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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 __1__ the bass (鲈鱼) season opened,
he and his father were fishing early in the evening, __2__ sunfish with worms. Then he tied on a
small lure (鱼饵) and practiced casting. When his pole __3__, he knew something huge was __4__.
His father watched __5__ as the boy skillfully worked the fish alongside the dock. Finally, he very
carefully lifted the __6__ fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, __17__ it was
a bass. It was10 pm-two hours before the season opened. The father looked at the fish, then at the
boy.
'You'll have to __8__, son,' he said.
'Dad!' cried the boy.
'There will be other fish,' said his father.
'Not as big as this one,' cried the boy.
__9__ no one had seen them, nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, the boy
could10by his father's firm voice that the decision was11 . He slowly worked the hook out of the
lip of the huge bass and lowered it into12 . The creature moved its powerful body and13 . The boy
thought 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
14 . He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he15that night long ago. But
he does see16fish again and again every time he comes up against a question of principles. As his
father taught him, principles are matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of principles
17difficult. Do we18when no one is looking?
We would if we19to put the fish back when we were young. For we would have learned the
truth. The decision to do right lives20in our memory. It is a story we will proudly tell our friends and
grandchildren.
( )1. A.until
( )2. A.providing
( )3. A.bent over
( )4. A.on the other end
( )5. A.with anxiety
( )6. A.delighted
( )7. A.and
( )8. A.bring it home
( )9. A.Even though
( )10. A.tell
( )11. A.passed
( )12. A.the wide container
( )13. A.fled
( )14. A.wrong
( )15. A.landed
( )16. A.a different
( )17. A.which is
( )18. A.do wrong
( )19. A.were taught
( )20. A.freshly B. when
B. catching
B. came up
B. on the other hand
B. in surprise
B. frustrated
B. but
B. put it aside
B. Now that
B. say
B. changed
B. the broad sea
B. disappeared
B. right
B. saw
B. many big
B. it is
B. do right
B. told
B. fresh C. after
C. feeding
C. turned over
C. on one hand
C. with admiration
C. frightened
C. however
C. put it back
C. Ever since
C. speak
C. fixed
C. the black water
C. floated
C. satisfactory
C. cast
C. even bigger
C. that is
C. do harm
C. were let
C. bad D. before
D. supplying
D. broke down
D. at the either side
D. for fear
D. exhausted
D. yet
D. pick it up
D. In case
D. talk
D. refused
D. the small river
D. swam
D. pleased
D. threw
D. the same
D. this is
D. do good
D. ordered
D. strongly