Atthe1924OlympicGamesinParisthesportofcanoe（赛艇）racingwasaddedtothelistofinternationalcompetitions.Thefavoriteteaminthefour-mancanoe1wastheUnitedStatesteam.Onememberofthatteamwasayoungman

　　Atthe1924OlympicGamesinParisthesportofcanoe（赛艇）racingwasaddedtothelistof　internationalcompetitions.Thefavoriteteaminthefour-mancanoe1 wastheUnitedStatesteam.OnememberofthatteamwasayoungmannamedBillHavens.

　　Asthe2fortheOlympicsneareditbecameclearthatBill’swifewouldgive3 totheirfirstchildataboutthesametimesoBill 4 himselfinadilemma（左右为难的困境）．ShouldhegotoParisorshouldhestayathomewithhisfamilyand 5 abouttheOlympics?AfterallcompetingintheOlympicswasoneofhislifelong 6.

　　Billafteragreatdealofthinkingdecidedtowithdrawfromthecompetition.

　　7 itturnedouttheUnitedStatesfour-mancanoeteamwonthegoldmedalinParisandBill’swifewas 8 ingivingbirthtotheirchild.Shewas 9 lateinfactthatBillcouldhave 10 intheeventandreturnedhomeintime.

　　ItwasashamebutBillsaidthathehadno 11.Billknewwhatwasmostimportanttohimandhe 12 whathebelievedwasbest.Noteverybodyhasthe 13 ofcharactertosaynotosomethingthatheorshe 14 wantsinordertosayyestosomethingthattruly 15.

　　Therewasa（n）16 endtoBill’sstory.Thechild 17 borntoBillandhiswifewasaboywhomthey 18 Frank.Twenty-eightyearslaterin1952Bill 19 atelegramfromFrank.ItwassentfromHelsinkiFinlandwherethe1952Olympicswerebeingheld.Thetelegram 20:“DadIwon.I’mbringinghomethegoldmedalyoulostthechancetowinwhilewaitingformetobeborn.”

　　1．A．contest B．race C．sports D．game

　　2．A．year B．deadline C．time D．chance

　　3．A．birth B．baby C．help D．hand

　　4．A．found B．put C．thought D．trapped

　　5．A．expect B．compete C．comment D．forget

　　6．A．promises B．dreams C．journeys D．businesses

　　7．A．What B．As C．So D．That

　　8．A．early B．lucky