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Day5
It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈) from a(n) ___41___ injury. I had ___42___ whether or not I should take part in the meet. But there I was, ___43___ for the 3,000-meter run.
“Ready … set …” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed ___44___ me. I felt ___45___ as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest ___46___ 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 ___47___,” I thought as I moved on. ___48___, I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran ___49___ and decided not to race next year. It wouldn’t be worth it, ___50___ my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer— louder than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around, sure enough the boys were preparing for their race. “They must be cheering for the boys.”
I was leaving when several girls ___51___ up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage(勇气)!” one of them told me.
“Courage? I just ___52___ 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 got ___53___. I decided to take part in the meet next year. I realized the strongest people are not always ___54___, ___55___ the people who don’t give up when they lose.
41. A. slighter B. worse C. earlier D. heavier
42. A. expected B. guessed C. imagined D. wondered
43. A. late B. eager C. ready D. thirsty
44. A. from behind B. ahead of C. next to D. close to
45. A. upset B. bored C. excited D. enjoyable
46. A. cheer B. whisper C. cry D. noise
47. A. slow down B. give up C. go on D. speed up
48. A. So B. Or C. Besides D. However
49. A. happily B. hardly C. hard D. serious
50. A. even if B. only if C. unless D. until
51. A. come B. came C. are coming D. will come
52. A. finished B. won C. passed D. lost
53. A. cheer B. hope C. interest D. experience
54. A. think B. fail C. win D. miss
55. A. or B. nor C. and D. but |