I started to love running at a young age. I loved to  36  my father and my sister around the backyard. I couldn’t  37  to get older so that I could run in the Olympics and win lots of  38

One day my mother saw a（n）39  for a race in a newspaper. “Would you be 40  in entering this race ?” she asked me, pointing to the advertisement.

“Yes, of  course!” I answered.

I spent the next few days practicing for my big race. My sister  41  a table in the backyard so she could supply me with water and  42  me.

Just before the race began, my dad  43  in my ear. “Don’t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race. You need to have energy  44   you can speed up at the end.”

Following Dad’s  45  , I didn’t run as fast as I could. Then the other runners started passing me, which made me  46  . I began to feel tired, and started slowing down and  47   harder.

“Coming on, Kelly! You can do it! Keep running.”

Out of the corner of my  48  I saw Dad running beside me around the outside of the track.

“I can’t do it!” I  49   to say.

“You can! Don’t give up! Keep running!” he called back.

I took a deep breath and tried to  50  forward. Dad continued running beside me, shouting encouraging words.

I came fifth, but I felt like a（n） 51  . I’d done my best, and I hadn’t   52   .

I felt thankful that my dad had  53   left my side. He always  54   me when I feel like giving up. He runs alongside me  55   my life.

I started to love running at a young age. I loved to 36 　with my father and my sister around the backyard. I couldn’t 　37 to get older so I could run in the Olympics and win a lot of 38 .

One day my mother saw a(n) 39 for a race in a newspaper. “Would you be 40 in entering this race?” she asked me.

“Yes, of course.” I answered.

I spent the next few days practicing for my big race. My sister 41 a table in the backyard so she could supply me with water and 　42 me.

Just before the race began, my dad 　43 in my ear, “Don’t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race. You need to have energy 44 you can speed up at the end.”

Following Dad’s advice, I didn’t run as 45 as I could. Then the other runners started passing me, which made me 46 . I began to feel tired, and started slowing down and 47 harder.

“Come on, Kelly! You can do it! Keeping running!”

Out of the corner of my 48 I saw Dad running beside me around the outside of the track.

“I can’t do it !” I 49 to say.

“Yes, you can. Don’t give up, keep running,” he called back.

I took a deep breath and tried to speed forward. Dad continued running beside me, shouting 50 words.

I came fifth, but I felt like a(n) 51. I’d done my best, and I hadn’t 52.

I felt thankful that my dad had 53 left my side. He always encourages me when I feel like 54 up. He runs along side me 55 my life.

36.　 A. trouble 　　　　　　　　　 B. show 　　　　　　　　　 C. race　 　　　　　　　　 D. win

37.　 A. help 　　　　　　　　　　 B. stop　 　　　　　　　　 C. wait 　　　　　　　　　　 D. complain

38.　 A. money 　　　　　　　　 B. gifts 　　　　　　　　　 C. prizes　 　　　　　　 D. medals

39.　 A. story 　　　　　　　　　 B. report 　　　　　　　　　 C. advertisement 　　 D. introduction

40.　 A. interested　 　　　　　 B. frightened　 　　　 C. excited　　　 　　　 D. surprised

41.　 A. asked for　 　　　　 B. set up　 　　　　　　　 C. wiped out　 　　　　 D. thought of

42.　 A. time　 　　　　　　　　 B. cheer　 　　　　　　　 C. watch　 　　　　　　　 D. guide

43.　 A. replied 　　　　　　　　 B. blamed　　 　　　 C. whispered 　　　 D. shouted

44.　 A. until 　　　　　　　　　　　 B. because　 　　　　　 C. so　 　　　　　　　　　　 D. if

45.　 A. fast 　　　　　　　　　　 B. proudly 　　　　　　　　 C. patiently　 　　　　 D. early

46.　 A. curious 　　　　　　　 B. angry　 　　　　　　　 C. mad 　　　　　　　　　 D. nervous

47.　 A. running 　　　　　　　　 B. breathing　 　　　　　 C. thinking 　　　　　　 D. struggling

48.　 A.track 　　　　　　　　　　 B. competitors 　　　　 C. audience　 　　　　　 D. eyes

49.　 A. continued 　　　　　 B. decided　 　　　　　　 C. managed 　　　　　　 D. remembered

50.　 A.encouraging 　　　　　 B. touching　　 　　　 C. boring　　 　　　　 D. disappointing

51.　 A. soldier 　　　　　　　　 B. winner　 　　　　　　 C. owner　 　　　　　　 D. loser

52.　 A. broken down 　　　 B. fallen down 　　　　　 C. run away 　　　　　 D. given up

53.　 A. hardly 　　　　　　　　　 B. never　 　　　　　　 C. always　 　　　　　　 D. often

54.　 A. getting 　　　　　　　　 B. giving　 　　　　　　　 C. going　 　　　　　　 D. coming

55.　 A through 　 B. for C. about　　 　　　 D. with