My first roller coaster experience was not pleasant. It was in the summer of 2009, in Six Flags, Massachusetts, the US. I went 1. with a group of friends. We were all very excited about roller coaster 2. waited anxiously for the ride to begin. As the roller coaster got up higher and higher, however, my heart started to beat 3. hard that I even could see my shirt move up and down. I could feel the wind getting stronger and brushing through my hair. Then the big drop came. I closed my eyes and told 4. that it would be over in two seconds, but it felt like forever. I was pushed up from my seat as if I 5. to be thrown out of the car. 6. the time I finished the ride, I could barely stand up or speak. So when my friends asked me 7. I thought of the ride, I just answered with silence. No matter how hard I tried, I could not make 8. sound.
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 .
1. A．last B．first C．quick D．successful
2. A．touched B．felt C．hit D．beaten
3. A．question B．event C．one D．deal
4. A．one-legged B．two-legged C．three-legged D．four-legged
5. A．partner B．helper C．supporter D．competitor
6. A．tallest B．youngest C．athletic D．handsome
7. A．but B．therefore C．however D．and
8. A．Obviously B．Unbelievably C．Secretly D．Undoubtedly
9. A．strong B．brave C．clever D．close
10. A．lay B．slowed C．moved D．reached
11. A．warning B．reminder C．gift D．notice
12. A．depends B．counts C．supports D．worthy
Between the two periods of classes is a break, _______ we can have a short rest.
A．then B．where C．when D．which
---The research on the new flu virus vaccine is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can do the job?
---____ my students have a try?
A．May B．Must C．Will D．Shall
With all the books he was interested in _______, he left the library and went back to his dorm.
A．borrowed B．borrowing C．to borrow D．borrow
A series of stimulus policies and supportive measures taken by the government _____ to promote change in the economic environment in this area.
A．are expecting B．are expected C．is expecting D．is expected
