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 (08·湖南)

“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 projects

  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 put the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落傘)  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 sidewalk was dotted with egg shells(蛋殼) from those   51   drops. Finally I found my little Egg-cellent  Egg Gream.

“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

答案  36.C  37.B  38.D  39.A  40.D  41.A  42.C  43.B  44.B  45.A  46.C  47.B  48.C  49.A  50.A  51.C  52.D  53.D  54.B  55.D