第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项

When I was fourteen I was hit by a car and I felt almost senseless from the waist down.I spent the next four years 36 a back support.I began running seven days a week to 37 my muscles (肌肉).It was exhausting but I 38 before I graduated from high school.

When I was thirty-one, I was in 39 car accident in which my legs were seriously injured.The 40 told me that their goal was to get me to walk "__41 " but that I would never run again.Stubborn and _42_ , however, I set out to rebuild my leg muscles to support my knees through my own personalized 43 program.The fact was that it took me two years to learn how to walk and nine and a half years to run again.

While on one of my runs, a 44 thought entered my mind: what 45 I could run the LA Marathon? I wanted to know what it felt like to _46 the prized finish line, even if it 47 I had to crawl(爬) across it.I had only four months to get ready.I spent almost all my time training as if my very 48 depended on it——actually, it did.I 49 that if I didn't train to my fullest, my body would 50 and the doctors' diagnosis (诊断) would win.I wasn't about to let that happen.I had a dream: I would run the LA Marathon to achieve one of my life's greatest 51 .I trained eight times a week, seven days a week —twice on Wednesdays.

Finally, my hard efforts 52 .I crossed the finish line of the LA Marathon, strong and solid.

I'm often asked why I run, to which I always 53 ,"I run because I can." I 54 myself that the aches and pains I experience while training and racing are 55 , compared to the suffering those whom I admire must bear.This is why I run.

36.A, dressing B.wearing C.designing D.decorating

37.A.relax B.comfort C.protect D.strengthen

38.A.recovered B.cured C.quitted D.shook

39.A.other B.one C.another D.some

40.A.doctors B.patients C.coaches D.pioneers

41.A.frequently B.normally C.attractively D.carefully

42.A.determined B.excited C.unsatisfied D.disappointed

43.A.working B.sharing C.training D.walking

44.A.suitable B.reasonable C.silly D.crazy

45.A.if B.whether C.unless D.once

46.A.skip B.slip C.complete D.cross

47.A.meant B.proved C.agreed D.explained

48.A.patience B.existence C.appearance D.absence

49.A.suggested B.knew C.noticed D.declared

50.A.look out B.come out C.break down D.fall down

51.A.promises B.reputations C.goals D.levels

52.A.worked out B.turned out C.paid back D.paid off

53.A.react B.reply C.relate D.refer

54.A.show B.ask C.remind D.teach

55.A.something B.anything C.everything D.nothing