In my hometown there used to be a temple with a | 76.________ |
history of over eight hundred years. It lies in a | 77.________ |
valley with green hills around it. It was such beautiful | 78.________ |
and famous that many tourists came visit it every | 79.________ |
day. They took photo; they wrote down their names on | 80.________ |
the walls, they were brought food and drink and left rubbish | 81.________ |
everywhere. One day some toursts did a fire to cook | 82.________ |
food near the temple. All of sudden, a strong wind | 83.________ |
blew. The wooden temple caught fire. Soon the wholly | 84.________ |
temple was burned out and only a little walls remained. | 85.________ |
The beautiful temple disappeared. |
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The annual marathon in my town usually occured during a heat wave .My job was to 36 behind the runners in an ambulance 37 any of them ended medical attention. The driver and I were in an air ----conditioned ambulance behind approximately one hundred athletes 38 to hear the sharp crack of the starting gun.
"We're supposed to stay behind the 39 runner, so take it slowly, "I said to the driver, Doug, as we began to creep forward.
" Let's 40 hope all the runners are fast ! "he laughed.
As they began to pace themselves, the front runners started to 41 . It was then that my 42 were drawn to the woman in blue silk running shorts and a baggy white T ----shirt.
"Koug, look !"
We knew we were already watching our "last runner". Her feet were turned in, yet her left knee was turned out. Her legs were so crippled and 43 that it seemed impossible for her to be able to walk, let alone run a marathon.
Doug and I watched in 44 as she slowly moved forward. We didn't say a thing. We would move forward a little bit, then stop and wait for her to 45 some distance. Then we'd slowly move forward a little bit more.
Finally, she was the 46 runner left in sight. Tears streamed down my face as I sat on the edge of my seat and watched with awe, amazement and even reverence(敬意)as she 47 forward with sheer determination through the last miles.
When the 48 line came into sight, trash(垃圾)lay everywhere and the 49 crowds had long gone home. 50 , standing straight and ever so proud waited a man. He was 51 one end of a ribbon of crepe paper tied to a post. 52 slowly crossed through, leaving both ends of the paper fluttering behind her.
I do not 53 this woman's name, but that day she became a part of my life ----a part I often depend on. For her, it wasn't about 54 the other runners or winning a trophy(奖品), it was about finishing what she had set out to do, no matter 55 . When I think things are too difficult or too time ----consuming, I get those "I ----just ----can't ----do ----it", I think of the last runner. Then I realize how easy the task before me really is.
36.A. interview | B. watch | C. follow | D. fall |
37.A. when | B. even if | C. because | D. in case |
38.A. searching | B. sitting | C. wishing | D. waiting |
39.A. slow | B. last | C. wounded | D. helpless |
40.A. just | B. ever | C. still | D. however |
41.A. run | B. miss | C. disappear | D. lose |
42.A. attention | B. mind | C. sights | D. eyes |
43.A. bent | B. hurt | C. soft | D. painful |
44.A. happiness | B. silence | C. disappoint me | D. trope |
45.A. keep | B. make | C. gain | D. shorten |
46.A. single | B. only | C. last | D. careful |
47.A. pushed | B. fought | C. pulled | D. jumped |
48.A. close | B. end | C. match | D. finish |
49.A. seeing | B. cheering | C. standing | D. interesting |
50.A. Yet | B. But | C. Thus | D. Therefore |
51.A. catching | B. handing | C. holding | D. bringing |
52.A. He | B. I | C. they | D. She |
53.A. remember | B. know | C. understand | D. forget |
54.A. winning | B. competing | C. beating | D. fighting |
55.A. what | B. where | C. when | D. why |