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).
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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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