Question

A Little Coaching (指導(dǎo))

I always felt nervous at the running race. I was too thin to be an athlete. So when our class needed a ________ in the two mile race around the lake, I hoped ______ would notice me.

I hid under a ________ when our teacher Bronto called the names of the runners. I got more nervous when I heard he called, “Noah! Where’s Noah? He’s in this race!”

He saw me under the tree and shouted, “Noah, we ________ a boy to run the two mile race.” He pushed me to the starting line. I pleaded(懇求) with him. “I don’t know the way around the lake!”

“It’s not a problem. Just _______ Craig and you’ll know the way.” Bronto smiled. Craig was the fastest runner in our class. Then Bronto said, “For the last hundred meters, ______ throw your head back and run.”

I stood next to Craig and trembled(顫抖). Then I heard the gun and sixteen of us started to run. I ran ______ behind Craig.

But gradually(逐步地), the distance(距離) between Craig and me became wider.

It was ______. I felt very tired. My energy was spent. I was about to ______. But then I looked ahead(向前) and _______ only three boys were in front of me. The crowd was shouting, but I could hear Bronto shouting, “Run!”

I threw my head back and told my legs to go. I never looked ahead and I never looked back for those last hundred meters. I felt ________. Nobody was telling me what I was, or what I wasn’t. My legs were running a race against my brain and I was winning!

I didn’t know when I crossed the finishing line. Bronto caught me and shouted, “You flew! You flew, man! ________! You passed two boys!”

However, the best prize that I got was _______. That year I discovered I could do a lot ______ I believe myself and put my energy into them.

I never got to say goodbye to Bronto right after the race. But later, I saw him over the lake. He was coaching another kid. I had no ______ that the kid was also going to win.

1.A. runner B. jumper C. swimmer D. diver

2.A. somebody B. anybody C. nobody D. everybody

3.A. desk B. tree C. bed D. chair

4.A. get B. teach C. help D. need

5.A. forget B. beat C. follow D. trust

6.A. also B. just C. still D. yet

7.A. slowly B. hardly C. closely D. happily

8.A. surprising B. difficult C. boring D. wonderful

9.A. catch up B. come up C. hurry up D. give up

10.A. saw B. heard C. guessed D. remembered

11.A. nervous B. tired C. free D. lucky

12.A. First B. Second C. Third D. Fourth

13.A. love B. respect C. teamwork D. confidence

14.A. before B. unless C. until D. if

15.A. question B. doubt C. value D. thought

Answer 1