题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
山东省青岛市2020届高三上学期英语期中考试试卷
I used to hate running. It seemed too hard, and pushing outside my comfort 1 was not something I was raised to do.
In fact, I wouldn't have become a(n)2 if it weren't for my husband Charles He had been a 3 competitive runner for many years. After our marriage, he wouldn't stop talking about how much he 4 it.
So he picked it up again, and after about a year, I started to join him at the 5. Just a few weeks later, Charles signed us both up for a five-kilometer race. I 6 about doing it. It was too soon.
But on race day, there I was.
The gun went off Thousands of runners 7.
The first kilometer was tough. I was already breathing 8 and painfully aware of the group of runners9 past me.
After another minute I saw the three-kilometer 10.All I could think of was that I was 11.
I rounded a comer, and saw both sides of the street12 with people watching the race, all cheering the runners on. I 13 my legs to keep going.
Then I looked up and saw the clock. The 14 ticking away gave me an incentive(助力). I knew that if I had 15 finished this race I would have achieved something, So, I 16 up, and kicked it.
I had my arms 17 higher when I passed through the finish line. A volunteer put a(n) 18 around my neck.
"You did great! I'm so proud of you!" Charles was thrilled that I'd 19.
"That was amazing! I want to do another race." I proudly hugged my medal as we started to walk to the post-race festivities. My lungs and my comfort zone both20.
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