Patti discovered the meaning of running when she was 23. At that time she was smoking two packs of cigarettes a day and had 36 over 50 pounds. “I decided to 37 ,” she says. She took a clock and started 38 what she did every day, and then she 39 an hour a day as a “be nice to Patti” hour. “I started having bubble(泡沫)baths with a candle 40 , because Cosmopolitan Magazine 41 that this would be good for me. But I got 42 of that soon,” Patti remembers. She wanted to do something really pleasant. She found that the 43 times in her life were times when she was physically active. So she took up 44 .
She decided to start 45 the next day. She ran for an hour, 46 a total of 7 miles on her first run. “I couldn’t walk for 2 weeks 47 I felt painful all over!” Patti recalls. “But I felt so wonderful!” Patti wasn’t crazy about running yet, but she was in 48 with the after effects of it.
Within seven months, Patti had run her first marathon, qualified for the Boston Marathon, and placed 25th in the world for 49 distance runners. Over the next years, she 50 records and set standards for women in the sport. She was the first American woman to run a marathon 51 than 2 hours 30 minutes, and then broke another two records 52 an 8-month period.
Patti believes that, if we can 53 standards for ourselves, we can pull ourselves out of the most difficult 54 and come out on top. “Everybody has to be a/an 55 and everybody has that in them.”
A.lost B.gained C.earned D.reduced
A.change B.move C.walk D.cry
A.remembering B.collecting C.sharing D.recording
A.set out B.set up C.set aside D.set about
A.lit B.swung C.surrounded D.burnt
A.spoke B.said C.wrote D.went
A.afraid B.fond C.tired D.ashamed
A.happiest B.saddest C.loneliest D.luckiest
A.smoking B.bathing C.dieting D.running
A.only B.right C.even D.again
A.overcoming B.spreading C.passing D.covering
A.but B.although C.since D.because
A.peace B.line C.love D.touch
A.men B.women C.adult D.children
A.kept B.held C.broke D.cleared
A.faster B.more C.slower D.rather
A.for B.over C.at D.on
A.set B.follow C.require D.seek
A.pleasures B.pities C.challenges D.purposes
A.expert B.runner C.athlete D.champion