题目内容：

Once my mother told me a story that in Africa, when an antelope (羚羊) wakes up every morning, the first thing it thinks about is, “I must be____to run faster than the fastest lion, or I will be killed.”____, a lion wakes from his dream. The first thing the lion thinks about is, “I must be able to catch the____antelope, or I will starve to____.” So almost simultaneously(同时地), the antelope and the lion get up and start running toward the____sun.

This is____: full of chances and challenges. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go____when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we don’t study hard, sooner or later, we will____the other students. At first I didn’t know what the word “exam”____. Later, I knew an exam was a kind of____. In competitions, there are always winners and____. As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people can____.

Each time I saw children playing games and heard their____, I wished I were that age again. ____, I remembered my parents’ words: You must work very hard for a good future. So I____my pen and began to study hard again.

I was still not sure what competition____meant. One day, I was____in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. Suddenly I____what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the____: it is kind and necessary.

I learned a lot from realizing this____. Now I understand better about the world. Competition is important for us all.

1.A. able    B. willing    C. ready    D. eager

2.A. On the contrary    B. At the same time    C. In other words    D. In the first place

3.A. fastest    B. weakest    C. slowest    D. strongest

4.A. death    B. survival    C. disease    D. suffering

5.A. sinking    B. setting    C. shining    D. rising

6.A. rule    B. life    C. study    D. exam

7.A. over    B. through    C. ahead    D. beyond

8.A. fall behind    B. pass by    C. catch up    D. hold back

9.A. felt    B. meant    C. referred    D. doubted

10.A. victory    B. defeat    C. process    D. competition

11.A. competitor    B. players    C. losers    D. failures

12.A. improve    B. conclude    C. acquire    D. handle

13.A. crying    B. laughter    C. whisper    D. delight

14.A. However    B. Therefore    C. Besides    D. Otherwise

15.A. put up    B. brought up    C. made up    D. picked up

16.A. commonly    B. simply    C. obviously    D. really

17.A. succeeding    B. participating    C. taking    D. getting

18.A. doubted    B. acknowledged    C. knew    D. admitted

19.A. tough    B. important    C. content    D. opposite

20.A. experience    B. knowledge    C. fact    D. consequence