55. A.
very
B. so
C.
how
D. too
答案 36.B 37.C 38.A 39.B 40.C 41.C 42.A 43.B 44.D 45.B 46.A 47.D 48.A 49.C 50.D 51.C 52.B 53.A 54.B 55.D
Passage 15
(06·江苏)
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).
