Itwasthedistrictsportsmeet.Myfootstillhadn’thealed(痊愈)froma(n)36injury.Ihad37whetherornotIshouldattendthemeeting.ButthereIwas38forthe3000-meterrun.“Ready…set…”Thegun

Question

It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈) from a(n) ___36___ injury. I had ___37___ whether or not I should attend the meeting. But there I was ___38___for the 3 000-meter run.

“Ready…set…” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed ___39___ me. I felt ___40___ as I fell farther and farther behind.

“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest___41___ 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___42___ ” I thought as I moved on. ___43___ I decided to keep going. During the last two laps I ran ___44___ and decided not to ___45___in track next year. It wouldn’t be worth it ___46___my foot did heal.

When I finished I heard a cheer--___47___ than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and___48___ the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.”

I was leaving ___49___ several girls came up to me. “Wow you’ve got courage!” one of them told me.

“Courage? I just ___50___ 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___51___. I decided to ___52___ track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always ___53___ in medals and victories but in the ___54___we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win ___55___ the people who don’t give up when they lose.

36. A. slighter      B. worse       C. earlier       D. heavier

37. A. expected      B. supposed    C. imagined     D. doubted

38. A. late          B. eager       C. ready        D. thirsty

39. A. from behind   B. ahead of     C. next to       D. close to

40. A. ashamed      B. astonished    C. excited      D. frightened

41. A. cheer        B. shout         C. cry         D. noise

42. A. slow down    B. drop out      C. go on       D. speed up

43. A. Therefore    B. Otherwise     C. Besides     D. However

44. A. with delight   B. with fear     C. in pain      D. in advance

45. A. play         B. arrive       C. race         D. attend

46. A. even if      B. only if       C. unless        D. until

47. A. weaker      B. longer        C. lower        D. louder

48. A. well enough  B. sure enough   C. surprisingly enough  D. strangely enough

49. A. while       B. when        C. as          D. since

50. A. finished    B. won        C. passed        D. lost

51. A. cheer      B. hope       C. interest        D. experience

52. A. hold on    B. turn to      C. begin with     D. stick with

53. A. measured   B. praised      C. tested       D. increased

54. A. sadness    B. struggles     C. diseases      D. tiredness

55. A. or        B. nor          C. and         D. but

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