Peggy overtook a young runner. She seemed to __9__ him, for they exchanged a few cheerful words as she passed him. Their exchange __10__ me. You don't chat during a race __11__ you are feeling good and Peggy plainly was.
Still, I was __12__ enough to overtake her if she was tired, so I didn't give up hope completely. We were getting nearer to a long, punishing hill now and it would be a __13__. We were a mile from the finish line, __14__ whatever happened on the hill would almost determine who crossed it first.
As I moved up the hill, my __15__ wandered for a few minutes. When I __16__, Peggy was moving away—first five yards, then ten, then more. Finally it was clear that there was no __17__ of catching her. She beat me soundly.
There is an important __18__ in that race. Women are thought to be weaker, __19__ and not nearly as skilled in sports. Yet, as Peggy so clearly showed, the similarities between men and women runners are more important than the __20__. I have run with a number of women, and I can say that it is often hard work.
1.A. Still
B. Even
C. Therefore
D. Although
2.A. risky
B. annoying
C. fine
D. competitive
3.A. fast
B. slowly
C. happily
D. easily
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