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A serious defeat I suffered when I was only 10 years old helped me win the 1968 Olympic ice skating championship. It also gave me a deadly   16   ---- the other Peggy Fleming. Just before that, I had been roller-skating, playing basketball, and could climb   17   a tree as well as any boy. So Dad   18   me to take skating lessons. And soon I   19  several local figure-skating (花样滑*) awards. Then came the Pacific Coast Championship in Los Angeles.

I, a very confident young girl, proud of the   20   of friends and newspapers, walked into the stadium   21   to add another laurel (桂冠) to my recent success. Out on the ice, I        22   enjoyed myself, flying through all kinds of figures I knew so well. But when the   23  were posted, I was   24   ---- out of the 12 competitors I had finished last! The   25  burned as bright as my skate knives: “You didn’t skate your best!” I knew that only one person had   26   me that day ---- myself, my own   27  .

When I trained for Olympics, I would   28   the same 69 figures over and over, eight hours a day. A skater must do five figures for the Olympics, but you aren’t told   29   the last minute which figures these will be. So you must be very   30   with the 69 figures. Often in the middle of practicing a figure, the other Peggy Fleming would whisper, “Good enough ---- why   31   yourself so hard?” And then I would   32   my lesson in Los Angeles.

Now I skate professionally.   33   I still face this competitor, myself. I firmly believe that each of us has been given a special   34  . And if we bury our talent in our own self-satisfaction, simply do not want to make the effort or fear trying, we will   35  completely.

16. A. follower       B. leader            C. injury                 D. competitor

17. A. up                         B. over               C. off                     D. down

18. A. promised      B. ordered                   C. encouraged                D. chose

19. A. lost                B. won                      C. issued               D. donated

20. A. help               B. praise              C. instruction         D. explanation

21. A. expecting       B. agreeing           C. hating                D. pretending

22. A. exactly               B. gradually          C. frequently                  D. totally

23. A. results        B. letters              C. bags                 D. advertisements

24. A. annoyed             B. embarrassed       C. shocked             D. excited

25. A. comment             B. lesson              C. visit                    D. example

26. A. surprised      B. honored                  C. blamed               D. beaten

27. A. self-defense     B. self-destruction   C. self-satisfaction   D. self-care

28. A. learn           B. research                  C. practice             D. photograph

29. A. in                       B. after                C. at                      D. until

30. A. familiar        B. angry              C. careful               D. disappointed

31. A. criticize               B. force               C. hit                   D. ignore

32. A. remember         B. start                C. miss                    D. plan

33. A. So              B. But                  C. Since                         D. Or

34. A. requirement           B. knowledge        C. talent                 D. education

35. A. lie              B. survive           C. recover              D. fail

【回答】

16----20 DACBB   21----25 ADACB   26----30 DCCDA 31----35 BABCD

知识点：人物传记 故事阅读类

题型：完型填空