Question

While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an incredible sight. The  36  was swimming and started with only three men. For one reason or another, two of them had a  37   start, so they were disqualified. That would have been difficult enough, not having anyone to   38   against.

I watched the man   39   off the blocks and knew immediately that something was wrong. Now I'm not an expert   40   but I do know a good dive  41   a poor one, and this was not exactly medal   42  . I listened to the crowd begin to   43   this poor man that was clearly having a   44   time. Finally he made his turn to start back. It was   45  . He made a few desperate strokes (划水) and you could tell he was exhausted.

But in those few   46   strokes, the crowd had changed. No longer were they laughing, but beginning to   47  . Some even began to   48   things like, “Come on, you can do it!” and he   49   finished his race. The crowd went   50  . Even though he recorded one of the   51   times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other   52  .

In a competition where athletes remove their silver medals, feeling they have   53   been cheated out of gold, or when they act so   54   in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog(败者), a man that gave his all―knowing that he had no chance, but competed because of his   55   and the spirit of the games.

 

36. A. view	B. event	C. game	D. match
37. A. false	B. nervous	C. strange	D. violent
38. A. fight	B. struggle	C. defend	D. race
39. A. set	B. bounce	C. dive	D. fall
40. A. swimmer	B. coach	C. judge	D. adviser
41. A. from	B. in	C. beyond	D. between
42. A. feature	B. quality	C. example	D. sign
43. A. break off	B. stand by	C. laugh at	D. focus on
44. A. happy	B. wonderful	C. vague	D. tough
45. A. hopeful	B. pitiful	C. boring	D. skillful
46. A. flexible	B. smart	C. awkward	D. excellent
47. A. support	B. quit	C. cheer	D. hesitate
48. A. speak	B. present	C. conclude	D. yell
49. A. eventually	B. hardly	C. sucessfully	D. nearly
50. A. wild	B. angry	C. sad	D. grey
51. A. fastest	B. luckiest	C. hardest	D. slowest
52. A. companions	B. competitors	C. volunteers	D. partners
53. A. somehow	B. already	C. even	D. anyway
54. A. poorly	B. carelessly	C. sharply	D. proudly
55. A. advantage	B. independence	C. determination	D. principle

 

Answer 1

 36―40 BADCA     41―45 ABCDB     46―50 CCDAA    51―55 DBADC