I was bleeding now．My ears were red, my nose was broken, and the pain of failure was beginning．I had lost．It was over．The match was stopped．The world seemed to stand still for a moment as I looked at who had beaten me．“I’ve lost,” I said in m mind．“The last chance to win and I had lost．” It was the final round of wrestling．It was my last year at camp and I wanted to have an undefeated season．But now, I had lost in the tournament(锦标赛)．

　　My coach came over to help me up．He saw that my nose was broken and realized that the match had to be stopped．He helped me up and I got small applause from my teammates．People on the other team just stared．Coach walked me over to the locker room to work on my nose．

　　“I’ll stop the bleeding,” Coach Matt said．His voice was cold and empty．He had expected me to win－he knew I could had won－but now he saw it was over．I had lost．

　　“Hey, Steve．You did good, man, He, well, he just…” my friend Paul couldn’t find what to say．

　　“Forget it, man．” I said, my nose still bleeding．

　　“Don’t talk or it won’t stop bleeding．Just relax and breath through your mouth．” Coach Matt’s voice was still cold, but warming slowly．He was like a father to me．He had been there through all m years of wrestling, all my wins and lose, all my hopes and dreams－and now he was there, fixing my smashed nose．

　　“This must have happened during that last throw．You fell too much on your face．You should’ve turned and tried to escape．You gotta think more．” Coach Matt began, his voice now warm like an old friend trying to give good advice．

　　“I wanted this so badly．” I said．

　　“Maybe we can get another contest because of the nose．You can still go undefeated!You can still do it…” Paul continued．

　　No, I lost．Nothing was left for me to do this year．This was supposed to be the year－no loses．” I said, cutting him off before he finished．

　　“Steve, you did your best．Come on．Let’s go and get your medal,” Coach said．He looked at me right in the eyes．“You gave it your all．You deserved that trophy(战利品)，not the silver medal．You deserve it, but he is getting it．You really won and the whole team is proud．”

　　I walked up to get my medal, my head held high．I shook the hands of the judges and my opponent, took m medal and saw that, in the eyes of everyone, I had really won．No matter what trophy or medal my opponent took home, no matter what．He may have had my trophy, but he could never have my will．

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　　Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard．

　　“I’ll be the first millionaire in Coleford!”Richard used to boast．

　　“And you’ll be sorry you knew me,”George would reply“because I’ll be the best lawyer in the town!”

　　George never did become a lawyer and Richard never made any money．Instead both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street．It was hard to make money from books, which made the competition between them worse．

　　Then Richard married a mysterious girl．The couple spent their honeymoon on the coast－but Richard never came back．The police found his wallet on a deserted beach but the body was never found．He must have drowned．

　　Now with only one bookshop in town, business was better for George．But sometimes he sat in his narrow, old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his formal rival(竞争对手)．Perhaps he missed him?

　　George was very interested in old dictionaries．He’d recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition．When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was delighted．But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in．He was astonished－the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable!Trembling, George started reading．

　　“Bookends have bought ten bookstores from their rivals Dylans．The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in Australia．”

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阅读理解：

　　I was bleeding now．My ears were red, my nose was broken, and the pain of failure was beginning．I had lost．It was over．The match was stopped．The world seemed to stand still for a moment as I looked at who had beaten me．“I’ve lost,” I said in m mind．“The last chance to win and I had lost．” It was the final round of wrestling．It was my last year at camp and I wanted to have an undefeated season．But now, I had lost in the tournament(锦标赛)．

　　My coach came over to help me up．He saw that my nose was broken and realized that the match had to be stopped．He helped me up and I got small applause from my teammates．People on the other team just stared．Coach walked me over to the locker room to work on m nose．

　　“I’ll stop the bleeding,” Coach Matt said．His voice was cold and empty．He had expected me to win－he knew I could had won－but now he saw it was over．I had lost．

　　“Hey, Steve．You did good, man, He, well, he just…” my friend Paul couldn’t find what to say．

　　“Forget it, man．” I said, my nose still bleeding．

　　“Don’t talk or it won’t stop bleeding．Just relax and breath through your mouth．” Coach Matt’s voice was still cold, but warming slowly．He was like a father to me．He had been there through all m years of wrestling, all my wins and lose, all my hopes and dreams－and now he was there, fixing my smashed nose．

　　“This must have happened during that last throw．You fell to much on your face．You should’ve turned and tried to escape．You gotta think more．” Coach Matt began, his voice now warm like an old friend trying to give good advice．

　　“I wanted this so badly．” I said．

　　“Maybe we can get another contest because of the nose．You can still go undefeated!You can still do it…” Paul continued．

　　No, I lost．Nothing was left for me to do this year．This was supposed to be the year－no loses．” I said, cutting him off before he finished．

　　“Steve, you did your best．Come on．Let’s go and get your medal,” Coach said．He looked at me right in the eyes．“You gave it your all．You deserved that trophy(战利品)，not the silver medal．You deserve it, but he is getting it．You really won and the whole team is proud．”

　　I walked up to get my medal, my head held high．I shook the hands of the judges and my opponent, took m medal and saw that, in the eyes of everyone, I had really won．No matter what trophy or medal my opponent took home, no matter what．He may have had my trophy, but he could never have my will．

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阅读理解

　　Even at school there had been an unhealthy competition between George and Richard．

　　“I'll be the first millionaire in Coleford! ” Richard used to boast．

　　“And you'll be sorry that you knew me, ” George would reply “because I'll surely be the best lawyer in our town! ”

　　After graduation, George never became a lawyer and Richard was anybody but a millionaire …．Instead, it happened that both men opened bookshops on opposite sides of Coleford High Street, while it was hard to make much money from books then, which made the competition between them worse．Eventually, Richard closed down his, dreaming of making a fortune elsewhere．

　　Now, with only one bookshop in the town, business was better for George．But sometimes he sat in his narrow old kitchen and gazed out of the dirty window, thinking about his former rival(竞争对手)。Perhaps he missed him? zxxk

　　George was very interested in old dictionaries, and he had recently found a collector in Australia who was selling a rare first edition．When the parcel arrived, the book was in perfect condition and George was quite delighted．But while he was having lunch, George glanced at the photo in the newspaper that the book had been wrapped in．He was astonished-the smiling face was older than he remembered but unmistakable! Trembling, George started reading： “Bookends Company has bought ten bookstores from its competitors．The company, owned by multi-millionaire Richard Pike, is now the largest bookseller in this country．”

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