题目内容
At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sport of canoe(赛艇)racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-man canoe 1 was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man named Bill Havens.
As the 2 for the Olympics neared, it became clear that Bill’s wife would give 3 to their first child at about the same time, so Bill 4 himself in a dilemma(左右为难的困境).Should he go to Paris or should he stay at home with his family and 5 about the Olympics? After all, competing in the Olympics was one of his lifelong 6 .
Bill, after a great deal of thinking, decided to withdraw from the competition.
7 it turned out, the United States four-man canoe team won the gold medal in Paris, and Bill’s wife was 8 in giving birth to their child. She was 9 late, in fact, that Bill could have 10 in the event and returned home in time.
It was a shame, but Bill said that he had no 11 . Bill knew what was most important to him and he 12 what he believed was best. Not everybody has the 13 of character to say no to something that he or she 14 wants in order to say yes to something that truly 15 .
There was a(n) 16 end to Bill’s story. The child 17 born to Bill and his wife was a boy whom they 18 Frank. Twenty-eight years later, in 1952, Bill 19 a telegram from Frank. It was sent from Helsinki, Finland, where the 1952 Olympics were being held. The telegram 20 :“Dad, I won. I’m bringing home the gold medal you lost the chance to win while waiting for me to be born.”
1.A.contest B.race C.sports D.game
2.A.year B.deadline C.time D.chance
3.A.birth B.baby C.help D.hand
4.A.found B.put C.thought D.trapped
5.A.expect B.compete C.comment D.forget
6.A.promises B.dreams C.journeys D.businesses
7.A.What B.As C.So D.That
8.A.early B.lucky C.late D.miserable
9.A.very B.too C.so D.much
10.A.taken B.finished C.fought D.competed
11.A.regrets B.advantages C.disappointments D.choices
12.A.did B.paid C.made D.lost
13.A.origin B.strength C.reason D.energy
14.A.apparently B.truly C.finally D.seemingly
15.A.wants B.needs C.values D.matters
16.A.expected B.annoying C.interesting D.disappointing
17.A.eventually B.fortunately C.actually D.initially
18.A.named B.marked C.expected D.indicated
19.A.sent B.accepted C.mailed D.received
20.A.showed B.read C.told D.noted
1-5 BCAAD 6-10 BBCCD 11-15 AABBD 16-20 CAADB
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