三）完形填空（共20小题，每小题1. 5分，满分30分）

One afternoon，my son Adam asked me，“Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”

I thought for a minute，and then I said，“I’ll explain, _21_ you can just wait until we make a quick 22 at the grocery store. I have something 23 to show you.＂

At the grocery store， we 24 some apples—red，green and yellow ones．Back home．I told Adam，＂It’s time to 25 your question．”I put one

apple of each 26 on the table．Then I looked at Adam, who had a 27 look on his face.

“People are like apples．They come in all 28 colors，shapes and sizes．On the 29 ,some of the apples may not 30 look as delicious as the others．”As I was talking, Adam was 31 each one carefully.

Then, I took each of the apples and peeled（削皮）them, 32 them back on the table, but 33 a different place.

“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

He said, “I 34 tell. They all look the same now.” “Take a bite of 35 . See if that helps you 36 which one is which.”

He took 37 , and then a huge smile came across his face. “People are 38 like apples! They are all different, but once you 39 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”

He totally 40 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.

21．A．although B．so C．because D．if

第二节 完形填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（[A]、[B]、[C]和[D]）中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡1上将该项涂黑。 It was the district sports meet My foot still hadn't healed（痊愈)from a（n) （36）injury. I had（37） whether or not I should attend the meet But there I was, （38） for the 3,000-meter run. "Ready... set...” The gun popped and we were off. The other girls rushed （39） me. I felt （40） as I fell farther and farther behind. "Hooray!" shouted the crowd. It was the loudest （41）I had ever heard at a meet. The first-place runner was two laps（圈) ahead of me when she crossed the finish line. "Maybe I should （42）," I thought as I moved on. （43） , I decided to keep going. During the last two laps, I ran （44） and decided not t0 （45） in track next year. It wouldn't be worth it, （46） my foot did heal. When I finished, I heard a cheer—（47） than the one I'd heard earlier. I turned around and （48）. , the boys were preparing for their race. "They must be cheering for the boys. " I was leaving （49） several girls came up to me. "Wow, you've got courage!" one of them told me. "Courage？ I just（50） a race!" I thought. "I would have given up on the first lap," said another girl. "We were cheering for you. Did you hear us？" Suddenly, I regained （51） . I decided t0 （52） . track next year. I realized strength and courage aren't always （53） in medals and victories, but in the （54） we overcome（战胜). The strongest people are not always the people who win, （55）the people who don't give up when they lose.

[ A] slighter [ B ] worse [ C ] earlier [ D ] heavier