Worth the pain in the end
I used to hate running. It seemed too hard and pushing outside my comfort zone was not something I was raised to do.
In fact, I wouldn’t have become a _______ if it weren’t for my husband Charles. He had been a serious competitive runner for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn’t stop talking about how much he missed it.
“So start running again, why don’t you?” I was getting _______ of hearing about it.
So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the track (跑道). Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us both up for a five-kilometer race. I _______about doing it. It was too soon.
But on _______ day, there I was.
The gun went _______.Thousands of runners pushed forward.
The first kilometer was _______.
“I don’t think I’m going to make it.” I was already breathing heavily and painfully aware of the group of runners pounding past me.
“No, you’re doing _______”, said Charles. He was trying to encourage me, to get me focused on something other than my _______.
“I can’t,” I said, barely audibly (听得见地).
He tried a different way to _______ me. “Just make it to that house and let’s see how you feel.”
After another minute I saw the three-kilometer ________. All I could think of was that I was dying and that my husband was torturing (折磨) me.
Miserable doesn’t even begin to describe ________ I felt. And there was so much pain.
“You’ll be fine. You’ve got less than a kilometer to go.”
I rounded a corner and saw both sides of the street thick with people watching the race, all cheering the runners on. I willed my legs to keep going.
Then I looked up and saw the clock. The seconds ticking away (一分一秒地过去) gave me an incentive (助力). I knew that if I finished this race, I would have achieved something. So, I straightened up, and kicked it.
I had my arms held higher when I passed ________the finish line. A volunteer put a ________ around my neck.
“You did great! I’m so proud of you!” Charles was thrilled that I’d ________ it.
“That was AMAZING! I want to do another race. This running stuff is amazing!” I proudly hugged my medal as we started to walk to the post-race festivities.
My lungs and my comfort zone both ________.
1.A.runner B.traveler C.racer D.cheerleader
2.A.afraid B.tired C.aware D.confident
3.A.thought B.dreamed C.hesitated D.cared
4.A.race B.sport C.show D.task
5.A.on B.off C.up D.down
6.A.long B.short C.easy D.tough
7.A.wrong B.right C.great D.bad
8.A.disability B.dishonor C.disgrace D.discomfort
9.A.advise B.persuade C.urge D.force
10.A.signal B.symbol C.point D.mark
11.A.how B.what C.when D.why
12.A.by B.over C.across D.through
13.A.ring B.necklace C.medal D.scarf
14.A.done B.made C.taken D.caught
15.A.developed B.expanded C.changed D.progressed
Most people assume that the human brain is set on “automatic” — that means it learns all by itself. But this isn't always true. We need to train ourselves to be better 1.(learner) — to actively take part in the learning process and to reflect on2.we have learnt. These kinds of learning behaviors3. (call) “active learning”. I suggest doing five things 4.( take) an active role in your learning.
This was not an easy task. The reason1.this was difficult was that the team had limited resources. They did not have enough staff, and the laboratory in which they 2.(work)had poor air quality. However, after hundreds of failed experiments, they eventually came across a promising chemical. It worked well in experiments on animals,3.they had to know if it was safe for humans. Tu Youyou bravely volunteered to be the first human subject when they were ready to start testing and the rest of her team followed her.
The audience did not hesitate to applaud loudly as the famous composer walked out onto the stage for the first time in 12 years. The theatre's1.(music) director, Michael Umlaut, joined him and together the two men took charge of the orchestra. For more than an hour, Beethoven jumped about in front of the orchestra,2.(wave) his arms wildly in the air, and madly turning the pages of his score. The whole time, Umlaut stood quietly 3.his side, skillfully guiding the orchestra through the most amazing piece of music the world had ever known.
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注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
To welcome the coming New Year, our class hold a party last night. Before the party, we decorated the classroom with colorful balloons and flower. Our teachers also came to the party. We sang and danced happy at the party but we enjoyed ourselves so much. All the teachers present gave performances. Our teacher of English sang English song. Guess what! He surprised at us. I had never known that he could sing so well. We applauded loudly after he finished sing the song. We were too excited that we could not fall asleep at night. As a result, all of us is sleepy today. The good news is what we can go home today and will have a two-day holiday.
