I cheated on a final exam in college. It was spring semester of my junior year, the early 70s, at  21  was then Rider College. I was between a B and a C in “Introduction to  22 ”, and the exam would determine my final  23 .

    Music was  24  my strongest subject. I had never studied an instrument and had had little  25  to classical music. But as a secondary education major, I needed two fine arts electives. I had chosen music as one of them. At two credits, how  26  could it be?

    I thought I could hold my own on the test  27  just before it began, when the professor announced that he would  28  a series of musical passages on a tape recorder for 15 minutes. We were to name the  29  we heard in each selection.

    We were  30  in that classroom like penguins on a chunk of floating sea  31 , so it was an effort to keep my eyes  32  on my own desk. I think the music was a Mozart symphony,  33  by Tchaikovsky and a piece by John Philip Sousa. During one selection, my  34  turned to the paper of the student on my right. I had  35  the instrument to be a violin; my neighbor had written viola(中提琴). He had to be  36 ---almost anyone would know more about music than I did. I changed my  37 .

    A few days later, looking at the answers to the exam and the final grades posted on the professor’s office  38 , I understood the meaning of poetic justice. The instrument had been a violin. That one answer had  39  my exam grade to a C, which  40  a C for the course.

Our teacher often tells us to make it easy when we __________ an exam.

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Having put down your pens at the end of the college entrance exam, you have ended 12 years of hard study. Forget your studies for a while. It’s time to enjoy yourselves!
There are many ways to celebrate this special month of graduation. You can have photos taken with your classmates and teachers, or dine out together and exchange gifts.
High school students in Western countries such as the United States and Canada usually have a prom to mark their graduation. It’s to mark the time kids turn into young men and women. After the prom, teenagers either go to college or find a job. It means they are no longer as dependent on their parents as they were before.
At the prom, boys usually dress in dinner jackets and bow ties, though many different types of formal clothes are worn. Traditionally, girls give boys matching boutonnieres ( 佩带在扣眼上的花). Girls traditionally wear formal dresses, or dress to shock or be noticed, in shiny or brightly colored materials.
Common prom activities include dining, dancing, the crowning (加冠) of a prom king and queen, and just talking to friends.  In some cases, high school students collect funds for their class prom through the four years of their high school.
High schools in or near large cities may rent ballrooms at expensive hotels or, to be unusual, in a pleasure cruise boat.
But often costs are cut by simply using the school gym. Students make a lot of effort to decorate the gym to make the event special. The music played at the prom will be the most popular kinds, like rock and hip-hop.
The students elect the Prom Queen. She is partnered with a Prom King who is elected similarly. These are great honors that the pair take very seriously. The two dance with each other to celebrate their election.
【小题1】The word "prom" is probably closest in meaning with________.