阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。
I’m Encouraged to Go Higher
A few years ago, when I was living in Jordan with my diplomat husband, I decided it was time to get my middle-aged self back in shape. The gym was tiny, without much 41 to exercise, I was the weakest person there day after day, and I felt out of 42 as I did my push-ups, squats ( 蹲 坐 ), and dead lifts. Nobody there really seemed to 43 me, but I was aware that I felt sort of 44 . Still, I showed up, because I could tell I was making progress－I was getting 45 .
One day I was on my favorite 46 , one that nobody else in the gym ever needed to
47 : the assisted pull-up machine, which let me 48 the process of a proper pull-up without requiring me to pull all of my 49 up to the bar. I had just finished a set
50 a guy whom I knew but had never really talked to, 51 up to me and asked, “Why are you always doing assisted pull-ups?” I looked at him, 52 , searching for an answer. “Because I can’t do real ones,” I finally 53 .
“Yes, you can,” he said. “ I’ve seen you. You are strong. Get over here, and I’ll 54 you.”
We walked over to the “ 55 ” pull-up bar, and he told me: Instead of pulling yourself up, you start at the top and slowly 56 yourself down. He watched me do a couple. “Keep 57 , ” he told me. “By the end of the month, you’ll he able to 58 four or five.”
After that day. I started to love going to that gym. I was 59 the weakest one there.
One day I was on my favorite 46 , one that nobody else in the gym ever needed to
47 : the assisted pull-up machine, which let me 48 the process of a proper pull-up without requiring me to pull all of my 49 up to the bar. I had just finished a set
50 a guy whom I knew but had never really talked to, 51 up to me and asked, “Why are you always doing assisted pull-ups?” I looked at him, 52 , searching for an answer. “Because I can’t do real ones,” I finally 53 .
“Yes, you can,” he said. “ I’ve seen you. You are strong. Get over here, and I’ll 54 you.”
We walked over to the “ 55 ” pull-up bar, and he told me: Instead of pulling yourself up, you start at the top and slowly 56 yourself down. He watched me do a couple. “Keep 57 , ” he told me. “By the end of the month, you’ll he able to 58 four or five.”
After that day. I started to love going to that gym. I was 59 the weakest one there.
But I could do pull-ups! First two, then five, then nine. The 60 was that nobody was laughing at me. There were teachers everywhere in that gym, who pushed me to be better.
| 41. A. necessity | B. room | C. time | D. interest | |||||
| 42. A. control | B. work | C. trouble | D. place | |||||
| 43. A. challenge | B. accompany | C. notice | D. instruct | |||||
| 44. A. silly | B. smart | C. sensitive | D. guilty | |||||
| 45. A. stronger | B. happier | C. wiser | D. busier | |||||
| 46. A. movement | B. machine | C. holiday | D. schedule | |||||
| 47. A. repair | B. adjust | C. avoid | D. use | |||||
| 48. A. keep up | B. test out | C. go through | D. adapt to | |||||
| 49. A. weight | B. strength | C. burden | D. load | |||||
| 50. A. after | B. when | C. because | D. though | |||||
| 51. A. turned | B. looked | C. called | D. walked | |||||
| 52. A. annoyed | B. amused | C. embarrassed | D. confused | |||||
| 53. A. admitted | B. relieved | C. apologized | D. confirmed | |||||
| 54. A. support | B. show | C. reward | D. defend | |||||
| 55. A. cold | B. solid | C. high | D. real | |||||
| 56. A. settle | B. calm | C. lower | D. drop | |||||
| 57. A. practicing | B. thinking | C. competing | D. holding | |||||
| 58. A. count | B. perform | C. experience | D. suggest | |||||
| 59. A. never | B. once | C. still | D. thus | |||||
| 60. A. benefit | B. advantage | C. belief | D. point | |||||
| 41-45 BDCAA |
46-50 BDCAB | 51-55 DCABD | 56-60 CABCD | |||||
