题型:完形填空 题类:常考题 难易度:困难
辽宁省抚顺市六校协作体2019-2020学年高二上学期英语期末考试试卷
When I first saw the Boston Marathon in 1964, I just fell in love with it. I1to be part of it, but I didn't know if I could do it. It was totally outside of the social norm (正常行为) for a woman to be running in those days.
In February, 1966, I sent my2to the Boston Marathon and they wrote back, saying, "Women are not physiologically (生理上) able to run a marathon." When I read the3, I thought if I could prove that this was a4view about women, it was going to5the discussion of what else we thought women could not do. So I took the bus to Boston and got there the day before the6.
When I got to the starting line, I knew the most important thing was that I should not be7. To avoid being arrested or pulled off the course, I had a blue hooded (带风帽的) sweatshirt pulled up over my8with my hair tied back. Then, there was the bang, but I waited until about half the pack left-then I9in.
Even though I was disguised (伪装), the other runners10very quickly that I was a woman. Fortunately, they were very11. I told them that I was12I would be thrown out if officials saw that I was a woman. But they said, "We won't let that13. It's a free road." That's when I14the hooded sweatshirt and everyone could see I was a woman. Then people went15. They started shouting and clapping, "Way to go, girlie!"
Finally I ran into Boston and16the race in 3 hours and 21 minutes.
I went back to Boston and ran17in 1967 and 1968. I hope to be a(n)18of someone who follows what they19and what they're good at. I think everyone came to this world to20something.
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