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　　St. Antoine was one of the poorest parts of Paris. There, the children had the faces and sad voices of the 1 men. Hunger seemed to he written on the 2 of every man and woman. The 3 contained only the worst bits of meat and 4 . There was nothing 5 in the street except the shops that 6 tools or weapons (武器). Those contained the sharpest of bright knives and the most murderous of guns. These bright weapons 7 to be waiting for the time 8 they would be brought out 9 dreadful work.

　　A large barrel (桶) of wine had been dropped and 10 in the street of St. Antoine. Red wine began to run 11 the rough stones. Little 12 formed in the 13 and cracks (裂缝)among the stones. 14 , all the people nearby 15 whatever they were doing and ran to the spot to 16 some of the wine before it should disappear into the ground. Some 17 down and tried to gather it in their hands, but most of it ran 18 their fingers. Some brought cups and tried to 19 them; others dipped rags in the wine and then put them in their 20 . For a time, in that street of poverty (贫穷), there was a 21 sound of laughter. 22 soon all the wine was 23 ; the laughter died 24 and the poor people returned to 25 they had been doing before.

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

My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each 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 Cassie．  4   the butter-cream gave me an idea．

“I have a brilliant design for our   5   container!” I said when Cassie 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   ?” Cassie 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 finally arrived, I had to   11    Cassie’s Egg Force One looked pretty good．  12   , 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．

After four rounds, only Cassie and I were  14   ．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 from those   16    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   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. Baker said．

Cassie looked at me, and her glare  20   ．I laughed．She smiled…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

14．A．left                     B．wanted                C．chose                 D．discovered

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

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

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

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

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

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