Whentheswimseasonbegan,my11yea

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When the swim season began, my 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and I cut a deal. She would go to practice three times a week, and I wouldn’t make her compete in swim meets.
Elizabeth does not like swim meets. She gets horribly nervous because she is afraid that she will do something wrong and let everyone down. She started to talk about quitting swimming, which broke my heart because she loves swimming. So I came up with the deal.
Recently, Elizabeth’s team announced a T-shirt relay, which works like this: One person from each relay team puts on a T-shirt and a pair of socks and swims 50 meters. She takes off the clothes and put them on the next person, who then swims 50 meters. This continues until everyone on the team has completed a lap.
It wasn’t exactly a meet, because it would involve only team members. But Elizabeth thought it was. I told Elizabeth I really wanted her to go. She fought back angrily but finally agreed.
When the day for the T-shirt relay arrived, Elizabeth was nervous. She was chosen to swim the anchor leg (最后一棒).By the last leg, Elizabeth’s team had built up a narrow lead. Then it was Elizabeth’s turn to swim.
Approaching the halfway mark, she was still in the lead. Then somebody noticed that one of Elizabeth’s socks had fallen off and was floating in the pool. “She has to get that sock on before the end of the race,” a swimming official told Elizabeth’s team, “or you will be disqualified.”
Everybody on her team started shouting, “Elizabeth! Get the sock!” But she couldn’t hear them. Meanwhile, a girl in lane two was gaining on Elizabeth. Just then, a girl on my daughter’s team jumped in the pool, grabbed the sock, swam after Elizabeth and put the sock on Elizabeth.
With the sock finally on, Elizabeth swam her heart out for the last 15 meters and won! There was much celebration. And, for a few minutes, Elizabeth was the hero.
On the ride home, she relived her moment of glory again and again. She told me that if the T-shirt relay was an Olympic event, her team would win the gold medal, I told her that in my professional opinion, she was absolutely right.
What do we know about the T-shirt relay?

A．Elizabeth was eager to attend it.

B．Elizabeth made full preparations for it.

C．Elizabeth thought she was sure to fail the relay.

D．Elizabeth agreed to attend it after a lot of persuasion.

What happened to Elizabeth when she was swimming the anchor leg?

A．The girl on the other team swam faster than her.

B．She was disqualified for breaking the rule.

C．She was too nervous to swim.

D．One of her socks fell off.

We can infer from the last paragraph that Elizabeth_____.

A．believed she was the best of her team.

B．hoped to take part in the Olympics.

C．overcame her fear of swim meets.

D．was grateful for the girl’s help.

What would be the best title for the text?

A．Born to be a swimmer	B．Swimming in socks
C．The swim season	D．Never give up!

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E
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