1 . 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, ______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)ahead of me when she crossed the finish 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 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(战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, ______ the people who don’t give up when they lose.