When I was a teenager, I volunteered to give out water at a marathon. Watching the different runners who passed by and grabbed a cup was
36 . The next year I signed up for the race. I did little preparation and my only goal was to finish. On the day of the race, it was
37 hot. I remember struggling at about the 5
th mile, thinking, “I am never doing this again!”
Have you ever felt that way about something? You eagerly choose a goal
38 soon realize it is
39 to achieve than you imagined it would be. That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. Then
40 a decisive moment. Near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me. I felt
41 that I was younger than him but I couldn’t keep up with him. I felt defeated for a second but then I realized
42 . He was running his race and I was running mine. He had different experience, training and goals and I had mine.
43 in life do we
44 ourselves with others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really shouldn’t? I decided, then, that one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running.
45 I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my achievement. Since then I have run several races and run purely for fun.
In life we all
46 compare ourselves with others, which is only natural. But don’t let them weaken you.
47 , you should use them to inspire you and show you what is possible. Then you are a true winner.
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| 小题2: | | A．extremely | B．strangely | C．sadly | D．certainly |
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| 小题4: | | A．easier | B．harder | C．better | D．worse |
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| 小题5: | | A．went | B．flew | C．happened | D．came |
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| 小题6: | | A．exhausted | B．disappointed | C．embarrassed | D．annoyed |
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| 小题7: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题8: | | A．How many | B．How much | C．How often | D．How old |
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| 小题9: | | A．cooperate | B．compare | C．combine | D．compromise |
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| 小题10: | | A．When | B．Because | C．Since | D．Until |
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| 小题11: | | A．hardly | B．sometimes | C．always | D．never |
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| 小题12: | | A．Furthermore | B．Therefore | C．Meanwhile | D．Instead |
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