Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Gaudi, told us that our school had been chosen to compete on Smart Aleck—a game show which my best friend Carla and I
16 love. Carla has a good imagination, and I know a lot of history, so we thought we’d be good
17 for the team.
A few days later, Mr. Gaudi held a meeting with everyone interested in the
18 . He told us that Smart Aleck uses a five-member team. He also said that three more people would be needed as backup(替补).
19 , four times that many students were at the meeting. So Mr. Gaudi said we would have a
20 and the top eight scorers(得分者) would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a
21 way to decide.
Yesterday, all of the hopefuls went to the dining hall after school. We would have to decide the starting line-up(阵容). Mr. Gaudi acted as the host. After a few hours, all the
22 on the team were chosen except one. Carla and I tied(打成平手) for that last position. We had to hold a one-on-one competition
23 the two of us. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the backup.
Midway through our two-person competition, I was starting to pull ahead(领先).
24 I saw the look on Carla's face. I waited for a second and knew what I had to do. As much as I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, Carla wanted
25 even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Carla
26 , just by a little bit. She felt sorry for my not being on the team as she
27 she would be on the show. And since I will go as backup, I’ll still have the fun of
28 the show up close.
Was I cheating(欺骗) by not trying as hard as I could? I don’t think so. No one noticed, and Carla and I didn’t
29 it. It won’t hurt the team
30 Carla will be a very good competitor on the real show. I think that making my best friend happy was the right thing to do.
| 小题1: | | A．all | B．both | C．neither | D．none |
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| 小题2: | | A．choices | B．friends | C．leaders | D．fans |
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| 小题3: | | A．course | B．work | C．trip | D．show |
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| 小题4: | | A．unluckily | B．luckily | C．sadly | D．hopefully |
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| 小题5: | | A．direction | B．discussion | C．competition | D．conference |
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| 小题6: | | A．special | B．hard | C．fair | D．funny |
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| 小题7: | | A．members | B．rules | C．names | D．orders |
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| 小题9: | | A．Still | B．Never | C．Then | D．Again |
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| 小题11: | | A．wait | B．turn | C．move | D．win |
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| 小题12: | | A．accepted | B．realized | C．considered | D．decided |
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| 小题13: | | A．seeing | B．refusing | C．asking | D．hearing |
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| 小题14: | | A．mean | B．plan | C．need | D．say |
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| 小题15: | | A．if | B．though | C．unless | D．because |
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