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It was the district sports meeting．My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)from a(n)36 injury．Ihad37whether or not I should attend the meeting．But there I was,38for the 3,000-metrerun．．
"Ready．．．set．．．" The gun popped and we were off．The other girls rushed 39 me．Ifelt40 as I fell farther and farther behind．
"Hooray!" shouted the crowd．It was the loudest41 I had ever heard at a meeting．Thefirst-place runner was two laps(圈 )ahead of me when she crossed the finish line．
"Maybe I should42," I thought as I moved on．43, I decided to keep going．Dur-ing the last two laps, I ran44 and decided not to45 in track next year．It wouldn&39;t beworth it,46my foot did heal．
When I finished, I heard a cheer-47 than the one I&39;d heard earlier．I turned around and48 , the boys were preparing for their race．"They must be cheering for the boys．" I was leaving49several girls came up to me．"Wow, you&39;ve got courage!" one of them
told me．
"Courage？ I just50 a race!" I thought．
"I would have given up on the first lap," said another girl．"We were cheering for you．Didyou hear us？"
Suddenly, I regained51I decided to 52 track next year．I realized strength andcourage aren&39;t always 53 in medals and victories, but in the 54 we overcome(战胜)．
The strongest people are not always the people who win, 55 the people who don&39;t give upwhen they lose．
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A. slighter
B. worse
C. earlier
D. heavier