阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项。 Every year, the 28 students on the BlitzCreek Robotics
英语试题 07-22
阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选项。
Every year, the 28 students on the BlitzCreek Robotics team at Bullock Creek High School in Midland, Michigan participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition. They are ____21____ to create a robot that can perform certain tasks.
But building robots isn’t ____22____, and the team’ s expected to help raise money for their ____23____. When Maxton Herst ____24____ the team in ninth grade, he came across a video about a toilet paper pyramid, realizing it was possible to build a ____25____ pyramid, and then sell the paper to raise money. The ____26____ was convincing other members of the team. Year after year, he ____27____ suggested the idea, but it never took off. ____28____, last May, all the team members ____29____ to try his idea.
In late December, the _____30_____ team members gave up their winter holiday to build the pyramid. It was so _____31_____ that they had to build it from the inside before _____32_____ and filling in the areas where they had been _____33_____. It took about 16 hours, with 27, 434 rolls _____34_____, to complete the world’s largest toilet paper pyramid, 61 centimeters taller than the present Guinness World Record. The pyramid _____35_____ for viewing on January 4, 2020. With all the _____36_____ caused by the pyramid, it turned out to be fairly easy to _____37_____ the paper. Families and other supporters bought all of the rolls. The team made about $10,000 from the _____38_____, which will help pay for its activities.
Maxton, now 18, hopes that the _____39_____ of his “crazy idea” will inspire others. “If you know your idea is good, _____40_____ it,” he says. “Don’t stop.”
21. A. challenged B. predicted C. described D. managed
22. A. fresh B. permanent C. artificial D. cheap
23. A. program B. school C. exhibition D. improvement
24. A. noticed B. joined C. trained D. left
25. A. garbage-eating B. paper-saving C. record-setting D. tradition-breaking
26. A. action B. agenda C. problem D. difference
27. A. even B. also C. still D. ever
28. A. Finally B. Quickly C. Patiently D. Surely
29. A. applied B. agreed C. learnt D. afforded
30. A. attractive B. suitable C. skillful D. enthusiastic
31. A. strange B. tall C. risky D. huge
32. A. backing out B. calming down C. looking up D. moving forward
33. A. drawing B. watching C. standing D. designing
34. A. returned B. received C. examined D. used
35. A. lay B. opened C. appeared D. rose
36. A. effort B. changes C. promises D. excitement
37. A. follow B. sell C. collect D. move
38. A. event B. experiment C. ambition D. offer
39. A. birth B. success C. direction D. service
40. A. assist B. guide C. push D. share
【答案】
Every year, the 28 students on the BlitzCreek Robotics team at Bullock Creek High School in Midland, Michigan participate in the FIRST Robotics Competition. They are ____21____ to create a robot that can perform certain tasks.
But building robots isn’t ____22____, and the team’ s expected to help raise money for their ____23____. When Maxton Herst ____24____ the team in ninth grade, he came across a video about a toilet paper pyramid, realizing it was possible to build a ____25____ pyramid, and then sell the paper to raise money. The ____26____ was convincing other members of the team. Year after year, he ____27____ suggested the idea, but it never took off. ____28____, last May, all the team members ____29____ to try his idea.
In late December, the _____30_____ team members gave up their winter holiday to build the pyramid. It was so _____31_____ that they had to build it from the inside before _____32_____ and filling in the areas where they had been _____33_____. It took about 16 hours, with 27, 434 rolls _____34_____, to complete the world’s largest toilet paper pyramid, 61 centimeters taller than the present Guinness World Record. The pyramid _____35_____ for viewing on January 4, 2020. With all the _____36_____ caused by the pyramid, it turned out to be fairly easy to _____37_____ the paper. Families and other supporters bought all of the rolls. The team made about $10,000 from the _____38_____, which will help pay for its activities.
Maxton, now 18, hopes that the _____39_____ of his “crazy idea” will inspire others. “If you know your idea is good, _____40_____ it,” he says. “Don’t stop.”
21. A. challenged B. predicted C. described D. managed
22. A. fresh B. permanent C. artificial D. cheap
23. A. program B. school C. exhibition D. improvement
24. A. noticed B. joined C. trained D. left
25. A. garbage-eating B. paper-saving C. record-setting D. tradition-breaking
26. A. action B. agenda C. problem D. difference
27. A. even B. also C. still D. ever
28. A. Finally B. Quickly C. Patiently D. Surely
29. A. applied B. agreed C. learnt D. afforded
30. A. attractive B. suitable C. skillful D. enthusiastic
31. A. strange B. tall C. risky D. huge
32. A. backing out B. calming down C. looking up D. moving forward
33. A. drawing B. watching C. standing D. designing
34. A. returned B. received C. examined D. used
35. A. lay B. opened C. appeared D. rose
36. A. effort B. changes C. promises D. excitement
37. A. follow B. sell C. collect D. move
38. A. event B. experiment C. ambition D. offer
39. A. birth B. success C. direction D. service
40. A. assist B. guide C. push D. share
【答案】
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