Once my mother told me a story that in Africa, when an antelope (羚羊) wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, “I must be
36 to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed.”
37 , a lion wakes from his dream. The first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch the
38 antelope, or I will starve to
39 .” So almost simultaneously(同时地), the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the
40 sun.
This is
41 : full of chances and challenges. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go
42 when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we don’t study hard, sooner or later, we will
43 the other students. At first I didn’t know what the word “exam”
44 . Later, I knew an exam was a kind of
45 . In competitions, there are always winners and
46 . As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people can
47 .
Each time I saw children playing games and heard their
48 , I wished I were that age again.
49 , I remembered my parents’ words: You must work very hard for a good future. So I
50 my pen and began to study hard again.
I was still not sure what competition
51 meant. One day, I was
52_in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. Suddenly I
53 what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the
54 : it is kind and necessary.
I learned a lot from realizing this
55 . Now I understand better about the world. Competition is important for us all.
| 小题1: | | A．able | B．willing | C．ready | D．eager |
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| 小题2: | | A．On the contrary | B．At the same time | C．In other words | D．In the first place |
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| 小题3: | | A．fastest | B．weakest | C．slowest | D．strongest |
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| 小题4: | | A．death | B．survival | C．disease | D．suffering |
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| 小题5: | | A．sinking | B．setting | C．shining | D．rising |
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| 小题6: | | A．rule | B．life | C．study | D．exam |
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| 小题7: | | A．over | B．through | C．ahead | D．beyond |
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| 小题8: | | A．fall behind | B．pass by | C．catch up | D．hold back |
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| 小题9: | | A．felt | B．meant | C．referred | D．doubted |
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| 小题10: | | A．victory | B．defeat | C．process | D．competition |
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| 小题11: | | A．competitor | B．players | C．losers | D．failures |
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| 小题12: | | A．improve | B．conclude | C．acquire | D．handle |
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| 小题13: | | A．crying | B．laughter | C．whisper | D．delight |
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| 小题14: | | A．However | B．Therefore | C．Besides | D．Otherwise |
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| 小题15: | | A．put up | B．brought up | C．made up | D．picked up |
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| 小题16: | | A．commonly | B．simply | C．obviously | D．really |
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| 小题17: | | A．succeeding | B．participating | C．taking | D．getting |
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| 小题18: | | A．doubted | B．acknowledged | C．knew | D．admitted |
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| 小题19: | | A．tough | B．important | C．content | D．opposite |
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| 小题20: | | A．experience | B．knowledge | C．fact | D．consequence |
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