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课时提升作业(三十六) 选修8　Units 1、2 (建议用时40分钟) Ⅰ. 完形填空 The woman was a famous movie star. She had come to visit her daughter at the summer gymnastics camp for girls that my husband and I　1　near Fresno, California. When the time came for the　2　exercise, the actress watched her daughter from the sidelines. The girl was good, though not good enough to ever　3　at a championship level. When the girl finished, her mother called out, “That was　4　. You looked like a sack(一大袋)of potatoes falling downhill. ”The girl burst into　5　. My heart went out to her. I found myself remembering the day when one of my own gymnastic　6　put me close to tears. One day I decided to　7　a gymnastics program at a nearby park. Before long, I was　8　absorbed in it. By 1972, I was on the US Women’s Gymnastics Team for the Olympic Games in Munich. I couldn’t think of anything else　9　winning a gold medal. That day in Munich, I was tense with the　10　not to disgrace my country and myself. But, though I competed to the best of my　11　, I didn’t win a gold medal　12　. After the winners were　13　, I joined my parents in the　14　, and we all cried. She smiled and said ten　15　that I never forgot: “Doing your best is more　16　than being the best. ”Now I went over to the crying girl and put　17　around her. “Honey, ”I said. “I’ve been watching you　18　all summer and I know you have done your best, and doing your best is more important than being the best. ” 　　She smiled at me　19　her tears. Maybe somewhere, someday, she’ll　20　those words. 【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文。主要描写了作者的一名学生在体操训练时, 受到妈妈严厉的责备, 流下委屈的泪水。就在这时作者走上去对她说了一句话: 竭尽全力比成为最好更重要, 从而小女孩得到了很大的安慰。 1. A. run B. taught C. took D. planned 【解析】选A。词义辨析题。由本句可知作者和作者的丈夫经营(run)了一个暑假体操夏令营。 2. A. daily B. private C. social D. monthly 【解析】选A。词义辨析题。根据前面提到的夏令营活动, 我们可以猜出在这里是当每天(daily)训练开始时, 这位女演员站在场边观看。 3. A. celebrate B. communicate C. compete D. compromise 【解析】选C。词义辨析题。句意: 尽管女孩不能达到竞争(compete)冠军的水平, 她已非常优秀了。 4. A. beautiful B. awful C. successful D. careful 【解析】选B。上下文呼应题。由后面提及的You looked like