完形填空（共20小题，满分30分）
阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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.
| 小题1: | | A．remind | B．remember | C．realize | D．repay |
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| 小题2: | | A．doctor | B．reason | C．mark | D．effect |
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| 小题3: | | A．hand | B．back | C．forehead | D．leg |
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| 小题4: | | A．matter | B．appear | C．hurt | D．wound |
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| 小题5: | | A．success | B．failure | C．shoes | D．shorts |
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| 小题6: | | A．no matter | B．no longer | C．no sooner | D．no more |
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| 小题7: | | A．cry | B．whisper | C．voice | D．laughter |
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| 小题8: | | A．horse | B．player | C．runner | D．plane |
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| 小题9: | | A．something | B．nothing | C．anything | D．everything |
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| 小题10: | | A．decided | B．determined | C．excited | D．encouraged |
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| 小题11: | | A．lucky | B．lonely | C．afraid | D．alone |
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| 小题12: | | A．given up | B．given away | C．given out | D．given in |
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| 小题13: | | A．yet | B．instead | C．rather | D．still |
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| 小题14: | | A．Since | B．Until | C．Before | D．After |
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| 小题15: | | A．came | B．ran | C．fell | D．escaped |
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| 小题16: | | A．specially | B．directly | C．actively | D．carefully |
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| 小题17: | | A．goal | B．fault | C．shame | D．pity |
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| 小题18: | | A．loudly | B．aloud | C．even | D．ever |
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| 小题19: | | A．fell | B．bent | C．lifted | D．broke |
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| 小题20: | | A．recognized | B．told | C．remembered | D．realized |
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