Question

In the USA, each year, students take part in a kind of competition called the Science Olympiad.

It has a lot of different events. Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others. My best event is forestry.

The big day had come at last! First，I went to watch the tower building competition. That’s when students build small towers and put heavy things on top of it. They hope they can hold them up. One of my schoolmates was putting things on her tower. She was nervous，and in the end it was too heavy for her tower to hold it—it broke! I felt bad for her.

After lunch, I helped some teammates with their events. One was geography，and the other was history. I don’t know much about those things, so I just watched my teammates do most of the work.

At last, it was time for my favorite event—forestry. The rules were easy. We had to look at more than 40 different kinds of leaves and find out which plants they were from. We also had to answer some questions about the uses of each leaf. I knew almost all of the leaves and could answer most of the questions. I had spent more than a month studying on the Internet to get ready. At the end, it was time for the awards (颁奖）.I was nervous，because the forestry awards were last. We won second place in the whole state! A nice man gave me a medal and smiled at me.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1.What is the Science Olympiad ?

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2.Is forestry the author’s (作者的）best event?

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3.Why did the author feel bad for the first event?

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4.Where did the author prepare for his event?

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5.Which prize did the author’s team win，the second or the last?

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Answer

1.It has a lot of different events. Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others.

2.Yes. it is.

3.Because one of his schoolmates failed in the tower building competition.

4.On the Internet.

5.The second.

【解析】这篇短文给我们介绍了作者和同学们参加的一个比赛叫科学奥林匹克赛事。它包括很多方面，如音乐、生物、化学和其他方面。在作者和同学们的努力下，他们的团队获得了第二名。

1.短文开头第一段提到了Science Olympiad，这是美国的学生每年都参加的一种比赛。紧接着的下一段就具体介绍了这个比赛，故答案在第二段中It has a lot of different events. Students go there to show how much they know about the science of music, biology, chemistry and others。

2.根据短文第二段中My best event is forestry可知，作者最喜欢的是林业。由此可知这句话的回答是肯定的。

3.根据短文第三段中One of my schoolmates was putting things on her tower. She was nervous，and in the end it was too heavy for her tower to hold it—it broke! I felt bad for her.可知，作者的一个同学参加塔建筑比赛，到最后她非常紧张，她的她太重了，承受不了，结果塔散了。作者很为她感到惋惜。

4.根据短文第四段中I had spent more than a month studying on the Internet to get ready可知，作者在参加比赛之前，花费了一个多月的的时间在网上做准备。由此可知答案。

5.根据短文的最后We won second place in the whole state!可知，作者的团队最后获得了第二名。