When I was a teenager, I volunteered to give out water at a

When I was a teenager, I volunteered to give out water at a marathon. Watching the different runners who passed by and grabbed a cup was 36 . The next year I signed up for the race. I did little preparation and my only goal was to finish. On the day of the race, it was 37 hot. I remember struggling at about the 5 ^th mile, thinking, “I am never doing this again!”
Have you ever felt that way about something? You eagerly choose a goal 38 soon realize it is 39 to achieve than you imagined it would be. That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. Then 40 a decisive moment. Near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me. I felt 41 that I was younger than him but I couldn’t keep up with him. I felt defeated for a second but then I realized 42 . He was running his race and I was running mine. He had different experience, training and goals and I had mine. 43 in life do we 44 ourselves with others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really shouldn’t? I decided, then, that one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running. 45 I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my achievement. Since then I have run several races and run purely for fun.
In life we all 46 compare ourselves with others, which is only natural. But don’t let them weaken you. 47 , you should use them to inspire you and show you what is possible. Then you are a true winner.

小题1:	A．pleasing B．interesting C．inspiring D．amazing

小题2:	A．extremely B．strangely C．sadly D．certainly

小题3:	A．and B．but C．while D．or

小题4:	A．easier B．harder C．better D．worse

小题5:	A．went B．flew C．happened D．came

小题6:	A．exhausted B．disappointed C．embarrassed D．annoyed

小题7:	A．something B．anything C．everything D．nothing

小题8:	A．How many B．How much C．How often D．How old

小题9:	A．cooperate B．compare C．combine D．compromise

小题10:

A．When B．Because C．Since D．Until

小题11:

A．hardly B．sometimes C．always D．never

小题12:

A．Furthermore B．Therefore C．Meanwhile D．Instead