It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn't healed(痊愈)from a(n) 1 injury. I had 2 whether or not I should attend the meeting. But there I was, 3 for the 3,000 meter run.
“Ready…set…”The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed 4 me. I felt 5 as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray!”shouted the crowd. It was the loudest 6 . 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 7 ,”I thought as I moved on. 8 , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps., I ran 9 and decided not to 10 in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it, 11 my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer — 12 than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and 13 , the boys were preparing for their race.“They must be cheering for the boys.”
I was leaving 14 several girls came up to me.“Wow, you've got courage!”one of them told me.
“Courage? I just 15 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 16 . I decided to 17 track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always 18 in medals and victories, but in the 19 we overcome (战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, 20 the people who don't give up when they lose.
1．A．slighter B．worse C．earlier D．heavier
2．A．expected B．supposed C．imagined D．doubted
3．A．late B．eager C．ready D．thirsty
4．A．from behind B．ahead of C．next to D．close to
5．A．ashamed B．astonished C．excited D．frightened
6．A．cheer B．shout C．cry D．noise
7．A．slow down B．drop out C．go on D．speed up
8．A．Therefore B．otherwise C．Besides D．However
9．A．with delight B．with fear C．in pain D．in advance
l0．A．play B．arrive C．race D．attend
11．A．even if B．only if C．unless D．until
12．A．weaker B．longer C．lower D．louder
13．A．well enough B．sure enough C．surprisingly enough D．strangely enough
14．A．while B．when C．as D．since
15．A．finished B．won C．passed D．lost
16．A．cheer B．hope C．interest D．experience
17．A．hold on B．tam to C．begin with D．stick with
18．A．measured B．praised C．tested D．increased
19．A．sadness B．struggles C．diseases D．tiredness
20．A．or B．nor C．and D．but
Key：
[语篇解读]“我”带伤坚持跑完了300米后，同学们对“我”所说的话让“我”意识到，最坚强的人是那些失败时也不言放弃的人，而并非总是胜利者。
1．C
选项都是比较级，而其他各项都没有比较对象，只有earlier与现在可以构成比较，表示“早些时候”。
2．D
根据文中的whether or not应用疑问式(在宾语从句中用陈述语序)，只有doubt有这种用法。
3．C
后文的we were off说明“我参加了3000米赛跑”，此处用ready for表示“准备好”，作补语修饰“I”。
4．B
根据后文的behind，可知此空应该填ahead of“超过”。
5．A
首先排除B、C两项，因为在比赛中落在了后面，没什么值得震惊和激动的，然后排除D(害怕)。因为“我”认为比赛就必须拿第一，现在我落在了后面，感到很难为情，很没有面子。
6．A
根据12空处的那一句“I heard a cheer — 12 than the one I'd heard earlier”可知，此处填cheer最佳。
7．B
这一段描述在胜负已分的时候“我”的心理活动，根据后文的“I decided to keep going”。所以应该与前文的maybe构成对比、转折，在下面的四个选项中只有drop out与keep going相反，故B为最佳选项。
8．D
However表转折。
9．C
根据上文写我的脚伤了和后文的“It wouldn't be worth it”可知应该是我很痛苦地跑。
10．C
由空后的in track(在径赛中)可以推断出race。
11．A
此时由于很痛、很累，所以决定下年不参加径赛，哪怕脚好了也不去，因为“我感觉不值得”。所以此处用even if(即使)表示让步。
12．D
由于前文写了我听到最大的欢呼声，而此处又有than I'd heard earlier，所以D应是最佳选项。
13．B
当“我”听到又一次更大的欢呼声时，我就怀疑他们不是为我喝彩，当我转身看到男孩子已准备好了，更加确定了“我”的想法和后文中的“They must be cheering for the boys”，所以B为最佳选项。
14．B
此处主要考查when作连词，相当于“and suddenly”，“and just at that moment”。
15．D
根据这句话中的“?”可以知道当有女孩子过来夸奖时作者心中有疑虑，“刚输了比赛，有什么好赞美的呢?”。
16．B
当我知道，虽然“我”没能获胜，但同学们依然为“我”而喝彩时，“我”有了新的希望，而不是“兴趣”等，从而决定明年还参加径赛，与上文决定不参加径赛形成对比。
17．D
根据语境知道是继续参加径赛。C明显不对；B表示从一个项目转到另一个项目，也不对；hold on“坚持住，支撑住”，是个不及物性质的短语动词；stick with“继续、坚持、忠于某人”。
18．A
此处主要考查“A is measured in B”这一固定句型，意思是“A是以B来衡量的”。同时根据后面的介词“in”，我们就可以排除B、C两项。因为，它们通常不与in连用，而当D与in连用时，表示“……方面有所增长”，显然不符上下文的逻辑，所以A为最佳选项。
19．B
由but可知，此句是一个not…but，结构，所以此处的in应该理解为but(be measured) in，再根据我们常说的“贵在参与”和下面四个选项的意思：sadness“悲伤”，struggles“奋斗”，diseases“疾病”，tiredness“累”，可以判断A、C两项明显不对，D项不妥，因为“劳累”通常不用“克服”来修饰。所以，B项是最佳选项，可以理解为“奋斗的过程”。
20．D
此段用两个not…but…句型，来说明“我”所体会出的比赛的真正意义：是一种精神，一个过程，而不是结果，所以D为最佳选项。
