Question

It was the college sports meeting. My _______ still hadn’t got well from an earlier injury. _______, I had thought over whether I should attend it. But there I was, preparing for the 5,000-meter run.

We were off. The other girls ran quickly ahead of me. I realized I was limping (腿瘸) and felt _______ as I fell farther and farther behind.

The first-place runner was two laps (圈) ahead of me at the finishing line. “Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest cheer I had ever _______. “Maybe I should stop running,” I thought_______ I limped on. “They can’t _________ to finish this race.” Somehow I decided to keep going. _______ the last two laps, I ran in pain, deciding not to compete in the running race next year.

Just as I nearly reached the finishing line, I heard a cheer—as _______ as the one I had heard when the first girl passed the finishing line. I turned around to find what was that all about and saw some boys preparing for their race. “That must be it; they’re surely cheering for them.” I finished my running and went to the bathroom where a girl knocked into me. “Wow, you have great  _________ !” She told me. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?”

Suddenly I got hope again. One girl saved my dream. I only dream that someday I will win the race with a cheer as big as the one I got when I ________ the race.

1.A.foot B.arm C.neck

2.A.After all B.On earth C.In fact

3.A.puzzled B.worried C.moved

4.A.done B.heard C.received

5.A.as B.before C.after

6.A.help B.afford C.wait

7.A.During B.With C.Besides

8.A.high B.classical C.loud

9.A.courage B.ability C.secret

10.A.won B.lost C.held

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.B

【解析】

本文介绍了作者带着受伤的脚参加3000米跑步比赛，这注定没法取胜。可是只要你勇于参赛，坚持到底，你也会有所收获。

1.句意：我的脚还没有从早期的伤病中恢复过来。

foot脚；arm胳膊；neck脖子。根据后文“I realized I was limping”，可知是脚受伤了，故选A。

2.句意：事实上，我已经考虑过是否应该参加。

After all毕竟；On earth到底；In fact事实上。根据句意，可知此处表示“事实上”，故选C。

3.句意：我意识到我一瘸一拐的跑步，当我在后面被落下越来越远的时候，我很是担心。

puzzled困惑的；worried忧虑的；moved被感动的。根据句意，可知此处表示“很担心、忧虑”，故选B。

4.句意：这是我听到的最响亮的欢呼声。

done做过；heard听到；received收到。根据句意，可知此处表示“听到欢呼声”，故选B。

5.句意：我一瘸一拐地边跑边想。

as当……的时候；before在……之前；after在……之后。根据句意，可知动作是伴随发生，可知用as引导时间状语从句，故选A。

6.句意：他们迫不及待地要结束这场比赛。

help帮助；afford负担得起；wait等待。根据句意，可知此处构成固定搭配can’t wait to do sth.，意为“迫不及待做某事”，故选C。

7.句意：在最后两圈，我痛苦地跑着，决定明年不再参加跑步比赛了。

During在……期间；With和……；Besides除了……之外。根据句意，可知表示“在跑最后两圈期间”，故选A。

8.句意：就在我快到终点线的时候，我听到一个欢呼声，和第一个女孩通过终点线时听到的一样响亮。

high高的；classical古典的；loud响亮的。此处修饰其前名词cheer，应该表示“响亮的”，故选C。

9.句意：哇，你可真有勇气！

courage勇气；ability能力；secret秘密。根据后文“We were cheering for you”，可知是在赞叹作者“勇气可嘉”，故选A。

10.句意：我唯一的梦想是有一天我能带着欢呼赢得比赛，就像我今天输掉比赛时一样。

won赢得；lost输掉；held举行。根据文章，可知作者因为脚伤输掉了比赛，并且有些沮丧，但是别人的鼓舞再次令作者充满希望，所以此处是“输掉比赛”，故选B。