Question

At Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix, Arizona in the United States, four poor Mexican boys worked together on a strange electric machine. They were encouraged by their teacher Allan Cameron to build the machine. It only cost them $800 to build it. They used pipes(管子), cameras, computer parts, and whatever they could find. All the other students wondered what it was. The machine was like a very small submarine(潜艇). It could move around in a swimming pool. The boys could control（控制） its movement from outside the pool.

Carl Hayden High School had been invited to a competition of high schools and universities. The schools were from the United States and Canada. The school that could build the best machine would be the winner. Many students came from schools that gave them lots of money and support. The Carl Hayden boys had hardly any support and very little money.

Students from eleven schools traveled with their machines to the University of California, including students from the famous university, MIT. When students saw the machine made by the Carl Hayden boys, some of them laughed. Its name was “Stinky” because it had a very strong smell. But when the competition started, they saw that “stinky” was no joke. It did better than all the other machines, including the ones from MIT, and it took first place in the competition.

Since then, the boys from Carl Hayden High School have become famous. People have even offered them money for college, and a movie producer has asked them if it is OK to make a movie to tell their story.

1.According to the passage, the four Carl Hayden boys__________.

A. were from rich families

B. got a lot of money from their school

C. did better than other competition teams

D. were helped by their teacher to build the machine

2.Which of the following about the competition is TRUE?

A. It was held by MIT.

B. 11 high schools took part in it.

C. The winner of it must build the best machine.

D. Competing schools were from the United States.

3.What’s the underlined word “they” refers to in Paragraph 3?

A. The other machine

B. The Carl Hayden boys

C. The students from MIT

D. The students who laugh at “stinky”

4.What would be the best title(标题) of the passage?

A. A special machine

B. A high school beat MIT

C. A competition for teens

D. Smart students in the US

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本篇文章讲述了四个在美国读高中的墨西哥男孩代表学校参加国际上的机器大赛。用一个低成本毫不起眼的成果赢得了比赛的第一名。之后四个男孩变得出名，有人资助他们上了大学，并且有电影公司咨询可否把他们的故事拍成电影。

1.four poor Mexican boys 和The Carl Hayden boys had hardly any support and very little money.，所以这四个男孩没有太多的钱，学校也没有资助他们太多的钱，所以A和B都不对，文章中只说到老师鼓励他们，但并没有帮助。故选C。

2. Students from eleven schools traveled with their machines to the University of California这句话可知，有11所学校的参赛者坐着他们做的机器来参赛的并不是只有十一所，排除B，由The schools were from the United States and Canada.可知参赛学校来自美国和加拿大，并不只是美国，排除D。故选C。

3.When students saw the machine made by the Carl Hayden boys, some of them laughed，But when the competition started, they saw that “stinky” was no joke，可知they指的是那些嘲笑四个男孩的作品的学生。故选D。

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