It was a classic night. The noisy Mexico City gradually _________. The main stadium of Olympic track and field competition was enveloped in the _________.
After he _________ making the scenes the marathon winners received the trophies (奖品) and marked the victory, Greenspan, the world famous newsreel (新闻影片) producer, found the stadium _________. It was time for him to return to the hotel for a rest. He was about to _________ when he suddenly saw a bandaged man with his right leg stained with _________ run into the stadium. This man ran _________ out of breath, but he didn’t stop. After he ran along the runway for a circle and got to the _________, he collapsed on the ground.
Greenspan guessed this was a marathon athlete. Out of _________, he went over to ask why the athlete wanted to run to the goal with such great __________.
The young man called Kowari from Tanzania replied gently, “That my __________ sent me here from more than 20,000 kilometres is __________ to let me stand on the starting line in the competition, but makes me __________ the game. I want to run to the goal, though I have __________ all other runners, but I have a clear goal like them: I will run to the goal. Though the audience won’t __________ me anymore, my motherland is __________ me from behind…”
“Tears welled up in Greenspan’s eyes. Soon, he spread the most __________ scene in the history of the Olympic Games to every corner of the world.
Life should include a dream of reaching the peak, __________ we should understand not everybody has the __________ to do it. The most important is not whether we can reach the peak but whether we have made the greatest __________—to reach the goal in the mind is a success.
【小题1】A.woke up | B.calmed down | C.faded away | D.died away |
【小题2】A.view | B.darkness | C.cold | D.laughter |
【小题3】A.finished | B.started | C.kept | D.continued |
【小题4】A.dirty | B.crowded | C.empty | D.dangerous |
【小题5】A.sleep | B.speak | C.arrive | D.leave |
【小题6】A.sweat | B.blood | C.water | D.mud |
【小题7】A.swiftly | B.lamely | C.excitedly | D.hurriedly |
【小题8】A.goal | B.gate | C.entrance | D.exit |
【小题9】A.fear | B.panic | C.curiosity | D.gratitude |
【小题10】A.expectation | B.difficulty | C.enthusiasm | D.disappointment |
【小题11】A.fans | B.parents | C.coach | D.country |
【小题12】【小题13】A.watch | B.enjoy | C.complete | D.experience |
【小题14】A.fallen behind | B.fought against | C.competed with | D.learned from |
【小题15】A.cheer | B.trust | C.admire | D.choose |
【小题16】A.warning | B.seizing | C.criticizing | D.watching |
【小题17】A.grateful | B.mysterious | C.touching | D.outstanding |
【小题18】【小题19】A.time | B.money | C.courage | D.ability |
【小题20】A.efforts | B.profits | C.differences | D.achievements |