1 . One can never find his/her potential until he/she has a try. When I retired five years ago, I started running. I was not a natural _________. I wanted to lose weight and it seemed that running was a_________way. At first it was very_________ — I was mainly walking more than running when I started — but I didn’t _________.When I started training running, I was just trying to build up stamina (耐力), and just the idea of even going two miles, but even walking was a_________. In the beginning, I just walked as much as I could and then as time went on, I_________began running. Later I kept on adding more and more _________.
I_________ my coach, Albert, in my running club, and he’d been running for over 25 years. He had a lot of knowledge and often sent various quotes to_________ and encourage us. Running the Los Angeles Marathon for the first time was probably the greatest__________of my life. I was really prepared, __________ Albert. I learned a lot of life lessons during the__________ : you have to believe in yourself __________nobody else will. When I crossed the finishing line, I was so excited. I remembered just getting to the__________and realizing, “Oh, my God, I’m going to do this! ” I heard them say, “Welcome to the finishing line,” and I thought, “Wow, I was actually going to__________this!”
I could never have imagined myself doing the Los Angeles Marathon, and here I am and I made it. I was a true example that it’s never too late to present yourself with a new image, as long as you have faith and let that faith direct you.
1. A.coach | B.athlete | C.teacher | D.student |
2. A.easy | B.funny | C.good | D.traditional |
3. A.hard | B.helpful | C.popular | D.interesting |
4. A.show up | B.come back | C.give up | D.hold back |
5. A.chance | B.reason | C.weakness | D.challenge |
6. A.hopefully | B.secretly | C.suddenly | D.gradually |
7. A.walking | B.hiking | C.running | D.wandering |
8. A.met | B.supported | C.attended | D.considered |
9. A.war | B.inspire | C.entertain | D.confuse |
10. A.adventure | B.experience | C.honor | D.opportunity |
11. A.thanks to | B.out of | C.apart from | D.except for |
12. A.graduation | B.construction | C.separation | D.preparation |
13. A.when | B.what | C.unless | D.which |
14. 15. A.listen to | B.get through | C.hang on | D.take over |