五、完形填空
It only took about five minutes to count all the votes(选票), but it seemed like a(n) 1 for me. Captain(队长) of the cheerleaders is quite an honour for 2.
As Coach Maguire 3 on the stage, all eyes fixed on her.
“Girls,” she began, “it’s my 4 to announce(宣布) that Terry Shaw has been chosen as captain of the cheerleading team.” A great cheer was 5 throughout the gym.
How could this be? I had worked three years to get the title. All the way home, I cried. The next morning, I held my uniform. I knew I couldn’t 6. I knew my true love was cheering with my teammates.
It was really 7 to go to that first practice after Terry had been named captain. When I arrived, Terry asked me if I had any ideas on how to 8 our daily training and how we could make the team better. We? Was she 9? I just wanted to hate her but she made it harder and harder for me to do that. Terry always made sure to 10 me when discussing changes in our daily routine. Slowly, we grew to be very close friends 11. At the end of the year, the annual Sports Award Ceremony was 12. Of course the team captains all 13 trophies(奖杯). With great excitement, I cheered for Terry.
Just 14 Terry walked off the stage, Coach Maguire announced that the cheerleading “Spirit Award” would now be presented to the girl who showed the greatest effort. When I heard my name announced, I was 15 surprised. Terry was coming towards me excitedly.
()1. A. gift
B. hour
C. chance
D. opinion
()2. A. him
B. her
C. me
D. them
()3. A. appeared
B. increased
C. passed
D. developed
()4. A. turn
B. pleasure
C. progress
D. ability
()5. A. seen
B. watched
C. read
D. heard
()6. A. play
B. train
C. leave
D. stay
()7. A. proud
B. hard
C. easy
D. active
()8. A. change
B. improve
C. accept
D. celebrate
()9. A. choosing
B. helping
C. laughing
D. joking
()10. A. include
B. influence
C. connect
D. avoid
()11. A. in the way
B. by the way
C. on the way
D. in this way
()12. A. held
B. completed
C. stopped
D. missed
()13. A. repeated
B. posted
C. offered
D. received
()14. A. if
B. though
C. as
D. because
()15. A. usually
B. only
C. quite
D. hardly
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steep

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读后词汇拓展
adj. 陡峭的