It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)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
me. I felt
as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray! ”shouted the crowd. It was the loudest
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
, ”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
it, even if my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer—
than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around and
enough, the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be 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
. I decided to
track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always
in medals and victories, but in the
we overcome(战胜). 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．from behind | B．ahead of | | C．next to | D．close to |
|
| 小题5: | | A．ashamed | B．astonished | | C．excited | D．frightened |
|
| 小题6: | | A．cheer | B．shout | C．cry | D．noise |
|
| 小题7: | | A．slow down | B．drop out | | C．go on | D．speed up |
|
| 小题8: | | A．Therefore | B．Otherwise | | C．Besides | D．However |
|
| 小题9: | | A．with delight | B．with fear | | C．in pain | D．in advance |
|
| 小题10: | | A．play | B．arrive | C．race | D．attend |
|
| 小题11: | | A．worth | B．good | C．valuable | D．close |
|
| 小题12: | | A．weaker | B．longer | C．lower | D．louder |
|
| 小题13: | | A．well | B．sure | | C．surprisingly | D．strangely |
|
| 小题14: | | A．while | B．when | C．as | D．since |
|
| 小题15: | | A．finished | B．won | C．passed | D．lost |
|
| 小题16: | | A．cheer | B．hope | C．interest | D．experience |
|
| 小题17: | | A．hold on | B．turn to | | C．begin with | D．stick with |
|
| 小题18: | | A．measured | B．praised | | C．tested | D．increased |
|
| 小题19: | | A．sadness | B．struggles | | C．diseases | D．tiredness |
|
