1 . At the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, the sport of canoe(赛艇)racing was added to the list of international competitions. The favorite team in the four-man canoe _______ was the United States team. One member of that team was a young man named Bill Havens.
As the _______ for the Olympics neared, it became clear that Bill’s wife would give _______ to their first child at about the same time, so Bill _______ himself in a dilemma. Should he go to Paris or should he stay at home with his family and _______ about the Olympics? After all, competing in the Olympics was one of his lifelong _______ .
Bill, after a great deal of thinking, decided to withdraw from the competition.
_______it turned out, the United States four-man canoe team won the gold medal in Paris, and Bill’s wife was _______ in giving birth to their child. She was _______ late, in fact, that Bill could have ________ in the event and returned home in time.
It was a shame, but Bill said that he had no ________ . Bill knew what was most important to him and he ________ what he believed was best. Not everybody has the ________ of character to say no to something that he or she ________ wants in order to say yes to something that truly ________ .
There was a(n)________ end to Bill’s story. The child ________ born to Bill and his wife was a boy whom they ________Frank. Twenty-eight years later, in 1952, Bill ________ a telegram from Frank. It was sent from Helsinki, Finland, where the 1952 Olympics were being held. The telegram ________: “Dad, I won. I’m bringing home the gold medal you lost the chance to win while waiting for me to be born.”
1. A.contest | B.race | C.sports | D.game |
2. A.year | B.deadline | C.time | D.chance |
3. A.birth | B.baby | C.help | D.hand |
4. A.found | B.put | C.thought | D.trapped |
5. A.expect | B.compete | C.comment | D.forget |
6. A.promises | B.dreams | C.journeys | D.businesses |
7. 8. A.early | B.lucky | C.late | D.miserable |
9. 10. A.taken | B.finished | C.fought | D.competed |
11. A.regrets | B.advantages | C.disappointments | D.choices |
12. 13. A.origin | B.strength | C.reason | D.energy |
14. A.apparently | B.truly | C.finally | D.seemingly |
15. A.wants | B.needs | C.values | D.matters |
16. A.expected | B.annoying | C.interesting | D.disappointing |
17. A.eventually | B.fortunately | C.actually | D.initially |
18. A.named | B.marked | C.expected | D.indicated |
19. A.sent | B.accepted | C.mailed | D.received |
20. A.showed | B.read | C.told | D.noted |