Question

The 100th Running Shoe Keychain

When I was in Grade 6, I joined the cross country running club. I hated running but______ because my friends were in the club. I worked hard but no matter how hard I trained, I ______ came in the last. After yet another meet where I came in last, I told my coach that I was going to ______. I couldn’t run. I hated running and all I was doing was pulling the ______ down. I don’t remember his words, but I do remember he ______to let me quit. I remember feeling that he believed in me even though I didn’t believe in myself. I kept ______and participating in the meets. He never gave up on me. Instead, he always encouraged me to keep going, and told me that I could do it.

Then the final meet came, a huge ______ with less than two hundred students running. We learned that not only the first 20 students ______ the line would win an award, but also the first 100 would be given a running shoe keychain as encouragement. We set off and I quickly______behind. I didn’t stop and kept running. My friends who_____me encouraged me to keep running. When I passed the_____, finally, and received the 100th keychain, there were still students behind me. For the first time, I was not the_____one! I remember how excited I felt and how my friends felt happy for me.

The following week there was a school gathering. We were all called up in front of the school. The coach shared that we were high_____at the meet, and almost everyone on the team came home with_____. I felt ashamed, for I was the one who didn’t win an award. I only came in the 100th place and didn’t______ his praise. Then he came behind me, put his hands on my shoulders and told the school he was _____of me because I never gave up and because of that, I pulled from last ______to the middle of the race--which was an unbelievable personal ______. He spoke on how we all ______one another and how well we worked together, ______we all were racing alone.

I still keep that keychain, which tells me never to give up and always work with others. It doesn’t matter if you are the first; what matters is doing your best.

1.A. obeyed B. joined C. agreed D. practised

2.A. constantly B. approximately C. personally D. absolutely

3.A. fall B. lose C. rest D. quit

4.A. score B. coach C. team D. record

5.A. regretted B. forbade C. refused D. hesitated

6.A. begging B. applying C. failing D. training

7.A. affair B. success C. amount D. honour

8.A. to B. beyond C. over D. across

9.A. followed B. fell C. left D. kept

10.A. helped B. inspired C. passed D. supported

11.A. field B. line C. test D. match

12.A. least B. last C. quickest D. farthest

13.A. spots B. speeds C. quality D. chance

14.A. presents B. keychains C. wishes D. awards

15.A. believe B. value C. deserve D. request

16.A. aware B. proud C. capable D. sure

17.A. place B. number C. race D. minute

18.A. matter B. ambition C. victory D. opinion

19.A. encouraged B. introduced C. proved D. attracted

20.A. as if B. in case C. as long as D. even though

Answer 1

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.A

20.D

【解析】

試題分析：文章是一篇記敘文。主要講述了作者參加跑步比賽的事情。作者并不喜歡跑步，作者加入俱樂(lè)部是因?yàn)樗�的朋友們�(cè)诰銟?lè)部里。作者在他們的隊(duì)總是墊底，教練沒(méi)有同意讓作者退出，而是一直鼓勵(lì)作者。后來(lái)，作者在比賽中獲得了較好的名次，并得到了教練的表?yè)P(yáng)。

1.because my friends were in the club”可知，雖然不喜歡跑步，但是作者還是加入了俱樂(lè)部，原因是作者的朋友在俱樂(lè)部里面，故選B。

2.I ______ came in the last.雖然很努力，但作者經(jīng)常是最后一名，but表示轉(zhuǎn)折，故選A。

3.I couldn’t run. I hated running”可知，作者告訴教練自己想退出，因?yàn)樽约嚎偸峭虾笸�，根�?jù)下一行“he ______to let me quit”可知答案，故選D。

4.all I was doing was pulling the ______ down作者認(rèn)為自己的所作所為只會(huì)拖他們隊(duì)的后腿，故選C。

5.he believed in me”可知，教練信任作者，說(shuō)明教練沒(méi)有同意作者退出，故選C。

6.I kept ______and participating作者堅(jiān)持不懈地訓(xùn)練和練習(xí)，故選D。

7.the final meet...less than two hundred students”可知，這里指的是最終的跑步比賽，這一事件有不足200人參與，故選A。

8.the first 20 students ______ the line這里指跑過(guò)終點(diǎn)線的前20個(gè)人，故選D。

9.I quickly ______behind作者一開始就落后了，fall behind落后，故選B。

10.My friends who______me encouraged me to keep running作者的朋友從作者身邊經(jīng)過(guò)并鼓勵(lì)作者繼續(xù)跑下去，故選C。

11.the first 20 students ______ the line”可知，這里指的是終點(diǎn)線，作者進(jìn)入了前一百名，故選B。

12.For the first time, I was not the_____one!作者第一次沒(méi)有成為最后一名，故選B。

13.we were high_____at the meet教練說(shuō)作者他們隊(duì)成員的排名都很靠前，故選A。

14.for I was the one who didn’t win an award”可知，作者是唯一一個(gè)沒(méi)有得到獎(jiǎng)品的，說(shuō)明其他隊(duì)員都獲得了獎(jiǎng)品，故選D。

15.I only came in the 100th place and didn’t______ his praise.作者認(rèn)為自己只是進(jìn)入了前100名，不值得教練的表?yè)P(yáng)，故選C。

16.because I never gave up”可知，教練以作者為傲，因?yàn)樽髡邚奈摧p言放棄，be proud of sb為某人感到自豪，故選B。

17.I pulled from last ______to the middle of the race作者從最后一名前進(jìn)到了中間的位置，故選A。

18.which was an unbelievable personal ______.在有將近200人參加的比賽中，作者從最后一名上升到了100名以內(nèi)，這是個(gè)人的勝利，故選C。

19.how we all ______one another這里指隊(duì)員之間的相互鼓勵(lì)，故選A。

20.how well we worked together, ______we all were racing alone即使大家都是各跑各的，但是大家還是做到了協(xié)同、互助，故選D。

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