单选题 It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn't healed(痊愈)from a(n) (36) injury. I had (37) whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, (38) for the 3,000-meter run.
"Ready... set... " The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed (39) me. I felt (40) as I fell farther and farther behind.
"Hooray!" shouted the crowd. It was the loudest (41) I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps(圈) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line.
"Maybe I should (42) ," I thought as I moved on. (43) , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran (44) and decided not to (45) in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it, (46) my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer- (47) than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and (48) , the boys were preparing for their race. "They must be cheering for the boys.
I was leaving (49) several girls came up to me. "Wow, you've got courage!" one of them told me.
"Courage? I just (50) a race !" I thought.
"I would have given up on the first lap," said an other girl. "We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?"
Suddenly, I regained (51) .I decided to (52) track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always (53) in medals and victories, but in the (54) we overcome(战胜).The strongest people are not always the people who win, (55) the people who don't give upwhen they lose.

【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 形容词辨析
[解析] 根据语境,应知是运动会之前的脚伤未痊愈,earlier“之前的,较早的”。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析
[解析] 作者的脚受伤了,使她对于是否参加比赛有些犹豫不决。doubt“怀疑,迟疑”。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 形容词辨析
[解析] ready for sth.“为…做准备”,并非怀着渴望心情(eager或thirsty)。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 介词短语辨析
[解析] from behind“从后面”,ahead of“超过…”,neat to“接着…”,close to“紧挨着…”。由下文I fell farther'and farther behind可知选B。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 上下文语义的衔接
[解析] 从句意思是作者落在了别人后面,因此很羞愧,ashamed“羞愧的”符合题意,故本题选A。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 名词辨析
[解析] cheer表示人群的欢呼声或为运动员加油的喊声,shout“呼喊,喊叫声”,cry“哭声”,noise“噪声”。根据语境可知选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 动词短语辨析
[解析] 由上文可知,作者比第一名慢了两圈,觉得很丢脸,想中途放弃,drop out“放弃,退出”。故本题选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 副词辨析
[解析] Therefore“所以”,Otherwise“否则”,Betides“除了”,However表示转折关系,drop out和keep going构成转折关系。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 名词短语的辨析
[解析] 因为作者有脚伤,因此跑得很痛苦。in pain“在痛苦之中”。故本题选C。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析
[解析] play“玩耍”,arrive“到达”,与原文意思不符;race“赛跑”,是不及物动词;attend是及物动词,后应加宾语。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 连词辨析
[解析] even if“即使”,only if“只有”,unless“除非,如果不”,until“直到,在…之前”。根据句意,作者决定,即使以后脚好了,也不参加田径比赛了,故本题选A。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 形容词比较级
[解析] 由后文可知,人们是为作者坚强的毅力而欢呼的,因此在作者跑完比赛时,欢呼声应比之前的更大,louder“(声音)更大的”。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 根据上下文辨析词语
[解析] sure enough“足以确信”,由下句They must be cheering for the boys中的must可知,作者此时确信人们是在为即将开赛的男孩子们欢呼。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 连词辨析
[解析] be doing sth.when…表示“正要…时,…”,是常见的句型。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析
[解析] finish“完成”,win“赢”,pass“通过”,lose“输”。由上文可知作者输了比赛。故本题选D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 名词辨析
[解析] cheer“欢呼”,hope“希望”,interest“兴趣”,experience“经历,经验”。由于别人的鼓励,作者心中又有了希望。故本题选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 动词短语的辨析
[解析] hole on“握住”,turn to“求助于”,begin with“以…为开端”,stick with“继续,坚持”。由于别人的鼓励,作者决定继续参加明年的比赛。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 动词辨析
[解析] 本句意为,“勇气和力量不是用奖牌和胜利与否来衡量”。measure“衡量”,praise“表扬”,test“测量”,increase“增加”。故本题选A。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[考点] 名词辨析
[解析] 此句表示在斗争中取胜。sadness“悲伤”,struggles“斗争,奋斗”,disease“疾病”,tiredness“辛苦,劳累”。故本题选B。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[考点] 连词用法
[解析] 此处选but,与上半句的not连用,not…but意为“不是…而是”。