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 Serious of Biographies (人物傳記)”.
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 the 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).
36. A. plan     B. fault   C. grade  D. luck
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38. A. this      B. which C. that     D. what
39. A. drawer  B. corner C. middle       D. box
40. A. names   B. words C. ideas   D. messages
41. A. honest  B. handsome   C. friendly      D. active
42. A. desk     B. paper  C. book   D. drawer
43. A. question       B. key     C. note    D. secret
44. A. help     B. consider     C. practise      D. forget
45. A. disappeared  B. stayed C. returned     D. went
46. A. existed  B. remained    C. happened    D. continued
47. A. tiring    B. easy    C. important   D. difficult
48. A. saw      B. gave   C. set      D. made
49. A. repeat   B. defend       C. correct       D. change
50. A. take      B. have   C. lose    D. find
51. A. remember    B. learn   C. mean  D. pretend
52. A. past      B. ago     C. then    D. before
53. A. either   B. never  C. nor     D. so
54. A. by B. besides       C. through      D. without
55. A. But      B. Though      C. Otherwise D. Therefore
36-40 BADCB 41-45 ABDAC 46-50 CBADA 51-55 CBCDA
36．答案：B
解析： fault意為” 過失，過錯；罪過，責(zé)任”，常指性格上的弱點或行為上的過失，含有當(dāng)事人對過失負(fù)有責(zé)任的意味，有時也可用于物。短文第一句話I know I should have told the headmaster at the time.表示“我本來應(yīng)該在那時告訴校長�！币驗楸緛響�(yīng)該做而沒有做，所以作者認(rèn)為這的確是他的過過錯。plan意為“計劃”。grade意為“等級，級別；階段；程度，標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，水平”。luck意為“幸運”。
37．答案：A
解析：reason意為“理由”，指對已經(jīng)發(fā)生的事情提供的理由、原因或借口，著重說明行為的動機。for some reason表示“為某種理由”。course意為“進(jìn)程，經(jīng)過，過程，趨勢”。example意為“例證，實例；標(biāo)本，樣本”，for example表示“例如”，常用逗號將其與句子分開。vacation意為“假期”，短文中沒有提到校長度假的事。
38．答案：D
解析：what引導(dǎo)賓語從句，在從句中作主語。look to意為“照顧，注意，負(fù)責(zé)”。表示在他不在期間，我看到他的辦公桌上有什么。this不引導(dǎo)從句。which引導(dǎo)賓語從句表示“哪一個”。that引導(dǎo)賓語從句時，在從句中不充當(dāng)任何成分，只起連接作用。
39．答案：C
解析：in the middle表示“在他的辦公桌的中間”，根據(jù)上文所提供的情景in his absence I looked to see what was on his desk.可判斷出在他的辦公桌的中間有一張字條。drawer意為“抽屜”。corner意為“角落”。box意為“盒子，箱子”。
40．答案：B
解析：words意為“話語”，根據(jù)所提供的情景English Writing Prize 1949: History Is a Series of Biographies可判斷出在字條上寫的話語。name意為“名字”。idea意為“主意”。message意為“口信”。
41．答案：A
解析：honest意為“誠實的；正直的，耿直的；坦率的，坦白的，正派的，公正的”。指言行一致、表里如一，忠誠可靠，強調(diào)真實性。根據(jù)下文中的exam可判斷出字條上寫的內(nèi)容是考試的題目，作為誠實的學(xué)生，不應(yīng)該提前看這張字條。handsome意為“(一般指男子外貌)漂亮的，清秀的，俊美的”。friendly意為“友好的”。active意為“活躍的”。
42．答案：B
解析：paper意為“紙”，指上文提到的寫著考試題目的字條。desk意為“辦公桌，課桌”。book意為“書”。answer意為“答案”。
43．答案：D
解析：secret意為“秘密”，表示英語寫作大獎賽的題目應(yīng)該在開始考試前一直處于保密狀態(tài)。question意為“問題”。key意為“答案，關(guān)鍵，鑰匙”。note意為“筆記”。
44．答案：A
解析：can’t help doing sth意為“禁不住做某事”。根據(jù)上文所提供的情景I did not.（有沒有避免看這個題目。）可判斷出作者禁不住讀了這個題目。consider意為“考慮”。practise意為“實踐”。forget意為“忘記”。
45．答案：C
解析：return意為“回來”，表示當(dāng)校長回來時，作者正看著窗外。disappear意為“消失”。remain意為“剩余，剩下；遺留，留下”。go意為“走，去”。
46．答案：C
解析：happen意為“發(fā)生”，多指客觀的或具體的事物發(fā)生，含有偶然或自發(fā)的意味，間或也指按計劃發(fā)生。表示作者本來應(yīng)該發(fā)生了什么事告訴校長，但沒有告訴。
47．答案：B
解析：easy意為“容易”，因為說出自己因看了大獎賽的題目而非常抱歉是一件容易的事。tiring意為“令人疲勞的”。important意為“重要的”。difficult意為“困難的”。
48．答案：A
解析：see意為“看見”，指看見了校長辦公桌上大獎賽的題目。give意為“給”。set意為“放；擱；貼；靠”。make意為“制造”。
49．答案：D
解析：change意為“改變，變更，變換”，因為作者提前看了英語寫作大獎賽的題目，所以他認(rèn)為校長應(yīng)該改換這個題目。repeat意為“重復(fù)”。defend意為“保衛(wèi)”。correct意為“改正”。
50．答案：A
解析：take it意為“把握住機會”。因為作者當(dāng)時沒有把自己看了大獎賽的題目這件事告訴校長，失去了這個機會。have意為“有”。lost意為“丟失”。find意為“發(fā)現(xiàn)”。
51．答案：C
解析：mean to so sth意為“打算做某事”，表示作者并沒有打算作弊。remember to so sth意為“記著去做某事”。learn to do sth意為“學(xué)會做某事”。pretend to do sth意為“假裝做某事”。
52．答案：B
解析：ago意為“以前，前”，表示這件事發(fā)生在38年前，當(dāng)作者15歲時。past意為“過去的；完了的”，放在“數(shù)字+表示時間的名詞”前表示“在過去的多少年”。如：in the past three years在過去的三年中。then意為“然后”。before意為“在……之前”。
53．答案：C
解析：nor意為“也不，也沒有”，與上文中的neither構(gòu)成neither … nor表示“既不……，也不”，表示既沒有把這件事告訴任何人，也沒有試圖向自己解釋為什么當(dāng)時沒有把這件事告訴校長。either意為“兩者之一的；(兩者之中)隨便哪一個的；兩者中任何一方的”。never意為“從不”。so意為“因此”。
54．答案：D
解析：without意為“沒有”，表示沒有得到允許看放在辦公桌上的東西。by意為“通過”，表示通過某種手段或方式。besides意為“另外（還）”。through意為“穿過”。
55．答案：A
解析：but意為“但是”，表示兩句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折對比關(guān)系。though引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句，表示“雖然，盡管”。otherwise意為“否則”。therefore意為“因此”。
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Every year between February and April,when the southwest monsoon (季風(fēng))blows ,a fever seizes the Thais (泰國人).It is the kite flying in Thailand __1__a strong feeling of interest that is nothing  2   of feverish.
During the summer, in the moths of March and April ,the skies   3   cities ,towns and villages  throughout the Kingdom are   4      with kites of all descriptions --long-tailed dragons,twisting snakes ,beautiful butter-flies,or familiar cartoon characters wheeling and weaving in the waim air.
One afternoon ,a friend and long-time kite flier invited me to   5     him  at the Pramane Ground ."What's the attraction?"I asked as he flew a huge kite."Well ,you can feel  a bit of a   6    at first ."he replied,""a grown man standing there holding the end of a string and    7    up into the sky .But once you forget yourself ,you get caught up in the   8   of controlling something inthe air where you cannot follow.You're on the ground :the kite's in the air but it's you that are making it al    9    .Come on ,go fly a kite."
I took his advice in the   10   it was meant and ,holding the hand of my young daughter si that others woukd think I was only satisfying a child's   11    ,I bought a rainbow-colored snake .After a few failed runs we got the kite into the air   12    greater ease than I expected.It was only at my daughter 's crying ,"My go,my go "that I realized I'd been holding the string ,completely   13   what I was discovering was a very pleasing pastime.
Like many other    14    of popular culture ,the sport of kite flying in Thailand has been   15   down from generation to generation.Its origins(起源)are    16    probably in ancient China,although it seems likey that Thai kites are as old as the    17   itself.It was a craze    18    by everyone from the king down.
"It's a great tradition (傳統(tǒng)),that has the    19    of bringing generations togeter,"says my friend ,"What you see today at the King's Cup is the   20    as the people of the past would have seen more than two hundred years ago."  
1.A.fires             B.fights          C.turns         D.keeps
2.A.long             B.short           C. fond         D.proud
3.A.on              B.over            C.around       D. in
4.A.alive            B.ready           C.open         D.equal
5.A.see              B.care            C.accept       D. join
6.A.hero             B.fool            C.master       D.fireman
7.A.flying           B.missing         C.staring        D. jumping
8.A.match           B.comfort         C.excitement    D.movement
9.A.happen          B.begin           C. attend       D.break
10.A.way            B.while           C.language     D. need
11.A.game           B.sport           C. request       D. best
12.A.for            B.with            C.beyond       D.under
13.A.tired of         B.fit for          C. helped with    D. devoted to
14.A.laws           B.rules           C.forms         D. researches
15.A.put            B.handed          C.sat           D.looked
16.A.rooted          B.left           C.dated          D.hoped
17.A.history         B.Kingdom       C.time          D.earth
18.A.imagined        B.used          C.enjoyed       D.told
19.A.effect           B.right         C. name         D.science
20.A.same           B.kite          C. invention      D. relation

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

The story goes that some time ago, a man punished his 3-year-old daughter for wasting a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight and he became infuriated(憤怒的) when the child tried to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy."
The man was embarrassed by his earlier overreaction, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was empty. He yelled at her, stating, "Don't you know, when you give someone a present, there is supposed to be something inside? The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it's not empty at all. I blew kisses into the box. They're all for you, Daddy."
The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her forgiveness.
Only a short time later, an accident took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and, whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.
In a very real sense, each one of us, as humans beings, have been given a gold container filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family members, friends, and God. There is simply no other possession, anyone could hold, more precious than this.
小題1:The 3-year-old girl was punished by her father for ________.
A．wasting goldB．wasting wrapping paper
C．putting the box under the Christmas treeD．bringing the gift to her father
小題2:What’s inside the box according to the little girl?
A．nothing B．a(chǎn)ir
C．kissesD．gold wrapping paper
小題3:The father remembered the love of his daughter by ________.
A．kissing the gold box.B．putting gold into the box.
C．taking out an imaginary kiss from the box.D．keeping the little girl’s ash box by his bed.
小題4:Choose the best title for the passage.
A．The kisses in the box.B．A girl and his father
C． A love storyD．The box under the Christmas tree.

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