Question

“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our science teacher, Mr. Baker. “You can work alone or with a partner. ”

My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other. We always worked on projets__36___.

The ___37___of the challenge was simple ---to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when ___38___the stadium wall.

I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Cassie. ___39___the butter-cream gave me an idea.

 “I have a brilliant design for our __40__container!”I said when Cassie arrived. “We can   41    the egg with some butter-cream.”

 “Why not pit the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞)    42   ?” Cassie rolled her eyes.  “The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”

I couldn’t believe it, Of course we’d had our little    43    in the past, but she’d never called any of my ideas “   44   ” before.

“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”

   45    words had been out, our friendship was challenged.

When Friday finally arrived, I had to    46     Cassie’s Egg Force One looked pretty good.   47  _, my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific. We kids carried our containers up three stadium steps and dropped them over the side wall. Those whose eggs broke were out; those whose eggs survived    48  three more steps and dropped them again. This would go on till the last egg broke.

After four rounds, only Cassie and I were   49  . I let go of my box. I heard someone say “ew” after seconds. Had my egg broken? I raced down the    50  . The side walk was dotted with egg shells(蛋壳) from those   51  drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream.

   “That looks like egg drop soup, Laura,” Cassie said. She was holding her Egg Force One. My _52    raced. Had she won? I looked at her basket.    53    .

“My egg bounced    54  , ”she explained, pointing to a broken shell.

“A tie(平局), ”Mr. Baker said.

Cassie looked at me, and her glare    55   . I laughed. She smiled…

36.  A. patiently      B. silently        C. together        D. alone

37.  A. function      B. goal            C. reason        D. result

38.  A. rolled down   B. pushed against    C. thrown at      D. dropped over

39.  A. Spreading     B. Boiling         C. Baking        D. Holding

40.  A. butter        B. sandwich        C. cream         D. egg

41.  A. protect       B. replace          C. carry          D. mix

42.  A. followed      B. covered         C. attached       D. supported

43.  A. ideas         B. fights           C. worries        D. challenges

44.  A. wrong        B. stupid          C. brilliant       D. scientific

45.  A. Since         B. While           C. But          D. And

46.  A. explain        B. deny            C. admit        D. prove

47.  A. Therefore      B. Anyway         C. Otherwise     D. Besides

48.  A. paced down    B. turned around     C. walked up     D. went back

49.  A. left           B. wanted          C. chosen        D. discovered

50.  A. steps          B. way            C. wall          D. sidewalk

51.  A. intended       B. unexpected       C. failed        D. desired

52.  A. eyes          B. hands            C. feet         D. heart

53.  A. Lost          B. Dirty            C. Broken       D. Empty

54.  A. around        B. out              C. in           D. down

55.  A. returned       B. remained         C. increased     D. softened

Answer 1

36-40 CBDAD   41-45ACBBA    46-50 CBCAA    51-55 CDDBD

解析:

本文讲述的是：作者与自己的好朋友在一次摔鸡蛋挑战比赛前就如何制造道具发生了分歧，各自参加比赛，最终两人一起进入决赛，并一起失败，但最终两人重归于好。

36. 根据首句，可以单人和两人合作参赛，通过friend/smile以及后文得知，她们总是一起完成项目的。

37/38. 根据后文，制作一个可以保护的器皿来保护鸡蛋在从运动场墙壁上掉下来的时候不被打碎是挑战的目的goal，而roll down是滚落，push against是推，throw at是扔。后文提到drop，说明是自然落下。

39. 给三明治涂黄油给了我启发。Spread在这里是涂抹的意思。

40. 这里是说：对于我们的鸡蛋保护器皿，我有了个不错的想法。

41. protect sth. with sth. 用某物保护某物，这里是用黄油保护鸡蛋。

42. 降落伞是被系在篮子上的，attach是系上的意思，follow是跟随，cover是覆盖，support是支撑。

43/44. 根据“The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”降落伞比你那个愚蠢的想法好，得知作者不敢相信她所说的，当然我们之间有过争吵fights，但我的朋友也从来没有说过任何我的想法愚蠢stupid。

45. 根据“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours!”得知作者与朋友发生了冲突，话一出，我们的友谊面临挑战。这里用since自从，因为后面是完成时。

46. 根据“looked pretty good”说明作者不得不承认她朋友的道具很不错，Admit承认。

47. 根据“my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didn’t look quite scientific”不管怎么说anyway，我的道具不怎么科学。

48. 鸡蛋没有破的选手将再上（went up）三个阶梯然后再把鸡蛋掉下来，直到最后一个鸡蛋被摔碎。

49. 根据后文得知，经过四轮之后，只有我和朋友剩下来（left）了。

50. 根据前文得知，我跑下台阶（step）去看我的鸡蛋是否摔碎。

51. 摔下来的鸡蛋是被故意的、有目的的（intended）。

52. 因为看到朋友得意洋洋，我疑问她是不是赢了，所以心跳加速（heart race）。

53. 根据后面她指了指破碎的蛋壳得知，她的篮子是空（empty）的，我不确定她是不是赢了。

54. bounced out摔碎了。

55. 根据文章最后“I laughed. She smiled…”说明她的怒视（glare）缓和了（softened）。