阅读理解填词
先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已给出。
Once my mother told me a story. In Africa, when an antelope(羚羊) wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, “I must be able to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed.” At the same time, a lion wakes from his d 1 . The first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch the s_2___ antelope, or I will die of h ___3___” So, almost at the same time, the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the rising sun.
This is life: full of chances and challenge. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go ahead when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we do not study hard, sooner or later, we will f 4 behind the other students. At first, I did not know what the word “exam” m5 . Later I knew an exam was a kind of competition. In competitions, there are always w___6_ and losers. As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people can i 7 .
Each time I saw children playing games and heard their laughter, I wished that I were that age again. However, I remembered my parents’ words: “ You must work very hard in order to have a good f____8___.” So I picked up my pen and began to study hard again.
I was still not sure what competition really was. One day, I was taking part in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. I s___9___ knew what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the opposite: it is kind and necessary.
I learned a lot from r__10_____ this fact. Now I understand more about the world. Competition is important for us all.