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Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Gaudi, told usthat our school had been chosen to
compete onSmart Aleck-a game show which my best friend Carla and I both love. Carla has a
good imagination, and I know a lot of history, so we thought we’d be good  1  for the team.
A few days later, Mr. Gaudi held a meeting with everyone interested in the   2  . He told us
thatSmart Aleckuses a five member team. He also said that three more people would be needed
as backup（替补）. Unluckily four times that many students were at the meeting. So Mr. Gaudi
said we would have a  3   and the top eight scorers would become the team and the backup.
Everybody agreed that this was a  4  way to decide.
Yesterday, all of the hopefuls went to the dining hall after school. We would have to decide the
starting line-up（阵容）.Mr. Gaudi acted as the host. After a couple of hours, all the  5  on the
team were set except one. Carla and I  6  for that last position.We had to hold a one-on-one
competition between the two of us.The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the
backup.
Midway through our two-person competition,I was starting to pull ahead.   7  I saw the look
on Carla's face.I waited for a second and knew what I had to do.As much as I wanted to be on
Smart Aleck,Carla wanted  8  even more.So,starting with my next question,I held back and let
Carla  9  ， just by a little bit.Her expression as she  10  she would be on the show made up
for my not being on the team. And since I will go as backup, I'll still have the fun of seeing the
show up close.
Was I  11  by not trying as hard as I could?I don't think so.No one noticed,and Carla and
I didn't  12  it.It won't hurt the team because Carla will be a very good competitor on the real
show.I think that making my best friend happy was the right thing to do.

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