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club I'd joined to lose weight. We met in 2014. One day, Mario invited us out to talk about our running __7__ for the year. I had no idea why he __8__ me. After all, I was just a couch potato trying to lose some weight. But I agreed to go because I was flattered (荣幸的). And there was something I hadn't told Mario—__9__ I did want to be a real runner. I __10__ being a back-of-the-packer. I wanted to compete in races. I even wanted to run a __11__. All my life, I'd been embarrassed by my __12__ shortcoming. If I could run it, I would no longer have to feel __13__.
So at the dinner, I __14__ the coming marathon competition. “That's an excellent goal，” he said. “Why don't you run with the club? See you tomorrow morning.” Well, __15__ someone like Mario thought I could do it, I might as well try. Soon I was __16__ nearly every day, following his plan.
No one was more __17__ than me when three months later. I __18__ my first marathon in 3 hours and 11 minutes. At our club's award dinner, Mario __19__ me with the Most Improved Female Runner award. It was just a(n) __20__ award. To me, it felt like a gold medal.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。本文讲述了不爱运动的“我”在教练的鼓励下挑战自己完成第一次马拉松比赛的故事。
1．A.healthy C．energetic
B．familiar D．confident
解析：根据后文的“as if they knew exactly what they were doing”可知，那些马拉松运动员看起来很自信。
答案：D 2．A.Besides C．Meanwhile
B．However D．Therefore
解析：然而，“我”却和那些运动员感觉不一样。 答案：B 3．A.back C．centre
B．sight D．beginning
解析：根据下文的“I __10__ being a back-of-the-packer. I wanted to compete in races.”可知，作者之前不喜欢运动，在任何比赛中总处于落后地位。
答案：A 4．A.applied C．desired
B．demanded D．pretended
解析：根据下文中“But God makes some people athletes, and I wasn't one of them.”
可知，作者总是渴望运动，但老天没赋予她任何运动细胞。
答案：C 5．A.fact C．choice
B．hope D．reason
解析：根据“So why was I here？”可知，作者来这里参加马拉松比赛是由于她的教练Mario。
答案：D 6．A.honest C．ambitious
B．responsible D．creative
解析：根据下文教练请作者和其他学员一起吃饭并谈论跑步的目标可知，“我”的教练Mario很负责。
答案：B 7．A.goals C．processes
B．events D．tracks
解析：根据下文“‘That's an excellent goal，’ he said.”可知，2014年作者参加了健身俱乐部。教练请他们一起去谈谈自己的跑步目标。
答案：A
8．A.challenged C．included
B．selected D．attracted
解析：“我”不知道为什么教练把“我”也一起叫来了。毕竟，“我”只是一个终日懒散在家想要减肥的人。
答案：C 9．A.usually C．finally
B．simply D．actually
解析：根据下文“I wanted to compete in races.”可知，事实上，作者确实想当一个跑步运动员。
答案：D
10．A.hated B．forgot C．enjoyed D．practised
解析：根据上下文可知，“我”讨厌自己在任何比赛中总处于落后地位的样子。 答案：A 11．A.mile C．journey
B．marathon D．business
解析：根据上下文可知，“我”想参加一次马拉松。 答案：B
12．A.technical C．physical
B．social D．potential
解析：根据上下文可知，作者这一生都因为自己身体方面的缺点而感到尴尬。 答案：C 13．A.scared C．concerned
B．ashamed D．relieved
解析：如果“我”能参加一次马拉松，就不会感到羞愧了。 答案：B
14．A.mentioned C．lost
B．entered D．completed
解析：所以，“我”就在那次聚会上提到了即将到来的一场马拉松比赛。 答案：A 15．A.until C．unless
B．though D．if
解析：根据上下文的逻辑关系可知，如果像Mario那样的人都认为“我”能行，那“我”不妨就试试吧。
答案：D 16．A.acting C．studying
B．training D．suffering
解析：根据下文的“following his plan”可知，于是“我”按照Mario的安排每天参加训练。
答案：B
17．A.embarrassed C．amazed
B．confused D．admired
解析：作者在三个月的时间内从一个不爱运动的人到3小时11分钟完成了马拉松比赛，这样大的进步没有人比她自己更感到惊讶了。
答案：C 18．A.started C．finished 解析：参见上题解析。 答案：C 19．A.replaced C．prepared
B．promised D．presented B．joined D．won
解析：在俱乐部的颁奖晚宴上，Mario给“我”颁发了“进步最快女选手”奖。
答案：D 20．A.little C．special
B．national D．annual
解析：在他人看来，Mario给“我”颁发的只是一个小小的奖，但对于“我”来说它却像金牌一样宝贵。
答案：A
C
I was at a crowded grocery store not long ago. It was a weekday evening, cold and tense. People were carelessly __1__ aisles (过道) and at one point, two women __2__ for several minutes after running into each other.
Things got __3__ at the checkout line. The cashier scanned a man's discount card, but he misread the savings on her screen as an additional __4__. He decided she was acting __5__ and began to argue. The cashier tried in vain to reason with him. She __6__ a manager, who accompanied him to customer service, and moved to the next __7__ in line.
We've all witnessed __8__ scenes like this in public places. My reaction when I see them is both personal and __9__. I am a sociologist who studies how and why people communicate with one another—or why they __10__ not to. To me, the grocery scene was another example of how our __11__ in others has declined. But it was also a teachable __12__ on how we can rebuild our faith—__13__ with just one person.
I __14__ the nervous cashier. I got a bottle of water from a nearby cooler and handed it to her. “I felt __15__ about how that man treated you and wanted to buy this for you，” I said. Her face lit up, and we __16__ as she scanned our items. She told me she had been __17__ that evening through severe foot pain and would be having an operation later that week. I wished her well in her __18__， and she thanked me as I left.
Those are the balancing __19__ that will add up to restore (重建) trust between people. You can start that pattern in someone else's life, even in a __20__ as ordinary as the neighbourhood grocery store.
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。一位顾客因为误会而与收银员起了争执，作者的行为使心情紧张的收银员放松下来。作者呼吁人们从身边做起，重建彼此间的信任。
1．A.watching C．finding 解析：解析见下题。
B．clearing D．blocking