文章大意：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了Mike热爱自行车运动，他是一名热情的自行车爱好者。他加入了学校的自行车队，并投入大量时间进行训练，特别是腿部肌肉训练，以确保自己足够强壮和灵活。尽管在一次比赛中因反应不及时而失败，但他从竞争对手那里寻求建议，加强了自己的反应速度。最终，他再次参赛并成功领先，从这次比赛中受益匪浅。
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Mike loves 1 (cycle) very much. He is a passionate 2 (cycle). He tried out for the school’s cycling team and is always occupied with large 3 (amount) of exercise, in particular leg muscles training, to make sure that he is 4 (strength) and 5 (flexibility) enough, and also to keep himself in good shape. Once, he participated in a cycling 6 (compete). To his 7 (disappoint), he crashed into an obstacle next to the 8 (tracking) because he couldn’t respond to that 9 (time). He 10 (defeat). 11 (inspire) by his 12 (competitor), he sought 13 (tip) from the champion and strengthened the speed of his 14 (respond) to prevent the same problem from happening. Soon, he participated in the competition again. Before the competition, he took a deep 15 (breathe) to 16 (relief) tension and checked the 17 (equip) of the competition. At the beginning of the game, due to his 18 (tense), he fell behind by half a lap. However, he reminded himself 19 the champion’s words and cheered himself up. He sped up to catch up with others. He took advantage of his rich experience to defeat other competitors. In the end, he finally got ahead. His extra effort also paid off. He did not let himself down and defended his honor. He 20 (beneficial) a lot from this competition.
