knew

held

won

quit

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我十几岁的时候，一个邻居朋友赢得了马拉松比赛。A. knew 知道；B. held 抓住；C. won 赢得；D. quit 退出。根据后文 “Feeling motivated” 可知，作者有了动力，所以此处应是一个邻居朋友赢得了马拉松比赛。故选C。

regularly

silently

proudly

recently

考查副词词义辨析。句意：有了动力，我开始定期跑步，但后来发生了两件事。A. regularly 有规律地；B. silently 默默地；C. proudly 自豪地；D. recently 最近。根据前文 “Feeling motivated,” 可知，作者有了动力，所以应是定期跑步，符合语境。故选A。

asking

looking

waiting

training

考查动词词义辨析。句意：首先，有一天我遇到的一个女孩告诉我，她正在为 “超级” 马拉松训练，指的是52.4英里的双马拉松。A. asking 要求；B. looking 看；C. waiting 等待；D. training 训练。根据后文 “referring to a 52.4-mile double marathon.” 可知，女孩要跑双马拉松，所以此处应是为之训练，符合语境。故选D。

made

believed

hated

deserved

考查动词词义辨析。句意：说实话，我讨厌它！A. made 制作；B. believed 相信；C. hated 讨厌；D. deserved 值得。根据前文 “Then, the next day I went on my longest run—15 miles.” 以及后文 “Between the girl making my                  seem small and the pure boredom of jogging” 可知，作者最长跑了15 miles和女孩一比微不足道，所以是讨厌这个成绩。故选C。

advantage

achievement

contribution

influence

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那个女孩面前，我的成就显得微不足道，再加上慢跑的无聊，我决定我再跑步的唯一理由就是有一只大狗在追我！A. advantage 优势；B. achievement 成就；C. contribution 贡献；D. influence 影响。根据前文 “Then, the next day I went on my longest run—15 miles.” 以及后文 “seem small” 可知，作者最长跑了15 miles，而女孩在为52.4 miles做训练，所以应是作者的成就微不足道。故选B。

way

risk

place

reason

考查名词词义辨析。句意：在那个女孩面前，我的成就显得微不足道，再加上慢跑的无聊，我决定我再跑步的唯一理由就是有一只大狗在追我！A. way 方式；B. risk 风险；C. place 地方；D. reason 理由。根据后文 “I’d ever run again is if a big dog was running after me!” 可知，有一只大狗在追 “我”，“我” 才会再跑步，这里说的是跑步的原因。故选D。

gave up

went on

turned to

dealt with

考查动词短语辨析。句意：所以我开始骑自行车。A. gave up 放弃；B. went on 继续；C. turned to 转向；D. dealt with 处理。根据前文 “I decided that the only                  I’d ever run again is if a big dog was running after me!” 可知，作者决定放弃跑步，所以此处应是转向骑自行车。故选C。

heard

dreamed

complained

approved

考查动词词义辨析。句意：我梦想着参加自行车比赛，直到我飞到圣地亚哥去看我妹妹。A. heard 听到；B. dreamed 梦想；C. complained 抱怨；D. approved 批准。根据后文 “of entering cycle races” 结合选项可知，此处应是作者梦想着参加自行车比赛，符合语境。故选B。

painted

borrowed

bought

parked

考查动词词义辨析。句意：有一天她上班的时候，我借了她的自行车去兜风。A. painted 把……描绘成；B. borrowed 借；C. bought 买；D. parked 停 (车)。根据前文 “I flew to San Diego to visit my sister.” 以及后文 “went for a ride.” 可知，作者去看妹妹，所以要去骑行的话，应是向妹妹借自行车。故选B。

problem

secret

principle

advice

考查名词词义辨析。句意：问题是：那里的道路穿过很大的山谷，我一次要骑上坡好几英里。A. problem 问题；B. secret 秘密；C. principle 原则；D. advice 建议。根据后文 “I’d be riding uphill for miles at a time. I’d never faced such                 .” 可知，作者要骑上坡好几英里，这对他来说，是一个问题。故选A。

dangers

events

opponents

challenges

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我从来没有遇到过这样的挑战。A. dangers 危险；B. events 事件；C. opponents 对手；D. challenges 挑战。根据前文 “The                 : The roads there went through large valleys where I’d be riding uphill for miles at a time.” 可知，作者要骑上坡好几英里，这对他来说是一个挑战。故选D。

passed

convinced

admired

stopped

考查动词词义辨析。句意：那天，我被大约100个习惯了这种道路的 “当地” 骑自行车的人超过了。A. passed 超过；B. convinced 说服；C. admired 欣赏；D. stopped 阻止。根据前文 “I’d never faced such                 .” 可知，作者骑上坡好几英里是个挑战，所以是被很多人超过。故选A。

reliable

convenient

familiar

appealing

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：当我回到家，突然骑自行车似乎不那么吸引人了。A. reliable 可信赖的；B. convenient 方便的；C. familiar 熟悉的；D. appealing 吸引人的。根据前文 “That day, I got                  by about 100 ‘local’ bikers who were used to such roads.” 可知，作者那天骑行被100多人超过，所以此时是觉得骑自行车似乎不那么吸引人了。故选D。

traveled

matured

missed

worried

考查动词词义辨析。句意：从那以后我成熟了很多。A. traveled 旅行；B. matured (情感和认识) 成熟；C. missed 思念；D. worried 担心。根据后文 “I’ve come to accept that whatever                  I set for myself, they just have to be my own.” 可知，作者不再轻易放弃，所以是成熟了很多。故选B。

limits

dates

goals

tests

考查名词词义辨析。句意：我已经开始接受这样一个事实：无论我为自己设定什么目标，它们都必须是我自己的。A. limits 限制；B. dates 日期；C. goals 目标；D. tests 测试。根据后文 “I set for myself, they just have to be my own.” 可知，此处应是 “无论我为自己设定什么目标，它们都必须是我自己的目标”，符合语境。故选C。