原文：Runner carries injured competitor over finish line??https://www.kens5.com/article/life/runner-carries-injured-competitor-over-finish-line/273-264067980

高考真題：

第一節(jié) ?（共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分）

閱讀下面短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。

On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have 41????? ?the course earlier than she did. Her 42????? ?came because she was carrying a 43????? ?across the finish line.

As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her 44????? ?when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She 45????? ?to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with 46???? . She couldn’t. Bailey then 47????? ?to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get 48????? ?attention.

Once there, Lenoue was 49????? ?and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme 50????? ?to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.

As for Bailey, she is more 51 ??????about why her act is considered a big 52????? . “She was just crying. I couldn’t 53????? ?her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”

Although the two young women were strangers before the 54????? , they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the 55????? ?of human kindness won the day.

41. A. designed??????? B. followed??????????? C. changed???????????? D. finished

42. A. delay?????????? B. chance????????????? C. trouble???????????? D. excuse

43. A. judge?????????? B. volunteer?????????? C. classmate?????????? D. competitor

44. A. race??????????? B. school????????????? C. town??????????????? D. training

45. A. agreed????????? B. returned??????????? C. stopped???????????? D. promised

46. A. courage???????? B. aid???????????????? C. patience??????????? D. advice

47. A. went away?????? B. stood up??????????? C. stepped aside?????? D. bent down

48. A. medical???????? B. public????????????? C. constant??????????? D. equal

49. A. interrupted???? B. assessed??????????? C. identified????????? D. appreciated

50. A. hunger????????? B. pain??????????????? C. cold??????????????? D. tiredness

51. A. worried???????? B. ashamed???????????? C. confused??????????? D. discouraged

52. A. game??????????? B. problem???????????? C. lesson????????????? D. deal

53. A. leave?????????? B. cure??????????????? C. bother????????????? D. understand

54. A. ride??????????? B. test??????????????? C. meet??????????????? D. show

55. A. secret????????? B. display???????????? C. benefit???????????? D. exchange

參考答案：

41-45:D A D A C?

46-50:B D A B B? ? ? ??

51-55:C D A C B? ?

解析：此篇完形填空為送分題。