1 . Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk, Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day.
However, her
____ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere. The last thing she
____was a blinding flash of light. In hospital, when told she would never
____again, she couldn’ t believe it. Three months later, she was
____out of hospital on a wheelchair. Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old child’ s storybook. A bookmark in it made her
____to page 117. The name of the
____was‘The Day Clara Walked’ . She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost.
____, after a year’ s hard exercise, Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics. While she was sitting on the green bench
____the Athens Stadium, memories
____: first, the pain and the tears, the book under her pillow, the words of relatives full of advice and comfort, and the pity in those eyes that had once held
____for her talent. Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on
____, their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder,
____ she could balance the hoop（健身圈）as well as her teammates. She registered for 2004 Olympic Games, and finally she received
____from the Olympic Committee.
Her
____was interrupted by the attendant who said,“It’ s time” , two words that she had been
____to hear for so long. Smoothing her dress, she walked into the stadium, each
____firm and steady. Everything was
____, and the applause rang loud in her ears, her heart
____violently against her chest.
Later that night, Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old
____on the shelf, which opened to page 117, to the chapter‘The Day Clara Walked’ , tears
____her vision.
1. | A．dream | B．intension | C．life | D．career |
2. | A．forgot | B．remembered | C．experienced | D．suffered |
3. 4. | A．rushed | B．rocked | C．thrown | D．wheeled |
5. | A．open | B．relate | C．point | D．adapt |
6. | A．bookmark | B．page | C．chapter | D．story |
7. | A．Suddenly | B．Surprisingly | C．Fortunately | D．Certainly |
8. | A．opposite | B．beneath | C．inside | D．outside |
9. | A．flooded in | B．faded away | C．mixed up | D．squeezed out |
10. | A．fright | B．regret | C．sympathy | D．admiration |
11. | A．doubtfully | B．thankfully | C．nervously | D．cheerfully |
12. 13. | A．access | B．praise | C．support | D．approval |
14. | A．plan | B．attempt | C．thought | D．sight |
15. | A．content | B．eager | C．upset | D．proud |
16. | A．breath | B．wake | C．step | D．look |
17. | A．unexpected | B．awful | C．perfect | D．finished |
18. | A．fighting | B．striking | C．kicking | D．hammering |
19. | A．hoop | B．book | C．letter | D．dress |
20. | A．clouding | B．filling | C．rolling | D．Rushing |
