完形填空。      I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most    1   and tiring games
I"ve ever had. When Ed first phoned and    2   we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an    3   victory. After all,
Ed"s idea of    4   has always been nothing more    5   than lifting a fork to his mouth.    6   I can remember, Ed"s
been the least physically fit member in the family, and    7   proud of himself. His big stomach has always
ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often    8   about that, Ed refused to buy
a    9   T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed   10  for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered
inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly   11 . I was so surprised that I was   12 . My cousin
must have made an effort to get himself into shape.   13 , at the point in our game when I"d have predicted (预
计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was   14  7 to 9 and Ed was   15 . The sudden realization was
painful. We   16  to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up. I was having serious   17  about staying
alive until 21 years old. Let alone   18  that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat
on our backs, too tired to   19 . In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my   20 .

(     )1. A. encouraging   (     )2. A. declared     (     )3. A. unforgettable  (     )4. A. exercise     (     )5. A. time-saving   (     )6. A. As soon as   (     )7. A. strangely     (     )8. A. cared         (     )9. A. clean         (     )10. A. set out     (     )11. A. notice       (     )12. A. nervous     (     )13. A. After all   (     )14. A. mistakenly   (     )15. A. leading     (     )16. A. pretended   (     )17. A. thoughts     (     )18. A. scoring     (     )19. A. play         (     )20. A. friendship

B. hopeless   B. mentioned   B. unexpected  B. preparation  B. comfortable  B. As long as B. personally  B. forgot     B. larger     B. got ready   B. admire     B. curious     B. As a result  B. then       B. coming     B. stopped     B. doubts     B. completing       B. start       B. respect

C. surprising  C. persuaded   C. easy       C. joy         C. suitable   C. When       C. reasonably     C. quarreled   C. straight   C. arrived     C. believe     C. careless   C. Above all   C. instead     C. waiting     C. continued   C. situations  C. receiving   C. sleep       C. support

D. regular      D. suggested    D. early        D. fitness      D. effort-making           D. Since        D. eagerly      D. joked        D. darker       D. returned     D. measure      D. speechless   D. At last      D. naturally    D. counting     D. decided      D. problems     D. keeping      D. move         D. favor