题目内容：

完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Running for a Dream

I will never forget that November day. It was hotter than normal. This was the ____ my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come ____ me. I saw worry and ____ on my father’s face. Then the race began!

For the first two and a half miles. I felt ____. I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled ____ and a strict diet. My friends hadn’t seen me in weeks, but they understood the ____ required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races，I didn't ____ out in the front，I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.

Then without warning，my strength began to decrease. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I ____ see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into ____ when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them ____ weight.

I watched as runners rushed by me. ____ I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed. I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the ____ left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled (爬), inch by inch, across the finish line. Voices, both ____ and familiar, cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep ____ until the very end.

The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to ____ to. I whispered, “I’m so sorry , Dad, I'm so sorry I ____ you.” He looked at me, saying, “You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just ____. All that matters is that you did your best.”

“But we worked so ____. What about our dream?” He reached over for my hand and said, “Don't you know that you are my dream and it has come true?”

It wasn't long before my running shoes were back on, marking a ____ path for my journey, I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a ____. What I realized, though, was that to him, I was the greatest prize he had ever won.

1.A. dream     B. weather      C. result        D. day

2.A. for         B. to            C. across        D. over

3.A. coldness    B. astonishment  C. excitement    D. amusement

4.A. proud     B. great         C. nervous      D. afraid

5.A. programs     B. studies       C. instructions  D. practices

6.A. sacrifice    B. potential     C. patience      D. attention

7.A. look        B. move         C. start         D. come

8.A. should      B. could       C. must          D. need

9.A. relief       B. spirit        C. pleasure     D. glory

10.A. give        B. feel          C. hold          D. add

11.A. Where      B. Because     C. If            D. Although

12.A. trust       B. emotion     C. strength      D. confidence

13.A. loud        B. foreign       C. soft          D. firm

14.A. going       B. running       C. fighting      D. training

15.A. refer      B. talk          C. listen        D. agree

16.A. frightened  B. disturbed     C. disappointed D. bored

17.A. develop     B. change        C. follow        D. happen

18.A. late        B. hard          C. closely      D. quickly

19.A. new       B. near          C. rough         D. narrow

20.A. wish        B. duty          C. rank         D. race