What separates me from everyone else? The difference is not what clothes I wear or the music I listen to, but what I feel _1_ .
Ever since I was young, I have loved professional wrestling. As I grew older, my friends 2_ me for following what was called a "man's soap opera. " _3_ , I put my love for wrestling on the shelf. It was not until freshman year that I _4_ I wasn't being myself.
That year, I tried many new things and activities. In my town, football was the sport, so I decided to play football, _5_ it might give me a head _6_ in popularity. The team started with forty-eight athletes. _7_ , there were fourteen of us left. I stuck it out not because I liked it, but because I am not a quitter (懦夫). That long season taught me a(n) _8_ : I wasn't a football player. More importantly, it taught me to be _9_ .
After that season, I _10_ back to being a wrestling fan. I came across a well-known saying: "Don't Dream It. Be It." When I read this, my friend Dan and I had the _11_ idea.
"What if we build a wrestling ring?" we asked. The following weekend, we met at his house. We saw our 12_ in a pile in his backyard. ．We worked from dawn to dusk to build our great project. Our hard work paid _13_. We had a real ring. We decided to hold an "event." We practiced for hours, trying to _14_ every aspect (方面) of our wrestling ability. The date was May 24th. To our surprise, about one hundred friends and fans showed up to _15 us. It was the most important night of my life and a _16_ success. Since that time, we have held five shows with as many as two hundred and fifty people turning out. We _17 to live this dream. We accomplished what we set out to do.
As my senior year winds down, I'll remember all of my high school memories. But 18 will stick out most is the memory that I did something I _19_, despite what everyone said or thought. I achieved the _20_. . . I lived my dream.
1．A．outside B．inside C．behind D．beside
2．A．laughed at B．talked about C．listened to D．called on
3．A．Then B．But C．And D．So
4．A．admitted B．noticed C．realized D．declared
5．A．thinking B．finding C．remembering D．guessing
6．A．level B．start C．end D．point
7．A．At the end B．At the beginning C．In return D．On one hand
8．A．art B．truth C．fact D．lesson
9．A．oneself B．somebody C．myself D．nobody
10．A．gave B．went C．put D．set
11．A．original B．perfect C．same D．correct
12．A．dream B．success C．progress D．future
13．A．for B．out C．off D．back
1,3,5
14．A．discover B．learn C．improve D．show
15．A．praise B．support C．teach D．follow
16．A．gradual B．complete C．endless D．timeless
17．A．have B．begin C．prefer D．continue
18．A．why B．how C．which D．what
19．A．loved B．faced C．studied D．needed
20．A．task B．step C．goal D．game