It was the district sports meet. My foot still hadn't healed(痊愈)from a(n)   16    injury.  I had    17  whether or not I should attend the meet. But there I was, 18   for the 3,000-meter run.
"Ready... set..." The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed  19   me. I felt   20   as I fell farther and farther behind.
"Hooray! "shouted the crowd. It was the loudest  21   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   22  , "I thought as I moved on.   23  ,I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran   24   and decided not to   25   in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it,  26   my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer--  27    than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and  28  ,the boys were preparing for their race. "They must be cheering for the boys."
I was leaving   29    several girls came up to me. "Wow, you've got courage! "one of them told me.
"Courage? I just   30  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   31  . I decided to  32  track next year.  I realized strength and courage aren't always  33   in medals and victories, but in the  34   we overcome(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win,   35   the people who don't give up when
they lose.

A．slighter B．worse C．earlier D．heavier

A．late B．eager C．ready D．thirsty

A．from behind B．ahead of C．next to D．close to

A．ashamed B．astonished C．excited D．frightened

A．cheer B．shout C．cry D．noise

A．slow down B．drop out C．go on D．speed up

A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Besides D．However

A．with delight B．with fear C．in pain D．in advance

A．play B．arrive C．race D．attend

A．even if B．only if C．unless D．until

A．weaker B．longer C．lower D．louder

A．well enough B．sure enough C．surprisingly enough D．strangely enough

A．while B．when C．as D．since

A．finished B．won C．passed D．lost

A．cheer B．hope C．interest D．experience

A．hold on B．turn to C．begin with D．stick with

A．measured B．praised C．tested D．increased

A．sadness B．struggles C．diseases. D．tiredness

A．or B．nor C．and D．but