2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练：Module 8 Units 3～4（含解析）.docVIP

【译林湖南版创新设计】2011高考英语一轮复习提能训练 Module 8 Units 3～4Ⅰ.完形填空 A When I was a teenager，I volunteered to give out water at a marathon.Watching the different runners who passed by and grabbed a cup was __1__.The next year I signed up for the race.I did little preparation and my only goal was to finish.On the day of the race，it was __2__hot.I remember struggling at about the 5th mile，thinking，“I am never doing this again！” Have you ever felt that way about something？You eagerly choose a goal__3__soon realize it is __4__to achieve than you imagined it would be.That first 10km race was quite an experience.I jogged，I walked，I jogged and I walked.Then__5__ a decisive moment.Near the end，a 70-year-old man ran past me.I felt__6__that I was younger than him and I couldn’t keep up with him.I felt defeated for a second but then I realized __7__.He was running his race and I was running mine.He had different experience，training and goals and I had mine.__8__in life do we__9__ourselves to others and feel disappointed in ourselves when we really shouldn’t? I decided，then，that one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running.__10__I crossed the finish line，I was proud of my achievement.Since then I have run several races and run purely for fun. In life we all __11__ compare ourselves to others，which is only natural.But don’t let them weaken you.__12__，you should use them to inspire you and show you what is possible.Then you are a true winner. 1．A.pleasing B．interesting C．inspiring D．amazing 2．A.extremely B．strangely C．sadly D．certainly 3．A.and B．but C．while D．or 4．A.easier B．harder C．better D．worse 5．A.went B．flew C．happened D．came 6．A.exhausted B．disappointed C．embarrassed D．annoyed 7．A.something B．anything C．everything D．nothing 8．A.How many B．How much C．How often D．How old 9．A.cooperate B．compare C．combine D．promise 10．A.When B．Because C．Since D．Until 11．A.often B．occasionally C．hardly D．never 12．A.Instead B．Therefore C．Meanwhile D．Fur