完型填空。
I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real  1  .
He had gone out of the study for some  2  , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see  3  was on
his desk. In the  4  was a small piece of paper on which were written the  5  "English Writing Prize 1949.
History Is a Series of Biographies (人物传记)."
A(n)  6  boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the  7  . I did not. The subject
of the English Writing Prize was kept a  8  until the start of the exam so I could not  9  reading it.
When the headmaster 10 , I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had 11 then. It would have been so 12 to say:"I'm sorry but I 13 the title
for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You'll have to 14 it."
The chance passed and I did not 15 it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn't 16 to cheat, but
it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years 17 when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, 18 have I
tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen me title 19 admitting that I had been looking
at the things on his desk. 20 there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good
example of how a little mistake can trap (使陷入) you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).

(     )1.A. plan       (     )2.A. reason     (     )3.A. this       (     )4.A. drawer      (     )5.A. names      (     )6.A. honest     (     )7.A. desk       (     )8.A. question   (     )9.A. help       (     )10.A. disappeared (     )11.A. existed   (     )12.A. tiring     (     )13.A. saw       (     )14.A. repeat     (     )15.A. take       (     )16.A. remember   (     )17.A. past       (     )18.A. either     (     )19.A. by         (     )20.A. But

B. fault   B. course   B. which   B. corner   B. words     B. handsome  B. paper    B. key     B. consider  B. stayed   B. remained  B. easy     B. gave     B. defend   B. have     B. learn   B. ago     B. never   B. besides  B. Though

C. grade     C. example   C. that       C. middle     C. ideas      C. friendly   C. book       C. note       C. practise   C. returned   C. happened   C. important  C. set       C. correct   C. lose       C. mean       C. then       C. nor       C. through   C. Otherwise

D. luck         D. vacation     D. what         D. box          D. messages     D. active       D. answer       D. secret      D. forget     D. went         D. continued               D. difficult    D. made         D. change       D. find         D. pretend      D. before       D. so           D. without      D. Therefore

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