I found out one time that doing a __36____for someone could get you
into a lot of trouble.I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final
test.During the
test, the girl sitting next to me ___37____ something, but I didn’t understand.So I __38______ her way and
found out that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen.She showed me that hers was
____39_____ and would not write.I happened to have an extra one, so I took it out of my pocket and
____40_____ it on her desk.
Later, after the test papers had been turned in, the teacher asked
me to stay in the room when all the other students were____41_____.As soon as we were alone she
began to talk to me about ____42____ it meant to grow up; she talked about how
important it was to____43____ your own two feet and be responsible for your own
____44____.For a
long time, she talked about honesty and emphasized the fact ____45____ when
people do something____46____, they are really cheating themselves.She made me ____47____ that I
would think seriously about all the things she had said, and then she told me I
could leave.I
walked out of the room ____48____ why she had chosen to talk to me about all
those things.
____49____,
I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test.When she saw me lean over to
talk to the girl next to me, it looked as if I was copying answers ____50____
the girl’s test paper.I ___51____ to explain about the pen, but all she____52____ say was
that it seemed very strange to her that I hadn’t talked of anything about the
pen the day she talked to me ____53____ after the test.____54____ I tried to explain
that I was just doing the girl a favor by letting her use my pen, I was sure
she ____55____ to believe that I had cheated on the test.
1.A.help
B.hand
C.favor
D.fever
2.A.whispered B.talked
C.told
D.spoke
3.A.turned
over B.came over C.leaned
over D.looked over
4.A.out
of sight B.out
of work C.out
of place
D.out
of ink
5.A.place
B.put C.gave
D.lent
6.A.punished B.dismissed C.praised
D.parted
7.A.what
B.that
C.which
D.how
8.A.stand up B.stand
on C.stand
for D.stand by
9.A.attitude
B.activity C.action
D.behavior
10.A.what
B.if
C.that D.where
11.A.honest B.dishonest C.modest D.disappointed
12.A.promise B.permit C.recognize D.prove
13.A.wandering B.reflecting C.understanding D.wondering
14.A.Long before B.Therefore C.Ever before D.Later
on
15.A.of
B.in C.from
D.on
16.A.managed B.planned C.tried D.promoted
17.A.could B.would C.can
D.will
18.A.right B.only C.slight D.once
19.A.After B.Until C.As if
D.Even if
20.A.remained B.continued C.kept D.wanted