Question

閱讀短文，根據短文內容，從短文后的五個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有一項為多余選項。

Tina was the best speed-walker in our school. But I could never understand her habit of cheering while we were walking in the race.

We walked together all over the town and entered half-marathons, 26 miles. She gave me a cheering list to “talk” to me. I carried it to the starting line along.    1    But I wasn’t really planning to slow myself down with all those ideas. I had to keep her list because I didn’t want to hurt Tina’s feelings.

I walked the first mile of the race in 12 minutes. I looked at Tina’s cheering list when I checked my watch.   2   I though it did give me a good start to the race. While I was at it, I took the chance to thank her for the strength the list brought to me. By the time I finished the second mile, my parents were cheering me on by the side of the road.   3   At that moment, I had plenty of things to be grateful for.

The next mile flew by, then the next and the next, each with a cheering idea. But by the time I neared the final mile, I was nearly out of breath. I didn’t know if I could make it another mile.  4 

I finished the marathon in less than six hours. I had thought the cheering list would slow me down. Instead it carried me to cross the finishing line.

A. Then I looked at the final idea on Tina’s list in my hand: “You can make it.” B. It just so happened that “family” was the next on Tina’s cheering list. C. In the end I threw away the cheering list that Tina gave me. D. It had twenty-six cheering ideas, one for each mile. E. At the top of the list was only one word: “Yourself.”

Answer 1

1. D  2. E  3. B  4. A