I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real
.
He had gone out of the study for some
, leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see
was on his desk. In the
was a small piece of paper on which were written the
“English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Serious ofBiographies (人物传记)”.
A(n)
boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the _
_ _. I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a
until the start of the exam so I could not
reading it.
When the headmaster
, I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had
then. It would have been so
to say: “I’m sorry, but I
the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to
it.”
The chance passed and I did not
it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t __
to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years
when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before,
have I tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title
__ admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk.
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).
小题1: | A.plan | B.fault | C.grade | D.luck |
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小题2: | A.reason | B.course | C.example | D.vacation |
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小题3: | A.this | B.which | C.that | D.what |
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小题4: | A.drawer | B.corner | C.middle | D.box |
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小题5: | A.names | B.words | C.ideas | D.messages |
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小题6: | A.honest | B.handsome | C.friendly | D.active |
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小题7: | A.desk | B.paper | C.book | D.drawer |
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小题8: | A.question | B.key | C.note | D.secret |
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小题9: | A.help | B.consider | C.practise | D.forget |
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小题10: | A.disappeared | B.stayed | C.returned | D.went |
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小题11: | A.existed | B.remained | C.happened | D.continued |
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小题12: | A.tiring | B.easy | C.important | D.difficult |
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小题14: | A.repeat | B.defend | C.correct | D.change |
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小题16: | A.remember | B.learn | C.mean | D.pretend |
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小题17: | A.past | B.ago | C.then | D.before |
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小题19: | A.by | B.besides | C.through | D.without |
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小题20: | A.But | B.Though | C.Otherwise | D.Therefore |
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