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‘‘You're too small, Ginny. You'll never make an Olympic team,” said my first-ever rowing ___, way ba...
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‘‘You're too small, Ginny. You'll never make an Olympic team,” said my first-ever rowing ___, way back in the late winter of 1978. I had just confessed(承认)my ____, which was admittedly outsized at that point, to somebody whose emotional ____ could play a key role.
Maybe my dream wasn't ____reality. After all, I had tried out for the national team for the first time the previous year and been cut, and I lacked the____that most Olympic rowers possess, not to mention much experience as an athlete, but____,1 was shocked by my coach's response.
1 left the gym in a panic. As I walked, I began to____my future, making room for my coach's opinion, pushing my dream aside into a dark corner. A small inner voice had joined forces with the coach's. “Maybe he's ____.”
But then, another voice ____. "What does he know? Why does he get to decide?" My coach didn't have faith ____me but that didn't necessarily mean I had to give up on myself so quickly. By the time I arrived back at my apartment,1 was ____at my coach and my dream was back on center stage.
___came easy when it came to fulfilling that dream. But l was____by my love of the beauty of rowing. I wanted to row among the best and I refused to stop____ I achieved my goal.
I made that 1980 team,____not getting to compete at the Olympics. I kept____four more years, and finally won silver at the 1984 Olympics.
Everything I have today is a(n) ____of sticking with that dream, all those hours on the water, in the weight room, and in the stadium. They got me here,____I know now that big ambitions need not just time to develop, but firm____in them. And I will not allow anyone else to____ for me what's possible.
1.A.athlete B.coach C.director D.fellow
2.A.situation B.view C.idea D.dream
3.A.state B.support C.judgment D.intelligence
4.A.involved in B.connected with C.devoted to D.based on
5.A.talent B.determination C.height D.effort
6.A.even B.still C.never D.seldom
7.A.design B.expect C.hide D.rethink
8.A.right B.wrong C.modest D.cruel
9.A.argued B.repeated C.agreed D.whispered
10.A.at B.on C.in D.for
11.A.shocked B.disappointed C.bored D.mad
12.A.Nothing B.Everything C.Anything D.Something
13.A.struck B.changed C.driven D.caught
14.A.when B.until C.after D.since
15.A.in spite of B.in terms of C.in control of D.in place of
16.A.training B.teaching C.defending D.exploring
17.A.sense B.awareness C.award D.result
18.A.which B.where C.when D.that
19.A.interest B.hope C.belief D.pleasure
20.A.pretend B.promise C.decide D.manage
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