题目内容
I know I should have told the headmaster at the time .That was my real 16 .He had gone out of the study for some 17 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see 18 was on his desk. In the 19 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 20 “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies (人物传记).”
A (n) 21 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 22 . I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 23 until the start of the exam, so I could not 24 reading it.
When the headmaster 25 , I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had 26 then. It would have been so 27 to say, “I’m sorry but I 28 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to 29 it.”
The chance passed and I did not 30 it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t 31 to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years 32 when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, 33 have I tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title 34 admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk. 35 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).
16. A. plan B. grade C. fault D. luck
17. A. vacation B. course C. example D. reason
18. A. what B. which C. that D. this
19. A. drawer B. corner C. middle D. box
20. A. names B. messages C. ideas D. words
21. A. friendly B. handsome C. honest D. active
22. A. paper B desk. C. book D. answer
23. A. question B. secret C. note D. key
24. A. forget B. consider C. practise D. help
25. A. disappeared B. stayed C. went D. returned
26. A. existed B. happened C. remained D. continued
27. A. easy B. tiring C. important D. difficult
28. A. gave B. saw C. set D. made
29. A. repeat B. defend C. change D. correct
30. A. lose B. have C. take D. find
31. A. remember B. learn C. pretend D. mean
32. A. ago B. past C. then D. before
33. A. either B. never C. nor D. so
34. A. by B. without C. through D. besides
35. A. Otherwise B. Though C. But D. Therefore
16-20 CDACD 21-25 CABDD 26-30 BABCC 31-35 DACBC
I cheated on a unit test in math class this morning during second period with Mr. Burke. Afterward, I was too sick to eat lunch just thinking about it.
I came straight home from school, went to my room, and lay on the floor trying to decide whether it would be better to run away from home now or after supper. Mostly I wished I was dead. It wasn't even an accident that I cheated.
Yesterday Mr. Burke announced there'd be a unit test and anyone who didn't pass would have to come to school on Saturday, most particularly me, since I didn't pass the last unit test. I did plan to study just to prove to him that I'm plenty smart—which I am mostly—except in math.
Anyway, I got my desk ready to study on . Just when I was ready to work, Nicho came into my room with our new rabbit and it jumped on my desk and knocked the flashcards all over the floor. What a mess! Nicho and I finally took the rabbit outside but then Philip came to my room and also Marty from next door and before long it was dinner.
After dinner my father said I could watch a special on television if I'd done all my homework. Of course I said I had. That was the beginning. I felt terrible telling my father a lie about the homework.
It was nine o'clock when I got up to my room and that was too late to study for the unit test so I lay in my bed with the light off and decided what I would do the next day when I was in Mr. Burke's math class not knowing the 8- and 9-times tables. So, you see, the cheating was planned after all.
The next day, I'd go into class as usual, acting like things were going just great. I'd sit down next to Stanley Plummer—he is so smart in math it makes you sick—and from time to time, I'd glance over at his paper to copy the answers.
Lying on the floor of my room, I begin to think that probably I've been bad all along. It just took this math test to clinch it. I'll probably never tell the truth again. I tell my mother I'm sick when she calls me to come down for dinner. She doesn't believe me, but puts me to bed anyhow. I lie there in the early winter darkness wondering what terrible thing I'll be doing next when my father comes in and sits down on my bed.
"What's the matter?" he asks. "I've got a stomachache," I say. Luckily, it's too dark to see his face. "Is that all?" "Yeah." "Mommy says you've been in your room since school." "I was sick there too," I say. "She thinks something happened today and you're upset." That's the thing that really drives me crazy about my mother. She knows things sitting inside my head the same as if I was turned inside out.
"Well," my father says. I can tell he doesn't believe me. "My stomach is feeling sort of upset." I hedge. "Okay," he says and he pats my leg and gets up.
Just as he shuts the door to my room I call out to him in a voice I don't even recognize as my own. "How come?" he calls back not surprised or anything. So I tell him I cheated on this math test. To tell the truth, I'm pretty much surprised at myself. I didn't plan to tell him anything.
He doesn't say anything at first and that just about kills me. I'd be fine if he'd spank me or something. And then he says I'll have to call Mr. Burke. It's not what I had in mind. "Now?" I ask surprised. "Now," he says. He turns on the light and pulls off my covers. "I'm not going to," I say.
But I do it. I call Mr. Burke, and I tell him exactly what happened, even that I decided to cheat the night before the test. He says I'll come on Saturday to take another test, which is okay with me, and I thank him a whole lot for being understanding and all.
"Today I thought I was turning into a criminal," I tell my father when he turns out my light. Sometimes my father kisses me good night and sometimes he doesn't. I never know. But tonight he does.
【小题1】After the author cheated on the math test, he felt ____________.
A.frightened because he might be caught |
B.excited that he had succeeded |
C.pleased that nobody knew it |
D.unhappy because he had done something wrong |
A.he had planned not to study before the test |
B.he decided to cheat when he knew there was going to be a test |
C.he decided to cheat after he had wasted the whole evening |
D.he had planned to cheat with Plummer before the test |
A.She really knows what he is thinking |
B.she was very strict with him |
C.she doesn’t believe him |
D.she asks him to come down for dinner |
A.scolded the author severely |
B.didn’t say anything and left |
C.called Mr. Burke immediately |
D.let the author make a call to Mr. Burke |
A.he had done something unusual |
B.he promised to study math harder |
C.he was willing to take a make-up test |
D.he realized his mistake and had the courage to admit it |