1 . My First Marathon(马拉松)
A month before my first marathon, one of my ankles was injured and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I was determined to go ahead.
I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher required us to run laps and then hit a softball. I didn’t do either well. He later informed me that I was "not athletic".
The idea that I was "not athletic" stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a battle against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the battle against my own body and mind. A test of wills!
The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn’t even find the finish line. I woke up sweating and nervous, but ready to prove something to myself.
Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces(鞋带) became untied. So I stopped to readjust. Not the start I wanted!
At mile 3, I passed a sign: "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!"
By mile 17, I became out of breath and the once injured ankle hurt badly. Despite the pain, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.
By mile 21, I was starving!
As I approached mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my expenses on running.
I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in first place had.
Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(世俗标签), I can now call myself a "marathon winner".
1. A month before the marathon, the author ____________.A.was well trained | B.felt scared |
C.made up his mind to run | D.lost hope |
A.To acknowledge the support of his teacher. |
B.To amuse the readers with a funny story. |
C.To show he was not talented in sports. |
D.To share a precious memory. |
A.He made it. | B.He quit halfway. |
C.He got the first prize. | D.He walked to the end. |
A.A man owes his success to his family support. |
B.A winner is one with a great effort of will. |
C.Failure is the mother of success. |
D.One is never too old to learn. |
2 . When my children were younger, we used to walk a graveled trail (用碎石铺成的小路) around the lake near our home. One spring day my daughter and I
Tired but
I know that at times this world’s problems can seem
Therefore, make your difference
A.thought | B.threw | C.valued | D.noticed |
A.missing | B.lying | C.hanging | D.waiting |
A.raise up | B.turn up | C.pick up | D.make up |
A.forest | B.mountain | C.pool | D.lake |
A.full | B.empty | C.broken | D.new |
A.happy | B.sad | C.depressed | D.exhausted |
A.headed | B.left | C.called | D.flew |
A.normal | B.boring | C.disappointing | D.beautiful |
A.easy | B.hard | C.unnecessary | D.simple |
A.hope | B.aim | C.tradition | D.truth |
A.forward | B.upward | C.backward | D.onward |
A.scream | B.laugh | C.smile | D.weep |
A.lose | B.beat | C.save | D.trick |
A.many | B.much | C.big | D.small |
A.yesterday | B.today | C.tomorrow | D.tonight |
A few years ago, the company I worked for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I’ve always loved running, so I was really happy when I found out I lived next to Central Park. This meant that every morning I could go for a run before I went to work.
Because a lot of people had told me to be careful of robbers in the park, so usually I didn’t take anything with me. How could they rob me if I didn’t have anything? But one morning, my wife gave me a S 10 bill and asked me to buy some bread on the way.
It was a beautiful morning and the park was quiet with very few people walking or jogging (慢跑) around. While I was running through the park, another jogger knocked into me. He apologized and continued running. For a while, I didn’t think too much of it. However, when I noticed the wide path where I was running, I thought was kind of strange. The warning of robbers in the park occurred to me. ”It could have been a robber!” I suddenly became alarmed, so I checked my pocket and found that the money was missing. Without thinking twice, I ran after that jogger. I finally caught up and held him by the arm. I shouted, “Give me the $10 bill! Now!” I am not usually a hot-headed (性急的) person, but I got really angry this time. I couldn’t believe the robbery was actually happening to me. Filled with anger, I shook my fist at him. This seemed to frighten him. He quickly put his hand in his pocket and gave me the money. Then he ran away as fast as he could.
I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I couldn’t wait to tell my wife my story. “You won’t believe what happened to me,” I started with pride. She immediately stopped me, “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”
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Looking at the money on the table, I stood there, shocked.
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When I was little, Friday’s night was our family game night. After supper, we would play card games of all sort in the sitting room. As the kid, I loved to watch cartoons, but no matter how many times I asked to watching them, my parents would not to let me. They would say to us that playing card games would help my brain. Still I unwilling to play the games for them sometimes. I didn’t realize how right my parents are until I entered high school. The games my parents taught me where I was a child turned out to be very useful later in my life.
“Usual boring day!” This would be the answer from John if somebody asked him how his day was. These days he found everything boring, nothing excited him.
One day he was lying in his room as usual. After a while he felt it was rather hot in his room. Though he did not want to leave his room, he had to. Unwillingly, he left his room and came to the living room which was slightly cool as it had two huge windows.
His young brother was playing with his friend. They were rolling on the floor. He was looking out for the TV remote, but couldn't find it. He got up and searched for it everywhere, but the remote was nowhere. He looked at his brother who was still lying on the floor playing. He asked him, “Where is the remote?” “Under the sofa, ” his brother yelled.
He tried to look through, but it was dark. He put his hand under the sofa. He touched something, grabbed it and took his hand out. Oh! It was a snake in his hand!
After seeing that his brother started to cry, “Snake, snake!” Mom came as soon as she heard his shouting. She too was horrified to see a snake. She was so scared that she even couldn't speak a word. Two kids were trying to hide into each other's back. “What an old trick!” Roman thought and threw it to the kids.
As the snake landed on the floor near to the kids, it started moving from the left side to the right. Only then did John realize that the snake was real, not a toy. He threw the snake to the kids because he thought it was a fake snake and the kids were playing some tricks.
This time Mom almost got a heart attack. Now he was scared too. The snake was only 10 meters away from the kids and was staring at the kids. They even couldn't call a rescue team. There might be some deadly damage before their arrival. There was not much time to think. It was the time for a quick action.
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As John was farther from the snake, he jumped to the window and grabbed the curtain.
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After the rescue team caught and took away the snake, everyone went inside the home.
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An old story is told of a king who had a close friend. The friend had a habit of commenting on situations even terrible
One day the king and his friend were hunting. The friend would load and prepare the guns for the king. The friend had
About a year later, the king was hunting when cannibals (食人者) captured him
Returning home, he remembered the event that had taken his thumb. He went immediately to the prison to speak
His friend just gave a
Midde school is a tough time for almost everyone. Most kids are trying to figure out who they are and who they want to be. It took me some time to realize that I wanted to be kind more than I wanted to be popular.
I was talking to some friends while standing in line in the cafeteria at my middle school. As I started to share a funny story, my friend Elizabeth interrupted me. “Coco! Coco!” She called out. All my friends laughed. This was so strange, I thought.
Over the next week, every time I opened my mouth around Elizabeth, she interrupted me with that same word. Elizabeth was one of the girls that everyone wanted to be friends with. She always had the nicest clothes and told the funniest jokes. I felt lucky to be friends with her. I didn’t want to be left out, so I started using the word too. Elizabeth thought it was funny when I interrupted someone else’s story with our new code word. And since I wanted her to like me, I did it even more, even though I wasn’t sure what it meant.
One day after school, Sara, a classmate since primary school, stopped by my desk and asked, “Julia, do you know why Elizabeth started saying ‘Coco’ all the time?”
I shook my head.
Sara sighed. “It means she thinks you’re being annoying. A few days ago, she told us that you were bothering her when you told stories. She wanted a code word without you knowing she was talking about you. I know it’s really mean, and the rest of us shouldn’t have gone along with it. I’m really sorry.”
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My eyes were filled with tears.
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“You’re right, Sara,” I said.
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In 1992 my father bought a 1968 Pontiac GTO from a local man and began to tear the car down to the frame in order to properly restore (恢复) it. Over the next 2 years and change, he built the car back up from the frame, replacing everything that needed to be replaced. He rebuilt the engine, and cleaned everything up, and put it all back together. In the summer of 1994, the car restoration was finally completed!
In the fall of 1999, after having kid number 5, my father decided to sell the car in order to better support the family. The day that he sold this car is the very first memory that I recalled as a child. I remember the very last ride that we took in the car, on the day that it was sold. I remember the mixed expression on my father’s face. Growing up, every time that my father and I went to a car show, I was always told to keep an eye out for the GTO. It never showed up.
In the spring-summer of 2019, 20 years after it had been sold, I decided to start looking for the car. I dug up a few pictures of the car showing the old license plates, and sent them to a few cop friends to see if anything would turn up, all in vain.
I finally posted to a few more Facebook pages, and after some searching, I was able to find One Facebook page that was titled in English “GTO club Denmark”. The page had 82 members. I shared the story again, hoping that somebody would recognize the car.
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The next morning I woke up to a picture and a video of the car in my email-box from a man named Martin that said he knew the owner.
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In January of 2021, Martin reached out to me and informed me that the owner of the car was willing to sell the car.
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9 . As my husband and I were watering some plants in the yard, a (an)
He mentioned about the
This new friend of mine
Only a couple of hours later he came back and gave me a silk scarf as a
A.young | B.elderly | C.tall | D.fat |
A.guess | B.praise | C.imagine | D.predict |
A.normally | B.clearly | C.mostly | D.simply |
A.danger | B.case | C.problem | D.behavior |
A.thanked | B.promised | C.ordered | D.welcomed |
A.approach | B.solution | C.secret | D.attitude |
A.tip | B.angle | C.option | D.opportunity |
A.importance | B.wisdom | C.service | D.interest |
A.gave off | B.gave in | C.gave back | D.gave away |
A.worked | B.chatted | C.travelled | D.lived |
A.accepted | B.ignored | C.refused | D.preferred |
A.gathered | B.packaged | C.placed | D.exchanged |
A.gift | B.note | C.symbol | D.comfort |
A.assistance | B.friendship | C.existence | D.fantasy |
A.absent | B.empty | C.peaceful | D.clear |
10 . When my 12th-grade results were declared, I was excited. It was the first
My performance
I rode to the hospital, but I couldn’t gather the
She reached for her bag and
A.interesting | B.upsetting | C.amazing | D.boring |
A.inform | B.charge | C.defend | D.teach |
A.earned | B.bought | C.prepared | D.saved |
A.arranged | B.managed | C.helped | D.promised |
A.carefully | B.casually | C.frequently | D.firmly |
A.paid off | B.called off | C.set off | D.took off |
A.beat | B.jumped | C.bent | D.sank |
A.desired | B.discovered | C.searched | D.cried |
A.strength | B.attitude | C.confidence | D.courage |
A.touch | B.stress | C.gather | D.press |
A.stopped | B.waited | C.watched | D.listened |
A.threw | B.paid | C.handed | D.awarded |
A.honest | B.strong | C.generous | D.polite |
A.secure | B.original | C.unexpected | D.responsible |
A.favor | B.sight | C.response | D.hope |