He was 11 years old and went fishing every chance he got from the dock at his family’s cabin on an island in the middle of a New Hampshire lake.
On the day before the bass season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening, ______ sunfish and perch with worms. Then he tied on a small lure and practiced casting. The lure ______ the water and caused colored ripples (涟漪，细浪) in the sunset, then ______ ripples as the moon rose over the lake.
When his fishing rod doubled over, he knew something ______ was on the other end. His father watched with ______ as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock.
Finally, he carefully lifted the ______ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.
The boy and his father looked at the handsome fish, gills (鳃) playing back and forth in the ______. The father lit a match and looked at the watch. It was 10 p.m.—two hours ______ the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy.
“You’ll have to ______, son.” he said.
“Dad!” cried the boy.
“There will be other fish.” said his father.
“Not as big as this one.” cried the boy.
He looked around the lake. No other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. He looked again at his father. Even though no one had seen them,______ could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy could ______ by the clarity of his father’s voice that the decision was not negotiable (可协商的). He slowly pulled the ______ out of the lip of the huge fish and ______ it into the black water.
The creature swished its powerful body and disappeared. The boy ______ that he would never again see such a great fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. And he was right. He has never again caught such a magnificent fish ______ the one that was set free by him that night long ago. But he does see that same fish ______ ----every time he ______ against a question of ethics.
For, as his father taught him, ethics are simple ______ of right and wrong.______ is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. Do we do right when no one is looking? We would ______ we were taught to put the fish back when we were young.
1.A. catching B. drawing C. trapping D. expecting
2.A. met B. struck C. knocked D. attacked
3.A. golden B. silver C. black D. blue
4.A. light B. slim C. small D. huge
5.A. decision B. instruction C. admiration D. celebration
6.A. lively B. living C. exhausted D. dead
7.A. moonlight B. sun C. wind D. lake
8.A. when B. since C. after D. before
9.A. pull it up B. speed it up C. put it back D. bring it back
10.A. not B. nor C. and D. or
11.A. receive B. believe C. organize D. tell
12.A. worm B. hook C. boat D. match
13.A. lowered B. lifted C. watched D. changed
14.A. expected B. admitted C. complained D. suspected
15.A. that B. when C. as D. because
16.A. once again B. again and again C. all the time D. in the end
17.A. comes up B. catches up C. makes up D. rings up
18.A. information B. advice C. matters D. messages
19.A. It B. He C. The right D. The wrong
20.A. even if B. though C. unless D. if
My mother is always warning me when I go out, “Don’t get off the bus ________ it is stopping.”
A. until B. while
C. before D. after
I was caught in a traffic jam for over an hour, otherwise, I ________ you waiting for such a long time.
A. had not kept B. will not keep
C. would not have kept D. have not kept
—Tom, do you enjoy your present job?
—________. I just do it for a living.
A. Of course B. Not really
C. Not likely D. That’s all right
Seeing the policemen coming, away immediately, leaving the things they’d just stolen.
A. the thieves ran B. did the thieves run
C. the thieves run D. ran the thieves
Jane’s success lies in the fact she is so co-operative and eager to learn from others.
A. that B. which
C. when D. why
