I came out just like I went in, feet first and belly down. My legs were spread out like a bean-shooter stalk. Arms flailing the air, I     1     (快速钻出来)and up. I seemed to hang suspended in air at the peak of my climb. I could see the hard-packed ground far below. As I started down, I shut my eyes tight and     2     (咬紧牙关). This didn’t seem to help. With     3     (劈里啪啦声), I landed. I felt the air     4     (呼呼吹)between my teeth. I tried to scream, but had no wind left to make a sound. After bouncing a couple of times, I finally settled down to earth. I lay spread-eagled for a few seconds, and then slowly got to my knees.

One pup started my way. I held my breath. On he came until I felt a     5     (刺痒的小脚) on mine. The other pup followed. A warm puppy tongue    6    (抚摩)my sore foot. I     7    （跪下)and gathered them in my arms. I buried my face between their    8    (扭动着的身体)and cried. Rising with the two pups held close to my chest, I asked if I owed anything.

Between sobs, I heard the     9     (愉快的尖叫声)from my sisters as they fondled my pups.

I heard the     10     (绳子扯断的吧嗒声) and the rattle of paper. The oh’s and ah’s from my sisters were     11     (太好听了).

Mama     12     (飞奔出来) with my sisters right behind her. Papa was out by the bam harnessing his team. Mama yelled something to him about a snake. He dropped the harness,     13     (一跃跨过) the rail fence, and in a long lope started for me. Mama reached me first. She grabbed me and shouted, “where did it bite you?”

Mama just     14    (呻吟) way down deep and covered her face with her hands. Some big     15     (泪水涌出来) between her fingers. Almost in a whisper, I heard her say, “Thank God; I thought you were snake-bitten.”

It was the final sprint (冲刺) of the Santa BarbaraXV Grand Prix cyclo-cross race in Spain. Fans lined the road to the finishing line, cheering on the     1    (运动员).

Ismael Esteban, in third place, was just ahead of another cyclist, Agustin Navarro, with only 300 metres to the finishing line. Esteban had been cycling as hard as he could for hours and with the finishing line in     2    (视野). And all the cyclists began to speed up with all their s    3     to cross it. Then, suddenly Esteban got a puncture (轮胎上刺破的小洞).The audience was anxious and     4    (好奇的) about what he would do. Would he give up or continue when facing the     5    (挑战)? Ismael Esteban didn’t give up and then tried to find a     6    (解决方法) to the problem. He threw his bike over his shoulders and ran towards the finishing line. Just a few seconds later,fourth-placed Navarro caught up with him. Surely, he could simply overtake Esteban and come third. But Navarro slowed down and let Esteban run ahead of him. The two cyclists reached the finishing line with Esteban ahead by foot, Navarro just behind him. Navarro had let Esteban finish in third place, while he came fourth. The audience really     7    (钦佩) Navarro for his show of sportsmanship and cheered the cyclists. Navarro said,“I didn’t want to win that way.” Later, Esteban,who won the bronze m    8    tried to give it to Navarro. However, Navarro refused,and his response was:“Offering me the prize was worth more than what I did for him.”Tonya, a big fan of Esteban,    9    (评论道),“The two cyclists’ sporting gestures make a deep i     10    on us and this is sportsmanship at its very best.”

Dave wanted a pair of trainers badly, but his family was too poor to afford it. So when he read in the local newspaper that there would be a 1000-meter running race, of which the prize was a pair of trainers, he jumped at the opportunity. Day and night, he trained hard for it. On the sports day, a crowd of people gathered on the play field and there was     1     (兴奋的嚷嚷声) in the air. After doing some     2     (热身伸展运动), Dave heard the whistle. All at once, the runners set out like lightning and soon they were a blur. One after another, the other runners     3     (飞驰而过). Dave     4     (感到肋部疼痛) and his breath     5     (开始呼哧呼哧地喘). But he     6     (咬紧牙关) and pushed on. Now, it was the last lap. Dave gathered all his strength, gave himself     7     (额外能量的迸发) and ran like mad. One…two…three…Dave overtook all the others. As the crowd     8     (惊讶地看着), he     9     (向……发起最后冲刺) the finish. Yes, Dave was the champion! Although he was     10     (气喘吁吁), Dave grinned, holding the precious pair of trainers tightly to his chest.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入几个适当的单词。

While this was going on. Mr. Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue.but he was     1     to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes,for the men     2     and it moved off at a fantastic speed. Just as it was leaving. Mr. Taylor rushed out and     3     it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves..