When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down．I spent the next four years
36 a back support．I began running seven days a week to
37 my muscles （肌肉）．It was exhausting but I
38 before I graduated from high school．
When I was thirty-one, I was in
39 car accident in which my legs were seriously injured．The
40 told me that their goal was to get me to walk "_
_41 " but that I would never run again．Stubborn and
_42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized
43 program． The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again．
While on one of my runs, a
44 thought entered my mind: what
45 I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to
_46 the prized finish line, even if it
47 I had to crawl（爬） across it．I had only four months to get ready．I spent almost all my time training as if my very
48 depended on it——actually, it did．I
49 that if I didn’t train to my fullest, my body would
50 and the doctors’ diagnosis （诊断） would win．I wasn’t about to let that happen．I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life’s greatest
51 ．I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays．
Finally, my hard efforts
52 ．I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid．
I’m often asked why I run, to which I always
53 ,"I run because I can．" I
54 myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are
55 , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear．This is why I run．
小题1:A, dressing B．wearing C．designing D．decorating
| 小题2: | | A．relax | B．comfort | C．protect | D．strengthen |
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| 小题3: | | A．recovered | B．cured | C．quitted | D．shook |
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| 小题4: | | A．other | B．one | C．another | D．some |
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| 小题5: | | A．doctors | B．patients | C．coaches | D．pioneers |
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| 小题6: | | A．frequently | B．normally | C．attractively | D．carefully |
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| 小题7: | | A．determined | B．excited | C．unsatisfied | D．disappointed |
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| 小题8: | | A．working | B．sharing | C．training | D．walking |
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小题9:A．suitable B．reasonable C silly D．crazy
| 小题10: | | A．if | B．whether | C．unless | D．once |
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| 小题11: | | A．skip | B．slip | C．complete | D．cross |
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| 小题12: | | A．meant | B．proved | C．agreed | D．explained |
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| 小题13: | | A．patience | B．existence | C．appearance | D．absence |
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| 小题14: | | A．suggested | B．knew | C．noticed | D．declared |
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| 小题15: | | A．look out | B．come out | C．break down | D．fall down |
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| 小题16: | | A．promises | B．reputations | C．goals | D．levels |
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| 小题17: | | A．worked out | B．turned out | C．paid back | D．paid off |
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| 小题18: | | A．react | B．reply | C．relate | D．refer |
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| 小题19: | | A．show | B．ask | C．remind | D．teach |
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| 小题20: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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