__7__, after a year's hard exercise, Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics. While she was sitting on the green bench __8__ the Athens Olympic Stadium, memories __9__: first, the pain and the tears, the book under her pillow, the words of relatives full of advice and comfort, and the pity in those eyes that had once held __10__ for her talent. Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on__11__, their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder, __12__she could balance the hoop (圈) as well as her teammates. She registered for the 2004 Olympic Games, and finally she received __13__ from the Olympic Committee.
Her __14__ was interrupted by the attendant who said, “It's time”, two words that she had been __15__ to hear for so long. Smoothing her dress, she walked into the stadium, each __16__ firm and steady. Everything was __17__, and the applause rang loud in her ears, her heart __18__ violently against her chest.
Later that night, Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old__19__on the shelf, which opened to page 117, to the chapter “The Day Clara Walked”, tears __20__ her vision.
1.A. intention
B. dream
C. life
D. career
2.A. remembered
B. forgot
C. experienced
D. suffered
3.A. see
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