It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈) from a(n)_________(21) injury. I had_________(22) whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was,__________(23) for the 3,000-metre run.
“Ready… set…”. The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed________(24) me. I felt_________(25) as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest________(26) I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈)）ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
“Maybe I should________(27).” I thought as I moved on. _______(28), I decided to to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran _______(29) and decided not to_______(30) in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it, ______(31) my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer--- ________(32) than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around, _________(33) the boys were preparing for theirs. “They must be cheering for the boys.”
I was leaving________(34) several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.
“Courage? I just __________(35) a race!” I thought.
“I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?”
Suddenly I regained _________(36). I decided to ________(37) track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always__________(38) in medals and victories, but in the _________(39) we overcome. The strongest people are not always the people who win, _________(40) the people who don’t give up when they lose.
21. A. slighter | B. worse | C. earlier | D. heavier |
22. A. expected | B. supposed | C. imagined | D. doubted |
23. A. late | B. eager | C. ready | D. thirsty |
24. A. from behind | B. ahead of | C. next to | D. close to |
25. A. ashamed | B. astonished | C. excited | D. frightened |
26. A. cheer | B. shout | C. cry | D. noise |
27. A. slow down | B. drop out | C. go on | D. speed up |
28. A. Therefore | B. Otherwise | C. Besides | D. However |
29. A. with delight | B. with fear | C. in pain | D. in advance |
30. A. play | B. arrive | C. race | D. attend |
31. A. even if | B. only if | C. unless | D. until |
32. A. weaker | B. longer | C. lower | D. louder |
33. A. well enough | B. sure enough | C. surprising enough | D. strangely enough |
34. A. while | B. when | C. as | D. since |
35. A. finished | B. won | C. passed | D. lost |
36. A. cheer | B. hope | C. interest | D. experience |
37. A. hold on | B. turn to | C. begin with | D. stick with |
38. A. measured | B. praised | C. tested | D. increased |
39. A. sadness | B. struggles | C. disease | D. tiredness |
40. A. or | B. nor | C. and | D. but |