3 . When I was living in New York, I decided it was time to get my middle-aged self back in shape. The gym near my house was tiny. I was the weakest person there and I felt _________ as I did my pull-ups (引体向上). However, nobody really seemed to _________ me.
One day I was on the assisted pull-up machine when a huge guy walked up to me and _________, “Why are you always doing assisted pull-ups?” I looked at him, embarrassed, searching for a(n) _________.“Because I can’t do real ones,” I finally _________. “Yes, you can. You are strong,” he smiled. “Get over here, and I’ll _________ you.” We walked over to the “real” pull-up bar, and he _________ how to do it. He told me, “_________ practicing and by the end of the month, you will be _________ to knock out four or five.”
After that day, I started to love going there. I was __________ the weakest one there. But I could do pull-ups: First two, then nine. When I stopped __________ looking foolish, I started asking others questions.
There were __________ everywhere in that gym, once I was willing to ask for __________. By the time I left New York, I could complete 10 pull-ups and I had been certified as a personal __________, so I could teach other women what I’d __________ in that gym.
1. A.out of place | B.out of shape | C.out of order | D.out of trouble |
2. A.hate | B.understand | C.notice | D.believe |
3. A.wondered | B.reminded | C.asked | D.suggested |
4. A.answer | B.aid | C.topic | D.chance |
5. A.agreed | B.promised | C.nodded | D.admitted |
6. A.persuade | B.show | C.contact | D.expose |
7. A.shouted | B.repeated | C.explained | D.stressed |
8. A.Keep | B.Avoid | C.Risk | D.Forget |
9. A.ready | B.willing | C.likely | D.certain |
10. A.yet | B.still | C.ever | D.never |
11. A.talking about | B.going on | C.worrying about | D.depending on |
12. A.teachers | B.friends | C.professors | D.athletes |
13. A.support | B.choice | C.challenge | D.guidance |
14. A.trainer | B.lawyer | C.assistant | D.doctor |
15. A.experienced | B.suffered | C.learned | D.hidden |