When I was a teenager, I volunteered to give out water at a marathon. Watching the different runners who passed by and grabbed a cup was
36 . The next year I signed up for the race. I did little preparation and my only goal was to finish. On the day of the race, it was
37 hot. I remember struggling at about the 5
th mile, thinking, “I am never doing this again!”
Have you ever felt that way about something? You eagerly choose a goal
38 soon realize it is
39 to achieve than you imagined it would be. That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. Then
40 a decisive moment. Near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me. I felt
41 that I was younger than him but I couldn’t keep up with him. I felt defeated for a second but then I realized
42 . He was running his race and I was running mine. He had different experience, training and goals and I had mine.
43 in life do we
44 ourselves with others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really shouldn’t? I decided, then, that one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running.
45 I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my achievement. Since then I have run several races and run purely for fun.
In life we all
46 compare ourselves with others, which is only natural. But don’t let them weaken you.
47 , you should use them to inspire you and show you what is possible. Then you are a true winner.
小题1: | A.pleasing | B.interesting | C.inspiring | D.amazing |
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小题2: | A.extremely | B.strangely | C.sadly | D.certainly |
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小题4: | A.easier | B.harder | C.better | D.worse |
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小题5: | A.went | B.flew | C.happened | D.came |
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小题6: | A.exhausted | B.disappointed | C.embarrassed | D.annoyed |
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小题7: | A.something | B.anything | C.everything | D.nothing |
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小题8: | A.How many | B.How much | C.How often | D.How old |
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小题9: | A.cooperate | B.compare | C.combine | D.compromise |
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小题10: | A.When | B.Because | C.Since | D.Until |
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小题11: | A.hardly | B.sometimes | C.always | D.never |
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小题12: | A.Furthermore | B.Therefore | C.Meanwhile | D.Instead |
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