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3. D。由短文最后一句可知Trudy的父亲答应过另一件东西是car。
4. C。start out意为“起程、着手进行”，现在分词短语swimming strongly作状语，补充说明了start out所做的具体事情。
5. A。上文提到了在上午7点09分开始游泳，在10点开始下雨，可推知Trudy是在正在午(at midday)喝水和吃鸡腿。
6. C。由then可知，Trudy吃喝后又开始游泳了。
7. B。由the sea became rougher(海浪变得更大了)可知风力增强了(动词rise有“增强”之意)。
8. B。由前面的at midday和后面的at seven o’clock可知此时应为late afternoon。
9. C。decide 意为“决定”。此句应为教练所作出的决定
10. C。give up 意为“放弃”。由于风大浪高，不宜游泳。故教练作出决定，要Trudy放弃游泳。
11. B。此句指在这样恶劣的天气状况下，Trudy继续游泳是愚蠢的(stupid)行为，其他选项的形容词的意义均与句意不符。
12. D。Let her go on意为“让她继续游泳”。 Trudy的父亲坚持让Trudy继续游泳，而不让其他跟随游泳的抓住她。
13. D。turn against 意为“转而反对”，这里意为：潮水向Trudy涌来。
14. A。结合后面的信息：海岸已进入视力范围，可知此时Trudy意识到(realize)胜利在望。
15. C。be in sight 意为“被看见”。
16. A。over表示“通过某物传送”。这里指Trudy能够听见由风传送来的岸上的汽车喇叭的欢呼声。
17. D。remaining strength意为“剩余的力气”。
18. C。cross作动词用时意为“渡过、横过”。这里指Trudy横渡了英吉利海峡。
19. A。in spite of 意为“尽管、虽然”，表示让步状语，句意为：尽管狂风暴雨，Trudy还是游过了英吉利海峡。
20. D。guess 意为“猜测、认为、想”。此句意为：我想我这次得到了我的汽车。此车是她父亲曾许诺过的
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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 B. hopeless C. surprising D. regular
2. A. declared B. mentioned C. persuaded D. suggested
