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My First Marathon (马拉松)

    A month before my first marathon, one of my knees was hurt and this meant not running for two weeks, leaving me only two weeks to train. Yet, I decided to go ahead.

    I remember back to my 7th year in school. In my first P.E. class, the teacher asked us to run laps and then hit a ball. I didn't do either well. He later told me that I was "not athletic(运动的)".

    The idea that I was "not athletic" stuck with me for years. When I started running in my 30s, I realized running was a fight against myself, not about competition or whether or not I was athletic. It was all about the fight against my own body and mind.

    The night before my marathon, I dreamt that I couldn't even find the finish line. I woke up sweating (流汗) all over, but ready to face the challenge.

    Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces became undone. So I stopped to tie them again. Not the start I wanted!

    At mile 3, I passed a sign: "GO FOR IT, RUNNERS!"

    By mile 17, I became out of breath and my knee hurt badly. Though feeling very painful, I stayed the course walking a bit and then running again.

    By mile 21, I was quite hungry and thirsty!

    As I drew closer to mile 23, I could see my wife waving a sign. She is my biggest fan. She never minded the alarm clock sounding at 4 a.m. or questioned my cost on running.

    I was one of the final runners to finish. But I finished! And I got a medal. In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the guy who came in the first place had.

    Decide to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels(标签), I can now call myself a "marathon winner".

1. （1） The writer started running in his 30s because ________.

   A . he would like to show he was good at sports B . he hoped to change his P.E. teacher's opinion C . he wanted to challenge his own body and mind D . he wished to become the winner of marathon   
3. （2） It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that the writer was ________ before marathon.

   A . proud and excited B . scared and hopeless C . tired but hopeful D . nervous but strong-minded
5. （3） How was the writer's first marathon?

   A . He gave up halfway. B . He made it in the end. C . He got the first prize. D . He walked to the end.
7. （4） What is the right order of the following events according to the passage?

   a. My wife cheered for me.

   b. I hurt my knee and stopped training.

   c. I stopped to tie my shoe laces.

   d. I went on running though my knee hurt badly.

   A . d-a-b-c B . b-a-c-d C . b-c-d-a D . d-c-b-a