Question

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.

1.A. allB. bothC. neitherD. none

2.A. choices B. friendsC. leaders D. fans

3.A. course B. work C. trip D. show

4.A. unluckilyB. luckilyC. sadlyD. hopefully

5.A. direction B. discussion C. competition D. conference

6.A. special B. hard C. fair D. funny

7.A. membersB. rules C. names D. orders

8.A. ofB. onC. betweenD. among

9.A. Still B. Never C. Then D. Again

10.A. us B. it C. me D. her

11.A. wait B. turn C. move D. win

12.A. accepted B. realized C. considered D. decided

13.A. seeingB. refusingC. askingD. hearing

14.A. mean B. plan C. needD. say

15.A. ifB. thoughC. unlessD. because

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是作者和最好的朋友Carla都喜欢Smart Aleck这个比赛，他们的学校正好有机会可以去参加这个比赛。但是报名的人数太多，需要进行一次比赛来挑选。在最后我和Carla要竞争一个名额的时候，我故意把这次机会让给了她。作者觉得让自己的好朋友快乐，她做得对。

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8.……的；on 在……上面；between 在两者之间；among在三者或以上中间。根据文意可知，我和Carla两个人要进行一场比赛，应该是两人之间。故选C。

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14.是；plan 计划；need 需要；say说。根据文意可知，我故意输给Carla的事情，谁都没有注意到，我和Carla两个人也都没有说这件事。故选D。

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考点：日常生活类短文。