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中考完形填空练习19 2011年北京市丰台区中考模拟英语最后两套卷(二) 精练精讲 ——by学而思培优 高中部 姜威老师 2012年5月27日: 五、完形填空。(共12分，每小题1分) 阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。 I had been swimming competitively for about five years and was ready to quit(退出), because I felt I was horrible at it. I ___36___ receiving Honorable Mentions(鼓励奖) at each competition, which simply means, Thank you for coming. You didnt even rank first, second or third, but we dont want you to go home with ___37___. The very day before a big swim meet, I decided to ___38___ the news to my grandma that I was quitting the swim team. You have to know my grandma—she was a small woman but could run the entire operation of her house ___39___ leaving her sofa of raising her voice. As I sat next to my grandma, I laid my head on her tiny little lap so that she could rub it. When I told her of my desire to quit swimming, she suddenly pushed my ___40___ off her lap, sat me a straight up facing her and said, Baby, remember these words! A quitter never wins and a ___41___ never quits. Your grandmother didnt raise losers or quitters. You go to that swim meet tomorrow, and you swim like you are a grandchild of mine, you hear? I was too ___42___ to say anything but, Yes, maam. The next day I arrived at the swim meet, and as I got on the board, I ___43___ the other girls with their skintight caps, goggles(泳镜) and Speedo suits were here to do one thing—beat me. The competition began and I was swimming ___44___ than before. I noticed I was tied with one person. I thought we were battling for the eighth place and I ___45___ to finish dead last, so I added more kick on the last two hundred meters. I hit the ___46___ and looked to the left and to the right for the swimmers who had ___47___ me. But no one was there. That day, at age fifteen, I broke the national 16-year-old 400-freestyle record. Back at Grandmas, I laid my head on her lap and told her about our great race. 36 A. kept B. hated C. enjoyed D. stopped 37 A. something B. any