题目内容：

    We runners know how precious our running friends are. Even when the sweat and the body pain make them feel like turning us down, they _______do. One of my oldest friends is a_______, like me. We live on opposite sides of the country and on_______career paths, so we don’t often see each other. On a recent summer afternoon, my friend Sarah_______her last-minute visit to our shared hometown with a running invitation for the following_______. She was only in town for a few days and was _______with her projects for medical school. _______, running provided us with an excuse to catch up and exercise _______ we ran along the beach that was once our high school cross-country teams meeting place for _______. We discussed work and family that had________since our last meeting as we ran the miles down.

We didn’t break any of our high school racing records that morning---that wasn’t the ________. While other friendships ________ a coffeehouse or bar for a catch-up session, Sarah and I can run in any________. Once being friends and teammates in school as________, we are now simply friends, ________each other to finish the last part of a hill as we ________advice on the larger struggles that we face in life.

While I________the lasting power of some of my other friendships, I never worry about this one. We each know what running means to the other person and the________ importance it holds for each of us. Running is the ________we can always feel good about, the high school tradition we dragged into our adult lives that never makes us ________. For me, running has always been a way to make and keep friendships.

1.A.always B.certainly C.rarely D.probably

2.A.runner B.teacher C.painter D.musician

3.A.correct B.typical C.successful D.different

4.A.finished B.announced C.admitted D.postponed

5.A.morning B.month C.evening D.weekend

6.A.busy B.committed C.pleased D.impressed

7.A.Moreover B.Otherwise C.However D.Therefore

8.A.if B.as C.unless D.before

9.A.remark B.lunch C.speech D.practice

10.A.started B.changed C.suffered D.survived

11.A.end B.talk C.point D.way

12.A.accept B.develop C.support D.require

13.A.place B.game C.direction D.weather

14.A.adults B.guests C.visitors D.teenagers

15.A.reminding B.encouraging C.fighting D.believing

16.A.offer B.write C.buy D.ignore

17.A.admit B.notice C.doubt D.challenge

18.A.clinical B.physical C.cultural D.economic

19.A.test B.race C.power D.habit

20.A.shocked B.puzzled C.disappointed D.comfortable