Unit 5 first aid grammar课时作业

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　One Sunday morning I was running and noticed a person in front of me. I could ___1___ he was running a little slower than me and I thought, good! I shall try to ___2___ him. I had about a kilometer to go my path before I needed to ___3___.

　　So I started running faster and every block I was ___4___ near him just a little bit. After just a few minutes, I was only about 100 yards ___5___ him. So I ___6___ the pace and pushed myself. You would have thought I was running in the ___7___ part of a marathon. I decided to catch him. Finally, I did it! I caught up with him and passed him by. On the inside I felt so good. I "beat" him,___8___ he didn't even know we were ___9___.

　　After I passed him, I ___10___ that I had been so focused on competing against him that I had ___11___ my turn, had gone nearly six blocks past it and had to turn around and go ___12___.

　　Isn't that what happens in life when we ___13___ on competing with co-workers, neighbors, friends, trying to outdo them or trying to prove we are more successful or more ___14___? We spend our time and energy running after them and we miss our own ___15___.

　　The ___16___ caused by unhealthy competition is that it is a never ending circle. There will always be somebody ___17___ you, someone with a better job, more money in the bank, more education, better behaved children, etc.

　　Take what life has given you, and you will be ___18___ by it. Stay focused and live a ___19___ life. After all, there is no ___20___ in destiny(命运). Run your own race and wish others well.

1. A. tell B. predict C. imagine D. suppose

2. A. fool B. greet C. stop D. catch

3. A. set out B. go away C. turn off D. come up

4. A. drawing B. calling C. holding D. turning

5. A. before B. around C. opposite D. behind