Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives. Not long ago, I had one that I would like to __16__.
I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph __17_ we realized we were __18_. Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand-new $20 bill. I was so __19_ because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on __20__ seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. __21__ I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I __22_ I had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just __23__ out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.
My conscience (良心) opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn’t __24__ over it. I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and __25__ for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I __26__ to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream for __27__ that someone would say, “Hey, Jeff, why not you use the change __28__ the pizza instead of that nice, new $20 bill?” I was not so __29__ of my cash now. For the next two years, whenever I was __30__ of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “Don’t think about it…”
I have learned two things from this __31__. Maybe I was a fool for __32__ in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a __33__ pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away with what you have done, your conscience will __34__ up with you.
This reflects the saying, “Coward (懦夫) dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “__35__” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only one, or maybe twice.
| 小题1: | | A．say | B．talk | C．share | D．explain |
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| 小题3: | | A．lost | B．tired | C．hungry | D．angry |
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| 小题4: | | A．excited | B．eager | C．glad | D．anxious |
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| 小题5: | | A．rest | B．food | C．travel | D．drink |
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| 小题6: | | A．Luckily | B．Finally | C．Immediately | D．Actually |
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| 小题7: | | A．thought | B．recognized | C．noticed | D．realized |
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| 小题8: | | A．walked | B．left | C．worked | D．found |
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| 小题10: | | A．ask | B．pay | C．apologize | D．send |
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| 小题11: | | A．refused | B．wanted | C．hoped | D．meant |
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| 小题12: | | A．hope | B．surprise | C．anger | D．fear |
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| 小题14: | | A．sure | B．upset | C．proud | D．pleased |
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| 小题15: | | A．warned | B．reminded | C．thought | D．told |
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| 小题16: | | A．experience | B．experiment | C．story | D．talking |
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| 小题17: | | A．turning | B．talking | C．handing | D．giving |
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| 小题18: | | A．free | B．cheap | C．plain | D．delicious |
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| 小题20: | | A．coward | B．fool | C．loser | D．hero |
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