奇经常与工人和农民交流，他说，各种不同种类的工作的区别在于分工不同，没有高低贵贱之分。尽管他有很高的权力，他仍然保持谦虚，平等地看待每个人，无论他们属于哪个阶层。这也是为什么他至今仍能被中国人民，甚至是一些其他国家的人民尊敬和纪念的原因。 如果你谦虚，你就能受到他人的尊敬。如果你认为自己是一个无所不知的人，你也许会变得目光短浅和自高自大。谦虚是取得进步的诀窍。谦虚的人不一定就高尚，但谦虚确实是高尚的人所必备的重要品质。