It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed from a(n) ________ injury.
I had ________ whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, ________ for the 3,000- meter run.
“Ready … set … ” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed ahead of me. I felt________ as I fell father and father behind.
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest cheer I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
“Maybe I should ________,” I thought as I moved on. ________, I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran________ and decided not to ________ in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it, ________ my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer louder than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and________ enough, the boys were preparing for their race. “They must cheering for the boys.”
I was leaving ________ several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” One of them told me.
“Courage? I just ________ 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 hope. I decided to ________ track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always measured in medals and victories, but in the ________ we overcome. The strongest people are not always the people who win, ________ the people who don’t give up when they lose.
【小题1】A.slighter | B.worse | C.earlier | D.heavier |
【小题2】A.expected | B.supposed | C.imagined | D.doubted |
【小题3】A.late | B.eager | C.ready | D.thirsty |
【小题4】A.ashamed | B.astonished | C.excited | D.frightened |
【小题5】A.slow down | B.drop out | C.go on | D.speed up |
【小题6】A.Therefore | B.Otherwise | C.Besides | D.However |
【小题7】A.in delight | B.in fear | C.in pain | D.in advance |
【小题8】A.play | B.arrive | C.race | D.attend |
【小题9】A.even if | B.only if | C.what if | D.as if |
【小题10】A.well | B.sure | C.surprisingly | D.strangely |
【小题11】【小题12】A.finished | B.won | C.passed | D.lost |
【小题13】A.hold with | B.break with | C.begin with | D.stick with |
【小题14】A.sadness | B.struggles | C.diseases | D.tiredness |
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