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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 and then hit a ball. I didn't do either well. He later told me that I was "not athletic". That is to say, I was not good at sports.

The idea that I was "not athletic" went with me for years. When I started running in my thirties, 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 dreamed that I couldn't even find the finish line. I woke up sweating (流汗) all over, but I had a strong mind to face the challenge (挑战).

Shortly after crossing the start line, my shoe laces (鞋带) became undone. So I had to stop 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 (奖牌). In fact, I got the same medal as the one that the man 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 thirties 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
3. （2） It can be inferred (推断) from Paragraph 4 that the writer was ________ before marathon.

   A . proud and excited B . scared and hopeless C . nervous but strong-minded
5. （3） 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 . b-c-d-a B . b-a-c-d C . d-c-b-a
7. （4） 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.