【题文】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
love. Carla has a good imagination, and I know a lot of history, so we thought we’d be good
for the team.
A few days later, Mr. Gaudi held a meeting with everyone interested in the
. 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).
, four times that many students were at the meeting. So Mr. Gaudi said we would have a
and the top eight scorers(得分者) would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a
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
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
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).
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
even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Carla
, just by a little bit. She felt sorry for my not being on the team as she
she would be on the show. And since I will go as backup, I’ll still have the fun of
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
it. It won’t hurt the team
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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