Question

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21~40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I never thought I would be a “runner”. I was the girl who ________ slowest in the PE class. A few years ago, I was walking with a group of ________ in the Race for the Cure, a 5km race designed to ________ money for the fight against breast cancer(癌), ________ one lady caught my ________.

She was one of the weakest-looking women I’ve ever seen. She must have been close to seventy years old, ________ a T-shirt with the word “Survivor”. She was so small that it seemed as if she could even be ________ by a strong wind. But, she was running. And she was ________ me and my group of friends. She ran slowly, but ________ —as if each step pushed her cancer further into her past. Right at that moment, I ________ that in the next Race for the Cure, I’d be running along with her.

A week later, I found myself in the ________, running on the treadmill(跑步机). Three minutes after I started, my face was bright red. I felt like my lungs were going to burst. I ________ slow down to a walk. I thought of the ________ at the race. I kept it up. I was able to go a little ________ each time. Three and a half minutes. Four minutes. Five.

A year later, I was ________ at the Race for the Cure, but this time, I ________ with the runners. When the race started, the other runners passed me by. I ran forward. I wondered if I’d be ________ to do it. But then, I remembered the brave woman. I ran as fast as I could until I finally crossed that finish line. I had just ________ my first race! I ________ down at my legs, amazed. They had done something I’d never thought ________. I have never felt stronger than at that moment. And, I knew that I wanted to do it again.

1.A. talkedB. walkedC. ranD. swam

2.A. friendsB. teachersC. studentsD. patients

3.A. saveB. useC. makeD. raise

4.A. whileB. whenC. untilD. before

5.A. breathB. handC. armD. eye

6.A. wearingB. holdingC. pullingD. waving

7.A. turned downB. turned overC. taken overD. taken down

8.A. passingB. watchingC. greetingD. calling

9.A. strangelyB. determinedlyC. excitedlyD. anxiously

10.A. agreedB. learnedC. decidedD. explained

11.A. shopB. streetC. parkD. gym

12.A. had toB. preferred toC. got toD. liked to

13.A. prizeB. survivorC. planD. woman

14.A. earlierB. longerC. harderD. farther

15.A. evenB. againC. everD. still

16.A. foughtB. traveledC. queuedD. waited

17.A. likelyB. eagerC. readyD. able

18.A. finishedB. wonC. enteredD. missed

19.A. calmedB. settledC. lookedD. set

20.A. goodB. rightC. possibleD. necessary

Answer 1