第三节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
The annual marathon usually occurred during a heat wave. My job was to 2l behind the runners in an ambulance 22 any of them needed medical attention. The driver and I were in an air-conditioned ambulance behind approximately one hundred athletes 23 to hear the sharp crack of the starting gun.
"We are supposed to stay behind the 24 runner，so take it slowly,” I said to the driver, Doug, as we began to creep forward.
"Let’s 25 hope all the runners are safe!” he laughed.
As they began to pace themselves，the front runners started to 26 . It was then that my 27 were drawn to the woman in blue silk running shorts and a baggy white T-shirt.
"Doug, 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 28 that it seemed impossible for her to be able to walk，let alone run a marathon.
Doug and I watched in 29 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 30 some distance. Then we'd slowly move forward a little bit more.
Finally，she was the 31 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 32 forward with sheer determination through the last miles.
When the 33 line came into sight, trash(垃圾)lay everywhere and the 34 crowds had long gone home. 35 ，standing straight and ever so proud waited a man. He was 36 one end of a ribbon(带子)of crepe paper tied to a post. 37 slowly crossed through，leaving both ends of the paper fluttering behind her.
I do not 38 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 39 the other runners or winning a trophy(奖品)，it was about finishing what she had set out to do, no matter 40 . 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.
21．A．interview B．watch C．follow D．fall
22．A．when B．even if C．because D．in case
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24．A．slow B．last C．wounded D．helpless
25．A．Just B．ever C．still D．however
26．A．run B．miss C．disappear D．lose
27．A．attention B．mind C．sights D．eyes
28．A．bent B．hurt C．soft D．painful
29．A．happiness B．silence C．disappointment D．hope
30．A．keep B．make C．gain D．shorten
31．A．single B．only C．last D．careful
32．A．pushed B．fought C．pulled D．jumped
33．A．close B．end C．match D．finish
34．A．seeing B．cheering C．standing D．interesting
35．A．Yet B．But C．Thus D．Therefore
36．A．catching B．handing C．holding D．bringing
37．A．He B．I C．They D．She
38．A．remember B．know C．understand D．forget
39．A．winning B．competing C．beating D．fighting
40．A．what B．where C．when D．why