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完型填空 Tina was the best speed-walking partner I could ever meet. But I could never understand my friend's habit of 1 while we walked.
Together we walked all over the town and even entered a marathon(马拉松）together, a full 26 miles, but she did give me a list to take with me. She told me that it 2 her a lot. I thought it would just slow us down. I 3 it along to the starting line. Twenty-six cheering ideas, one for every mile. I wasn't really planning to slow myself down with all those ideas but I didn't want to hurt Tina's feelings, so I kept her 4 .
I walked the first mile of the 5 in 12 minutes—a new personal record. I looked at Tina's cheering list when I checked my watch. 6 was simply yourself. It did give me a good start to the race, I thought. I thanked Tina for her cheering list. If I finished the race, I would thank her for the 7 she gave me. By the time I finished the second mile, my husband and kids were cheering me on. It just so happened that " 8 " was the next one on Tina's cheering list. I had lots of things to be ready for them.
The next mile flew by, then the next and the next, each with a cheering idea. But by the time I neared the final mile? I was nearly out of breath. "I don't know if I can 9 the last mile," I thought. In despair(绝望)I looked at the final cheering idea on Tina's list, now sweaty in my hand: You just can make it!
I finished the marathon in less than six hours. I thought the cheering list would slow me down. 10 , it carried me past the finishing line.
