高二英语单元测试

　　I had been swimming competitively for about five years and was ready to quit, because I  16  receiving “Honorable Mentions (鼓励奖)” at each competition, which simply  17 , “Thank you for coming. You didn’t even rank first, second or third, but we don’t want you to go home with  18 .”

　　The very day before  19  swim meet, I decided to  20  the news to my grandma that I was quitting the swim team. You  21  to know my grandma—she was a small woman but could  22  the entire operation of her house without ever leaving her sofa or raising her  23 . As I sat next to my grandma, I laid my big head on her tiny little lap  24  she could rub it.

　　When I told her of my desire to quit swimming, she  25  pushed my head off of her lap, sat me straight up facing her and said, “Baby,  26  these words: A quitter never wins and a  27  never quits. Your grandmother didn’t  28  losers or quitters. You go to that swim meet tomorrow, and you swim like you are a  29  of mine, you hear?”

　　The next day I arrived at the swim meet, and as I  30  the board, I noticed the other girls with their skintight caps, goggles (护眼镜) and Speedo suits were here to do one thing—  31  me.

　　The competition began and I was swimming  32  than before. I noticed I was tied with one person. I thought we were battling for eighth place and I refused to finish  33 , so I added more kick on the last two hundred yards.

　　I hit the  34  and looked to the left and to the right for the swimmers who had beat me, but  35  was there. That day, at age fifteen, I broke the national 16-year-old 400-freestyle record.

　　16. A. kept                B. hated                 C. enjoyed             D. stopped

　　17. A. expresses        B. reads               C. means               D. says

　　18. A. anything          B. something        C. everything       D. nothing

　　19. A. a big             B. an usual            C. a common               D. a special

　　20. A. hide                B. bring                C. break            D. report

　　21. A. get              B. like               C. used             D. have

　　22. A. complete         B. run              C. control                D. perform

　　23. A. voice          B. hand             C. arm              D. head

　　24. A. now that          B. as soon as       C. in case                 D. so that

　　25. A. carefully          B. rudely              C. abruptly         D. gently

　　26. A. read            B. remember        C. repeat          D. recall

　　27. A. winner            B. loser            C. swimmer        D. fighter

　　28. A. know                   B. help             C. accept           D. raise

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