完形填空。IknowIshouldhavetoldtheheadmasteratthetime.Thatwasmyreal1.Hehadgoneoutofthestudyforsome2leavingmealone.InhisabsenceIlookedtoseewhatwa
完形填空。 IknowIshouldhavetoldtheheadmasteratthetime.Thatwasmyreal 1 .
Hehadgoneoutofthestudyforsome 2 leavingmealone.InhisabsenceIlookedtosee
whatwasonhisdesk.Inthe 3 wasasmallpieceofpaperonwhichwerewrittenthe 4
"EnglishWritingPrize1949.HistoryIsaSeriesofBiographies".
A(n) 5 boywouldhaveavoidedlookingatthetitleassoonashesawthe 6 .Ididnot.
ThesubjectoftheEnglishWritingPrizewaskepta 7 untilthestartoftheexamsoIcouldnot
8 readingit.
Whentheheadmaster 9 Iwaslookingoutofthewindow.
Ishouldhavetoldhimwhathad 10 then.Itwouldhavebeenso 11 tosay:"I'msorry
butI 12 thetitlefortheEnglishWritingPrizeonyourdesk.You'llhaveto 13 it."
ThechancepassedandIdidnot 14 it.IsattheexamthenextdayandIwon.Ididn'tmeanto
cheatbutitwasstillcheatinganyhow.
Thatwasthirty-eightyearsagowhenIwasfifteen.Ihavenevertoldanyoneaboutitbeforenor
haveItriedtoexplaintomyselfwhynot.
Theobvious 15_ isthatIcouldnotadmitIhadseenthetitlewithoutadmittingthatIhadbeen
lookingatthethingsonhisdesk.Buttheremusthavebeenmorebehindit.Whateveritwasithas
becomeagoodexampleofhowalittlemistakecantrapyouinamoreseriousmoralcorner.
( )1.A.plan
( )2.A.reasons