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 meet. 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

　　10. 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. turn 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

　　1-5CDCBA  6-10ABDCC  11-15ADBBD  16-20BDABD  

　　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。

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　　1 C 逻辑推理常识运用词义比较 又是地区运动会了，可作者的脚由于上一次的(earlier)受伤仍然还没有痊愈。注意本句中的过去完成时态及其still的意义有着明显的提示意义。slighter更轻微的；worse更遭的；earlier早的，上一次的；heavier更沉重的，巨大的。

　　2 D 逻辑推理词义比较 所以，作者不是认为(supposed)，设想(imagined)，希望(expected)参加运动会，而是怀疑(doubted)自己是否应该参加运动会。

　　3 C 逻辑推理词义比较 但是，我到了比赛场地，没有迟到(late)，但并非热切(eager)，渴望(thirsty)地准备(ready)参加3000米跑步。

　　4 B 前后照应词义比较 其他的女孩子不是落到了后面(from behind)，靠近(close to，next to)作者，而是冲到了作者的前面(ahead of)。后文as I fell farther and farther behind有所暗示。

　　5 A 逻辑推理词义比较 作者越来越落后，作者不会感到惊讶(astonished)，也激动(excited)不起来，而是感到惭愧(ashamed)，当然不至于害怕(frightened)。

　　6 A 词义辨析逻辑推理前后照应 这是作者在运动会上听到的最大声的欢呼声(cheer)。前面"Hooray!" 指欢呼的叫声也有所暗示，后文I heard a cheer-louder than the one I'd heard earlier和They must be cheering for the boys也都有明显提示。cheer愉快, 欢呼(之声)；shout一般指由于情绪过度而发出的大声的呼喊、高叫；cry一般指由于情绪激动而发出的哭泣声；noise通常指超过一般承受力的喧闹声、噪声。

　　7 B 逻辑推理词义比较 第一名已经先我两圈到达了终点。作者心想可能自己不该参加比赛，应该放弃(drop out)才对。slow down (使)慢下来, (使)减速；drop out不参与, 离去, 放弃；go on 继续下去；speed up加速。

　　8 D 词义比较逻辑推理语句连贯 然而我还是决定坚持跑下去。注意前后句子之间的转折意义。therefore因此, 所以，表示因果关系；otherwise另外, 否则，表示其它情况的出现；besides此外，还，表示附加意义；however然而，可是，表示转折关系。