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高考真题2024年新课标全国I卷完形填空-设定适合自己的目标


I’ve been motivated – and demotivated – by other folks’ achievements all my life.

When I was a teenager, a neighborhood friend    1    a marathon race. Feeling motivated, I started running    2   , but then two things happened. First, a girl I met one day told me she was    3    for a “super,” referring to a 52.4-mile double marathon. Then, the next day I went on my longest run – 15 miles. To be honest, I    4    it! Between the girl making my    5    seem small and the pure boredom of jogging, I decided that the only    6    I’d ever run again is if a big dog was running after me!

So I    7    cycling. I got a good bike and rode a lot. I    8    of entering cycle races until I flew to San Diego to visit my sister. While she was at work one day, I    9    her bike and went for a ride. The    10   : The roads there went through large valleys where I’d be riding uphill for miles at a time. I’d never faced such    11   . That day, I got    12    by about 100 “local” bikers who were used to such roads. When I got back home, suddenly riding my bike didn’t seem quite as    13   .

I’ve    14    a lot since then. I’ve come to accept that whatever    15    I set for myself, they just have to be my own.