Passage 4 ?(06·江蘇) ?完形填空

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time .That was my real ?? 36 ? .

He had gone out of the study for some ?? 37 ? , leaving me alone . In his absence I looked to see ?? 38 ?? was on his desk . In the ? 39 ? was a small piece of paper on which were written the ? 40 ? “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies (人物傳記).”

A(n) ? 41 ? boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the ? 42 ? . I did not . The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a ? 43 ? until the start of the exam so I could not ? 44 ? reading it .?When the headmaster ? 45 ? , I was looking out of the window .

I should have told him what had ? 46 ? then . It would have been so ? 47 ? to say : “I’m sorry but I ? 48 ? the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk . You’ll have to ? 49 ? ? it.”?The chance passed and I did not ? 50 ? it . I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t ???51 ? to cheat , but it was still cheating anyhow .

That was thirty-eight years ? 52 ? when I was fifteen . I have never told anyone about it before , ?53 ? have I tried to explain to myself why not .

The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen me title ? 54 ? ?admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk . ?? 55 ?? 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).

36．A．plan B．fault C．grade D．luck?

37．A．reason B．course C．example D．vacation

38．A．this B．which C．that D．what

39．A．drawer B．corner C．middle D．box

40．A．names B．words C．ideas D．messages

41．A．honest B．handsome C．friendly D．a(chǎn)ctive?

42．A．desk B．paper C．book D．a(chǎn)nswer

43．A．question B．key C．note D ．secret

44．A．help B．consider C．practise D．forget

45．A．disappeared B．stayed C．returned D．went

46．A．existed B．remained C．happened D．continued

47．A．tiring B．easy C．important D．difficult

48．A．saw B．gave C．set D．made

49．A．repeat B．defend C．correct D．change

50．A．take B．have C．lose D．find

51．A．remember B．learn C．mean D．pretend

52．A．past B．a(chǎn)go C．then D．before

53．A．either B．never C．nor D．so

54．A．by B．besides C．through D．without

55．A．But ? ? ? ? ?B．Though ? ? ? ?C．Otherwise ?D．Therefore

答案 ?36.B ?37.A ?38.D ?39.C ?40.B ?41.A ?42.B ?43.D ?44.A ?45.C ?46.C ?47.B ?48.A ?49.D ?50.A ?51.C ?52.B ?53.C ?54.D ?55.A