“This Friday we’ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge，” said our science teacher，Mr Smith.“You can work alone or with a partner.”
My friend，Jenny，and I smiled at eac h other.We always worked on projects 1 .
The 2 of the challenge was simple—to build a protective container to keep an egg from breaking when 3 the stadium wall.
I made my sandwich that afternoon while waiting for Jenny. 4 the butter-cream gave me an idea.
“I have a brilliant design for our 5 container！” I said when Jenny arrived.“We can 6 the egg with some butter-cream.”
“Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute(降落伞) 7 ？” Jenny rolled her eyes.“The parachute is better than that stupid idea.”
I couldn’t believe it.Of course we’d had our little 8 in the past，but she’d never called any of my ideas “ 9 ” before.
“Then I’ll build mine and you build yours！”
10 words had been out，our friendship was challenged.
When Friday fin ally arrived，I had to 11 ，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 13 three more steps and dropped them again.This would go on till the last egg broke. Jenny’s Egg Force One looked pretty good. 12
After four rounds，only Jenny and I were 14 蛋壳) from those 16 drops.Finally I found my little Egg-cellent Egg Cream..I let go of my box.I heard someone say “ew” after seconds.Had my egg broken? I raced down the 15 .The sidewalk was dotted with egg shells(
“That looks like egg drop soup，Laura，” Jenny said.She was holding her Egg Force One.My 17 raced.Had she won? I looked at her basket. 18 .
“My egg bounced 19 ，” she explained，pointing to a broken shell.
“A tie(平局)，” Mr Smith said.
Jenny looked at me，and her glare 20 .I laughed.She smiled...
1.A.patiently B.silently
C.together D.alone
答案 C
解析 根据第一段内容可知，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。
18. A．inspected B．split
C．treated D．fastened
19. A．1lying B．joking
C．right D．crazy
答案：ABCD 解析：根据下文的“The hoof is split.How did you know”可知，Sarah的父亲知道了马的前蹄确实受伤了，故该句应为：你是正确的(right)。A项意为“撒谎”；B项意为“开玩笑”；D项意为“(发)疯的”。
20. A．boots B．tracks
C．jumps D．hoofs
答案：ABCD 解析：根据下文的“Look，it's plain in the sand”可以判断，该句句意为：你可以从马的足迹(tracks)看到那个裂口。A项意为“靴子”；C项意为“跳跃”；D项意为“(马等动物的)蹄”。
