题目内容：

When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down．I spent the next four years   36   a back support．I began running seven days a week to   37  my muscles （肌肉）．It was exhausting but I   38   before I graduated from high school．

    When I was thirty-one, I was in   39   car accident in which my legs were seriously injured．The   40   told me that their goal was to get me to walk "__41   " but that I would never run again．Stubborn and _42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized  43   program． The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again．

    While on one of my runs, a   44   thought entered my mind: what   45   I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to _46   the prized finish line, even if it  47   I had to crawl（爬） across it．I had only four months to get ready．I spent almost all my time training as if my very  48   depended on it——actually, it did．I   49   that if I didn't train to my fullest, my body would   50   and the doctors' diagnosis （诊断） would win．I wasn't about to let that happen．I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life's greatest   51   ．I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays．

    Finally, my hard efforts   52   ．I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid．

    I'm often asked why I run, to which I always   53   ,"I run because I can．" I   54  myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are  55   , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear．This is why I run．

1.A, dressing          B．wearing                              C．designing       D．decorating

2.A．relax              B．comfort                              C．protect         D．strengthen

3.A．recovered          B．cured                                C．quitted         D．shook

4.A．other              B．one             C．another          D．some

5.A．doctors            B．patients                             C．coaches         D．pioneers

6.A．frequently         B．normally         C．attractively                   D．carefully

7.A．determined         B．excited          C．unsatisfied                    D．disappointed

8.A．working            B．sharing                              C．training        D．walking

9.A．suitable           B．reasonable                           C silly            D．crazy

10.A．if               B．whether                              C．unless           D．once

11.A．skip              B．slip             C．complete         D．cross

12.A．meant             B．proved           C．agreed           D．explained

13.A．patience          B．existence        C．appearance       D．absence

14.A．suggested         B．knew             C．noticed          D．declared

15.A．look out          B．come out         C．break down       D．fall down

16.A．promises          B．reputations      C．goals            D．levels

17.A．worked out        B．turned out       C．paid back        D．paid off

18.A．react             B．reply            C．relate           D．refer

19.A．show              B．ask              C．remind           D．teach

20.A．something B．anything C．everything   D．nothing