二、完形填空(10分)
It was a fine afternoon. As I was riding home, I noticed a person cycling in front, about 300 metres away. I could tell he was a little
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than me and I decided to catch up with him. It was about one kilometre to go
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I reached my neighbourhood, so I started cycling faster.
Every block, I was gaining on him just a little bit. In minutes, I was about 100 metres behind him. I
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put all my effort into cycling, almost treating it as an Olympic triathlon.
I passed him by and felt pretty good inside at that moment. I beat(打败)him, of course, but he didn't even know we were
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. He was still cycling slowly along the street.
And after riding past him, I
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that I had missed my turn. I had gone almost six blocks further and had to go all the way back.
Isn't that what happens in life when we pay too much attention to others, trying to prove(证明)that we are more
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? We spend our time and energy chasing(追赶)after them and at last we lose our own
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. What's even funnier is that we just put on a one-man show, for the people we see as our opponents(对手)may know
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about it.
There is always somebody
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you in one way or another, someone with a better job, a nicer car, more money in the bank, etc. So, never let endless comparison(比较)
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your mind. Don't lose yourself in the comparison and remember your own life pace.
(
C
) 1. A. older B. lighter C. slower D. taller
(
A
) 2. A. before B. after C. when D. since
(
B
) 3. A. hardly B. nearly C. closely D. easily
(
C
) 4. A. moving B. training C. racing D. searching
(
A
) 5. A. realized B. understood C. considered D. forgot
(
B
) 6. A. careful B. successful C. peaceful D. cheerful
(
C
) 7. A. messages B. courses C. directions D. discoveries
(
D
) 8. A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing
(
D
) 9. A. far behind B. close to C. opposite to D. ahead of
(
A
)10. A. control B. pollute C. voice D. lose