It was the district sports meet．My foot still hadn’t healed (痊愈) from a(n) ________injury．I had _________ whether or not I should attend the meet．But there I was, _________43 for the 3,000-meter run．
“Ready … set …” The gun popped and we were off．The other girls rushed _________ me．I felt    _______ as I fell farther and farther behind．
“Hooray!” shouted the crowd．It was the loudest ________I had ever heard at a meet．The first-place runner was two laps (圈) in front of me when she crossed the finishing line．“Maybe I should _________,” I thought as I moved on．_________, I decided to keep going．During the last two laps, I ran _________ and decided not to _________ in track next year．It wouldn’t be worth it, __________ my foot did heal．
When I finished, I heard a cheer _________ than the one I’d heard earlier．I turned around and _________, the boys were preparing for their race．“They must be cheering for the boys．”
I was leaving __________ several girls came up to me．“Wow, you’ve really got courage!” one of them told me．
“Courage? I just __________ a race! ” I thought．
“I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl．“We were cheering for you．Did you hear us? ”
Suddenly I regained __________．I decided to __________ track next year．I realized strength and courage aren’t always _________ in medals and victories, but in the __________ we overcome．The strongest people are not always the people who win, __________ the people who don’t give up when they lose．

A．slighter B．worse C．earlier D．heavier

A．expected B．supposed C．imagined D．doubted

A．late B．eager C．ready D．thirsty

A．from behind B．ahead of C．next to D．close to

A．ashamed B．astonished C．excited D．frightened

A．cheer B．whisper C．cry D．noise

A．slow down B．drop out C．go on D．speed up

A．Therefore B．Otherwise C．Besides D．However

A．with delight B．with fear C．in pain D．in advance

A．keep B．arrive C．race D．attend

A．even if B．only if C．unless D．until

A．weaker B．longer C．lower D．louder

A．well enough B．sure enough C．surprisingly enough D．strangely enough

A．while B．when C．as D．since

A．finished B．won C．passed D．lost

A．cheer B．hope C．interest D．experience

A．hold on B．turn to C．begin with D．stick with

A．measured B．praised C．weakened D．increased

A．sadness B．struggles C．diseases D．tiredness

A．or B．nor C．and D．but