Question

I started to love running at a young age. I loved to  36  my father and my sister around the backyard. I couldn’t  37  to get older so that I could run in the Olympics and win lots of  38

One day my mother saw a（n）39  for a race in a newspaper. “Would you be 40  in entering this race ?” she asked me, pointing to the advertisement.

“Yes, of  course!” I answered.

I spent the next few days practicing for my big race. My sister  41  a table in the backyard so she could supply me with water and  42  me.

Just before the race began, my dad  43  in my ear. “Don’t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race. You need to have energy  44   you can speed up at the end.”

Following Dad’s  45  , I didn’t run as fast as I could. Then the other runners started passing me, which made me  46  . I began to feel tired, and started slowing down and  47   harder.

“Coming on, Kelly! You can do it! Keep running.”

Out of the corner of my  48  I saw Dad running beside me around the outside of the track.

“I can’t do it!” I  49   to say.

“You can! Don’t give up! Keep running!” he called back.

I took a deep breath and tried to  50  forward. Dad continued running beside me, shouting encouraging words.

I came fifth, but I felt like a（n） 51  . I’d done my best, and I hadn’t   52   .

I felt thankful that my dad had  53   left my side. He always  54   me when I feel like giving up. He runs alongside me  55   my life.

 

36.	A. bother	B. show	C. race	D. amuse
37.	A. help	B. stop	C. wait	D. compete
38.	A. money	B. gifts	C. flowers	D. medals
39.	A. story	B. report	C. advertisement	D. introduction
40.	A. interested	B. frightened	C. excited	D. surprised
41.	A. asked for	B. set up	C. brought back	D. thought of
42.	A. time	B. respect	C. watch	D. teach
43.	A. replied	B. smiled	C. whispered	D. shouted
44.	A. until	B. because	C. so that	D. if
45.	A. advice	B. step	C. voice	D. guide
46.	A. silent	B. angry	C. surprised	D. nervous
47.	A. running	B. breathing	C. thinking	D. suffering
48.	A. track	B. competitors	C. audience	D. eye
49.	A. continued	B. decided	C. managed	D. remembered
50.	A. speed	B. step	C. look	D. walk
51.	A. commander	B. winner	C. owner	D. actor
52.	A. broken down	B. fallen behind	C. run away	D. given up
53.	A. hardly	B. never	C. always	D. often
54.	A. comforts	B. encourages	C. educates	D. punishes
55.	A. through	B. for	C. about	D. with

Answer 1

36. C      我喜欢和父亲姐妹围着后院赛跑。全文的主题围绕race展开。

37. C      我迫不及待地等待长大。

38. D      这样我可以参加奥运会去赢得奖牌

39. C      我母亲在报纸上看到一份有关赛跑的广告。

40. A　  你有兴趣参加比赛吗？

41. B      我姐姐在院子里支上一张桌子。set up：建立起；支起

42. A      她为我送水并且掐表计时。

43. C      我父亲在我的耳边小声说。

44. C      你需要保存能量以便于最后冲刺。

45. A      我听从了父亲的建议，开始没有跑得太快。

46. D      其他选手超过了我使我很紧张。

47. B      我感到很累开始慢下来并且呼吸困难。

48. D      透过眼角的余光……

49. C      我（费了很大劲）终于说。

50. A　 我深呼吸开始向前加速。

51. B      我得了第五，但感觉就像一个获胜者一样。

52. D      我已经尽力了并且没有放弃。

53. B      我心存感激父亲从来没有离开过我。

54. B      每当我向放弃时他始终在鼓励我。

55. A      为了我的生活他始终在陪我一起跑。