Question

Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each can only be used once (将下列单词或词组填入空格。每空格限填一词，每词只能填一次)

A. strange       B. tradition    C. allowed  

D. turned over         E. turned out

    A good trick doesn’t leave lasting damage and always makes people laugh. It can even amaze them with its creativity. Some schools and universities have a long 1. of students playing good tricks. These tricks sometimes include school buildings and cars.

     The California Institute of Technology, a university in the US, has a special day on which students are  2. to play big tricks. One time, a group of students took apart a car, moved the parts into a student’s room and then put the car back together next to the bed.

     It was a quiet evening at an American high school. Going home, the headmaster got into his car and started the engine. It’s quite 3. that the wheels turned, but the car didn’t move! It   _4.  that some students had found a way to lift the car up so that its tires were just above the ground.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.E

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是在一些学校里有一个奇怪的传统，就是学生们玩恶作剧。这些恶作剧不会给人们带来伤害，只会让人们开怀大笑。文章中给我们介绍了两个发生在学校里的恶作剧。

1.句意：一些学校和大学里，学生们搞恶作剧有着很长的传统。tradition 名词，传统。这里是说在学校里搞恶作剧有很长的历史，这在一些学校里是一个传统。

2.句意：在美国的加利福尼亚理工学院有一个特殊的日子，在这一天可以允许学生们玩大的恶作剧。be allowed to do sth. 被允许去做某事。这里学生和allow 构成被动的关系。

3.句意：在美国一所中学，一个安静的晚上，校长要开车回家，他做到汽车里，发动汽车，很奇怪车轮转动起来，但是车却不走。根据文意可知，校长想开车回家，但是他发动了汽车后，汽车却不往前走，所以这让他感到很奇怪。strange 奇怪的。

4.句意：原来学生们想了一个办法把汽车抬高了，汽车的轮胎在地面以上，所以汽车就走不了了。turn out 结果是，原来是。turn over 翻阅，移交。根据句意可知填turned out。

考点：选词填空。