第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：完形填空(共20小题;每题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was the district sports meet.My foot still hadn’t healed (痊愈) from a(n) _____ injury.I had _____ whether or not I should attend the meet.But there I was, _____for the 3,000-meter run.
“Ready … set …” The gun popped and we were off.The other girls rushed _____ me.I felt ___4 as I fell farther and farther behind.
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd.It was the loudest _____4 I had ever heard at a meet.The first-place runner was two laps (圈) in front of me when she crossed the finishing line.“Maybe I should _____4,” I thought as I moved on._____4, I decided to keep going.During the last two laps, I ran _____4 and decided not to _____50 in track next year.It wouldn’t be worth it, _____ my foot did heal.
When I finished, I heard a cheer _____ than the one I’d heard earlier.I turned around and _____, the boys were preparing for their race.“They must be cheering for the boys.”
I was leaving _____ several girls came up to me.“Wow, you’ve really got courage!” one of them told me.
“Courage? I just _____ 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 _____5.I decided to _____5 track next year.I realized strength and courage aren’t always _____5 in medals and victories, but in the _____59 we overcome.The strongest people are not always the people who win, _____ the people who don’t give up when they lose.
.A.slighter B.worse C.earlier D.heavier
.A.expected B.supposed C.imagined D.doubted
.A.late B.eager C.ready D.thirsty
.A.from behind B.ahead of C.next to D.close to
4.A.ashamed B.astonished C.excited D.frightened
4.A.cheer B.whisper C.cry D.noise
4.A.slow down B.drop out C.go on D.speed up
4.A.Therefore B.Otherwise C.Besides D.However
4.A.with delight B.with fear C.in pain D.in advance
.A.keep 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
5.A.finished B.won C.passed D.lost
5.A.cheer B.hope C.interest D.experience
5.A.hold on B.turn to C.begin with D.stick with
5.A.measured B.praised C.weakened D.increased
5.A.sadness B.struggles C.diseases D.tiredness
.A.or B.nor C.and D.but
