When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to__
36__ water to the runners, I remember being so __
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_ to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I
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_ up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an
__39 _. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked.
__40__ , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining(起决定性作用的)
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At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt
__42__ because I was 15 years old, younger than him but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt
__43_ for a second.
But then I
__44__ something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had
__45_ abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my _
46_ was only to finish.
After a minute, it
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47__ me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself at that moment. I turned my embarrassment into __
48__ .
I __
49__ that I would not give up running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare __
50__ and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my __
51 __.
In life we all have those moments when we __
52__ ourselves with others. It’s only
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53 .__ Don’t allow those moments to __
54___ you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to __
55__ anything you want in life.
小题1: | A.bring out | B.pass out | C.take out | D.pick out |
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小题2: | A.excited | B.worried | C.concerned | D.anxious |
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小题3:A gave B. made C. signed D. dressed
小题4: | A.achievement | B.encouragement | C.interest | D.experience |
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小题5: | A.At times | B.In time | C.In all | D.At all |
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小题6: | A.victory | B.decision | C.moment | D.conclusion |
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小题7: | A.embarrassed | B.annoyed | C.moved | D.thrilled |
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小题8: | A.relaxed | B.defeated | C.puzzled | D.inspired |
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小题9: | A.realized | B.lost | C.noticed | D.remembered |
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小题10: | A.necessary | B.evident | C.common | D.different |
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小题11: | A.motto | B.plan | C.goal | D.direction |
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小题12: | A.worried | B.hit | C.reached | D.hurt |
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小题13: | A.attraction | B.devotion | C.expectation | D.inspiration |
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小题14: | A.hoped | B.promised | C.decided | D.suggested |
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小题15: | A.slightly | B.hardly | C.clearly | D.properly |
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小题16: | A.excitement | B.accomplishment | C.movement | D.judgment |
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小题17: | A.introduce | B.relate | C.present | D.compare |
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小题18: | A.important | B.natural | C.strange | D.ridiculous |
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小题19: | A.weaken | B.wound | C.amuse | D.cheer |
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小题20: | A.prevent | B.deliver | C.achieve | D.abandon |
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