【推荐3】通读下面短文,从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项填入空格内,使短文通顺、连贯。
I used to hate running. At secondary school I found it very tired to run around the sports field and I was always one of the ________ students to cross the finish line. Then, in 2020, my friend asked me to run with him. My ________ was, “No way! I hate running”.
During the weekend I thought about his question. “Why do I hate running?” I thought, In the end I decided to ________ it. I told my friend I would like to run with him. He was ________ to hear that. He advised me to look for a running program on the Internet to ________ me learn how to run. There were lots of running programs on the Internet. I ________ a 14-week running program. I would attend a match when I finished the program. I had to run three times a week. At first, I ran for short periods of ________ and had long breaks. Then ________ the weeks went on, I had to run for longer periods of time and the breaks got ________. I enjoyed following the running program each week. Now I can run for ________ than 30 minutes each time! I went from ________ running to loving running.
On the day of the ________ I was both excited and nervous. ________ was finally time to put my new skills into practice. My friends and family came to support me. It was lovely to have them there. With their support and my training, I managed to finish the 10000-metre run in 72 minutes. I was very ________ of that.
From this experience I ________ it was a good idea to try something before saying I hated it! Because it turned out that I really enjoyed running.
1. A.first | B.last | C.second | D.best |
2. A.answer | B.result | C.question | D.saying |
3. A.take care of | B.take out of | C.take part in | D.take pride in |
4. A.sad | B.worried | C.angry | D.glad |
5. A.help | B.give | C.bring | D.lead |
6. A.saw | B.made | C.borrowed | D.chose |
7. A.week | B.year | C.time | D.month |
8. A.before | B.after | C.as | D.until |
9. A.stronger | B.weaker | C.longer | D.shorter |
10. A.less | B.more | C.better | D.worse |
11. A.hating | B.liking | C.enjoying | D.learning |
12. A.break | B.meeting | C.match | D.time |
13. 14. A.good | B.famous | C.interested | D.proud |
15. A.thought | B.learned | C.promised | D.became |