Everyone wants to win a first-place blue ribbon, to be the best in something. Even kids in Kindergarten want that blue ribbon. In sports, I was never a blue-ribbon person. In a race, I was always
36 . In baseball I was likely to be
37 on the head or drop the ball. During the spring of my kindergarten year, our class had a field trip to a park in a town about twenty miles away. Making that drive now is no big
38 but when you’re six and you’ve lived in a town of 300 people all your life, going to a big town of a couple of thousand people is really something.
I don’t remember too much about it. But there was one that I will never forget —the
__39__ race. The parents tied our feet together. One little boy got me for a
40 . He was the second most
41 boy in our class so he usually won at everything and I knew that with me tied to him he didn’t have a chance. And I’m sure he knew he was in trouble. The gun sounded and we were off. Some couples were falling and stumbling all around us, 42 we stayed on our feet and made it to the other side. 43 , when we turned around and headed back for home, we were in the lead! Only one couple had a chance to win, and they were a good several yards behind us.
A few feet from the finish line, disaster struck: I tripped and fell. We were 44 enough that my partner could have easily dragged me across the finish line and won. But he didn’t. Instead he stopped, 45 down and helped me up — just at the other couple crossed the finish line. As a result, we received a small red ribbon for coming in second.
I still remember that moment when the young boy decided that helping a friend get on her feet was more important than winning a blue ribbon. And 13 years later, I still have that little ribbon because it’s a 46 that a friend like this boy is one who really 47 .
| 小题1: | | A．last | B．first | C．quick | D．successful | |
| 小题2: | | A．touched | B．felt | C．hit | D．beaten | |
| 小题3: | | A．question | B．event | C．one | D．deal | |
| 小题4: | | A．one-legged | B．two-legged | C．three-legged | D．four-legged | |
| 小题5: | | A．partner | B．helper | C．supporter | D．competitor | |
| 小题6: | | A．tallest | B．youngest | C．athletic | D．handsome | |
| 小题7: | | A．but | B．therefore | C．however | D．and | |
| 小题8: | | A．Obviously | B．Unbelievably | C．Secretly | D．Undoubtedly | |
| 小题9: | | A．strong | B．brave | C．clever | D．close | |
| 小题10: | | A．lay | B．slowed | C．moved | D．reached | |
| 小题11: | | A．warning | B．reminder | C．gift | D．notice | |
| 小题12: | | A．depends | B．counts | C．supports | D．worthy | |
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