Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Brown, told us that our school had a chance to take part in Smart Aleck—a wonderful game show. My best friend Nancy and I both1 it. Nancy has a good imagination and I know a lot of history, so we thought we'd be good 2 for the team.
A few days later, Mr. Brown held a meeting with everyone who was 3 the show. He told us that Smart Aleck used a five-member team and three more people would be needed as backup(替补). Mr. Brown said we would have a(n) 4 among all the students at the meeting and the top 5 students would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a 6 way to decide.
Yesterday, all of the 7 got together. Mr. Brown acted as the host. After a couple of hours, all the positions on the team were set 8 one. Nancy and I tied(打成平手) for that last position. We had to hold a one-on-one competition. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the 9.
Midway through our two-person competition, I was starting to perform better than Nancy. Then I saw the look on Nancy's face. I waited for a second and knew 10 I had to do. I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, 11 Nancy wanted it even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Nancy 12, just by a little bit. When she realized she would be on the show, she felt sorry for my not being on the team. 13, as a backup, I would still be able to see the show up close.
Was I 14 by not trying as hard as I could? I don't think so. No one noticed, and Nancy and I didn't say it. It wouldn't influence the team because Nancy would be a very good competitor on the real show. I think making my best friend happy was the 15 thing to do.
