It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈) from a(n)_________(21) injury. I had_________(22) whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was,__________(23) for the 3,000-metre run. “Ready… set…”. The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed________(24) me. I felt_________(25) as I fell farther and farther behind. “Hooray!” shouted the crowd. It was the loudest________(26) 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________(27).” I thought as I moved on. _______(28), I decided to to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran _______(29) and decided not to_______(30) in track next year.It wouldn’t be worth it, ______(31) my foot did heal. When I finished, I heard a cheer--- ________(32) than the one I’d heard earlier. I turned around, _________(33) the boys were preparing for theirs.  “They must be cheering for the boys.” I was leaving________(34) several girls came up to me. “Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me. “Courage? I just __________(35) a race!” I thought. “I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl. “We were cheering for you. Did you hear us?” Suddenly I regained _________(36). I decided to ________(37) track next year. I realized strength and courage aren’t always__________(38) in medals and victories, but in the _________(39) we overcome. The strongest people are not always the people who win, _________(40) the people who don’t give up when they lose. 小题1: A．slighter B．worse C．earlier D．heavier 小题2: A．expected B．supposed C．imagined D．doubted 小题3: A．late B．eager C．ready D．thirsty 小题4: A．from behind B．ahead of C．next to D．close to 小题5: A．ashamed B．astonished C．excited D．frightened 小题6:. A．cheer B．shout C．cry D．noise 小题7:. A．slow down B．drop out C．go on D．speed up 小题8:. A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Besides D．However 小题9:. A．with delight B．with fear C．in pain D．in advance 小题10:. A．play B．arrive C．race D．attend 小题11:. A．even if B．only if C．unless D．until 小题12: A．weaker B．longer C．lower D．louder 小题13: A．well enough B．sure enough C．surprising enough D．strangely enough 小题14:. A．while B．when C．as D．since 小题15:. A．finished B．won C．passed D．lost 小题16:. A．cheer B．hope C．interest D．experience 小题17:. A．hold on B．turn to C．begin with D．stick with 小题18:. A．measured B．praised C．tested D．increased 小题19: A．sadness B．struggles C．disease D．tiredness 小题20: A．or B．nor C．and D．but