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I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real 1 .
He had gone out of the study for some 2 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see
what was on his desk. In the 3 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 4
"English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies ".
A(n) 5 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 6 . I did not.
The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 7 until the start of the exam, so I could not
8 reading it.
When the headmaster 9 , I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had 10 then. It would have been so 11 to say: "I"m sorry,
but I 12 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You"ll have to 13 it."
The chance passed and I did not 14 it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn"t mean to
cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years ago when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, nor
have I tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious 15 _ is that I could not admit I had seen the title without admitting that I had been
looking at the things on his desk. But there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has
become a good example of how a little mistake can trap you in a more serious moral corner.
( )1. A. plan
( )2. A. reasons
( )3. A. drawer
( )4. A. names
( )5. A. active
( )6. A. desk
( )7. A. question
( )8. A. help
( )9. A. disappeared
( )10. A. existed
( )11. A. tiring
( )12. A. saw
( )13. A. repeat
( )14. A. take
( )15. A. fact B. fault
B. courses
B. corner
B. words
B. handsome
B. book
B. key
B. consider
B. stayed
B. happened
B. easy
B. gave
B. defend
B. have
B. result C. grade
C. example
C. middle
C. ideas
C. friendly
C. paper
C. note
C. practise
C. returned
C. remained
C. important
C. set
C. correct
C. lose
C. explanation D. luck
D. vacation
D. box
D. messages
D. honest
D. drawer
D. secret
D. forget
D. went
D. continued
D. difficult
D. made
D. change
D. find
D. ambition
I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real 1 .
He had gone out of the study for some 2 , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see
what was on his desk. In the 3 was a small piece of paper on which were written the 4
"English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies ".
A(n) 5 boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the 6 . I did not.
The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a 7 until the start of the exam, so I could not
8 reading it.
When the headmaster 9 , I was looking out of the window.
I should have told him what had 10 then. It would have been so 11 to say: "I"m sorry,
but I 12 the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You"ll have to 13 it."
The chance passed and I did not 14 it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn"t mean to
cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.
That was thirty-eight years ago when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, nor
have I tried to explain to myself why not.
The obvious 15 _ is that I could not admit I had seen the title without admitting that I had been
looking at the things on his desk. But there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has
become a good example of how a little mistake can trap you in a more serious moral corner.
( )2. A. reasons
( )3. A. drawer
( )4. A. names
( )5. A. active
( )6. A. desk
( )7. A. question
( )8. A. help
( )9. A. disappeared
( )10. A. existed
( )11. A. tiring
( )12. A. saw
( )13. A. repeat
( )14. A. take
( )15. A. fact B. fault
B. courses
B. corner
B. words
B. handsome
B. book
B. key
B. consider
B. stayed
B. happened
B. easy
B. gave
B. defend
B. have
B. result C. grade
C. example
C. middle
C. ideas
C. friendly
C. paper
C. note
C. practise
C. returned
C. remained
C. important
C. set
C. correct
C. lose
C. explanation D. luck
D. vacation
D. box
D. messages
D. honest
D. drawer
D. secret
D. forget
D. went
D. continued
D. difficult
D. made
D. change
D. find
D. ambition