3 . As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she _____ out at the audience, _____ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Fleming, had _____ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their _____ compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.
The music _____ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music _____ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much _____ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the _____ seconds before skating onto the ice was _____. She was feeling the movement of the ______ and letting it carry her. She skated easily, ______ did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was ______.
The crowd loved it and cheered ______ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other ______. It was the remark that ______ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the ______ say?
Standing beside her father, Peggy ______ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting ______ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o'clock the results were ______.
The new United States Women’s Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Pasadena, ______.
1. A.looked | B.watched | C.found | D.stepped |
2. A.tired | B.hoped | C.hoping | D.looking forward |
3. A.flown | B.driven | C.run | D.walked |
4. A.friend | B.children | C.son | D.daughter |
5. A.started | B.played | C.developed | D.sang |
6. A.allow | B.set out | C.carry | D.support |
7. A.thought | B.belief | C.success | D.design |
8. A.following | B.last | C.recent | D.past |
9. A.lost | B.present | C.strong | D.gone |
10. A.music | B.fear | C.ice | D.audience |
11. 12. A.satisfied | B.unsatisfactory | C.finished | D.welcome |
13. A.because | B.until | C.before | D.as |
14. A.skaters | B.parents | C.judges | D.audience |
15. A.always | B.seldom | C.again | D.hardly |
16. A.players | B.audience | C.judges | D.parents |
17. A.waited | B.looked | C.wished | D.asked |
18. A.comfortably | B.hurriedly | C.happily | D.anxiously |
19. A.cried out | B.let out | C.announced | D.declared |
20. A.England | B.Cleveland | C.Ohio | D.California |