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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   (     )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

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