I am Ali. I have always believed in myself. My parents taught me to be
41 and that I could be the best at anything. I
42 challenging my neighbourhood boys to see who could jump the highest and run the fastest. Of course I knew when I made the challenge, I would win. I never even
43 losing.
I started my boxing
44 when I was 12. In high school I boasted (自夸) that one day I was
45 to be the champion of the world. As part of my training, I would run down the street. I would rush in and out of shops to
46 them I was training for the Olympics and I was going to
47 a gold medal. I never thought of failing but only glory(光荣) I was going to
48 when I won. When I said I was going to be the "Greatest of All Time", I
49 myself. And I still do.
But I didn’t know that my will would be
50 when I retired. In 1996, I was asked to
51 the cauldron(圣火) at the summer Olympic Games in Atlanta.
When the
52 came for me to set fire to the cauldron, I realized I had the eyes of the world on me. Then I heard an extremely loud
53 . I was reminded of my 1960 Olympic
54 in Rome, when I won the gold medal. I remembered those 36 years between Rome and Atlanta and
55 that I had come full circle. Nothing in life has defeated me. I am still "The Greatest."
| 小题1: | | A．brave | B．confident | C．honest | D．polite |
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| 小题2: | | A．excuse | B．avoid | C．remember | D．suggest |
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| 小题3: | | A．gave up | B．went on | C．heard of | D．thought of |
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| 小题4: | | A．breaking | B．matching | C．training | D．watching |
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| 小题5: | | A．willing | B．sure | C．hopeful | D．active |
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| 小题8: | | A．need | B．get | C．decide | D．make |
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| 小题9: | | A．believed in | B．cared about | C．turned to | D．went through |
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| 小题10: | | A．forced | B．increased | C．damaged | D．tested |
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| 小题11: | | A．protect | B．carry | C．light | D．touch |
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| 小题12: | | A．challenge | B．chance | C．choice | D．moment |
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| 小题13: | | A．cheer | B．laugh | C．noise | D．shout |
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| 小题14: | | A．history | B．experience | C．devotion | D．stage |
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| 小题15: | | A．expected | B．supposed | C．proved | D．realized |
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