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help us learn about foreign cultures. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Ⅲ .完形填空 I was coaching girls’ track in Iowa and there was a young discus (鐵餅 ) thrower on the team with__21__potential (潛力 ). Here goes her story. At the end of our training__22__the district track meet, this discus thrower, Lucy, asked me if she__23__e to the school on Sunday for a little__24__training. I year before, she had placed second at the district meet and__25__missed going to the state had won every discus event,__26__that district meet! And, her throws in the B. large C. no D. limited 22. B. during C. since D. before 23. B. must C. should D. would 24. B. extra C. real D. regular B. pletely C. narrowly D. probably 26. B. including C. despite D. with petitions had__27__been between 106′ 1″ and 110′ 10″ . Something began couldn’ t Lucy__29__to get the discus to 111 feet? I wondered if it was more a psychological barrier (心理障礙 )__30__a physical decided to try made up my mind to__32__to Lucy. On Sunday, after her drills, I said, “ Why don’ t you throw five or six good ones for me to__33__? ” She began to throw again,but__34__were farther than what she had already , I didn’ t tell I was measuring the__35__one, I pulled out some more tape (卷尺 ) and yelled out to her, “ Come to see this! This one is__36__! ” It wasn’ , thinking that this was a personal best, jumped wildly into the air in__37__. The next afternoon, at the district meet,Lucy__38__with a personal best throw of 114′ 10″ ! Just 24 hours after I had lied to , this time she had__39__thrown the discus four feet further than she had ever thrown it before. Sometimes we__40__our own barriers in our learn to take control of your mind. 27. B. always C. never D. seldom 28. B. please C. shock D. bother 29. B. pretend C. need D. ask 30. from B. rather than C. because of D. according to 31. B. familiar C. new D. easy 32. B. turn C. reply D. call[來 33. B. measure C. match D. take 34. B. all C. some D. none 35. B. closest C. first D. final 36.