完形填空(共20小題,滿分30分)
閱讀下面短文, 從短文后各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C和D)中,選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
In my second year of high school, the class was to run the mile. I will always
36 that day because due to the
37 from medical operation on my
38 , for two years I had not worn shorts. I was afraid of being laughed at. Yet that day, it didn’t
39 . I was ready
40 , heart and mind. I had
41 got to the starting line than I heard the loud
42 . “How ugly!” I blocked it out.
Then the coach shouted, “Ready. Go!” I jetted out of there like a
43 , faster than anyone else for the first 20 feet. I knew
44 about speed then, but it was OK because I was
45 to finish first. As I started the third lap (圈), only a few of my classmates were left on the track, and I began limping (跛行). By the time I hit the fourth lap, I was
46 . Then it hit me. I realized that nobody had
47 . Everyone had already finished,
48 . As I ran that last lap, I cried.
49 12 minutes 42 seconds after starting I crossed the finish line. I
50 to the ground and shed oceans.
Suddenly my coach ran up to me and picked me up, saying, “You did it. Manuel! Son, you FINISHED!” He looked at me
51 in the eyes, waving a piece of paper in his hand. It was my
52 for the day, which I had given to him before class. He read it
53 to everyone. It simply said, “I, Manuel, will finish the mile run tomorrow, come what may.”
My heart
54 with a smile on my face. My classmates cheered. It was then that I
55 winning isn’t always finishing first. Sometimes winning is just finishing.
小題1: | A.remind | B.remember | C.realize | D.repay |
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小題2: | A.doctor | B.reason | C.mark | D.effect |
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小題3: | A.hand | B.back | C.forehead | D.leg |
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小題4: | A.matter | B.appear | C.hurt | D.wound |
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小題5: | A.success | B.failure | C.shoes | D.shorts |
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小題6: | A.no matter | B.no longer | C.no sooner | D.no more |
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小題7: | A.cry | B.whisper | C.voice | D.laughter |
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小題8: | A.horse | B.player | C.runner | D.plane |
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小題9: | A.something | B.nothing | C.anything | D.everything |
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小題10: | A.decided | B.determined | C.excited | D.encouraged |
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小題11: | A.lucky | B.lonely | C.afraid | D.alone |
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小題12: | A.given up | B.given away | C.given out | D.given in |
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小題13: | A.yet | B.instead | C.rather | D.still |
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小題14: | A.Since | B.Until | C.Before | D.After |
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小題15: | A.came | B.ran | C.fell | D.escaped |
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小題16: | A.specially | B.directly | C.actively | D.carefully |
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小題17: | A.goal | B.fault | C.shame | D.pity |
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小題18: | A.loudly | B.aloud | C.even | D.ever |
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小題19: | A.fell | B.bent | C.lifted | D.broke |
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小題20: | A.recognized | B.told | C.remembered | D.realized |
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