Passage 4  (06·江苏)  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 (人物传记).”

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．active 

42．A．desk B．paper C．book D．answer

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．ago 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