AseriousdefeatIsufferedwhenIwasonly10yearsoldhelpedmewinthe1968Olympiciceskatingchampionship．Italsogavemeadeadly（16）___----theotherPeggyFleming．Justbeforethat，Ihadbeenroller-skating，playingbasketball，an
A serious defeat I suffered when I was only 10years old helped me win the 1968Olympic ice skating championship．It also gave me a deadly（16）___----the other Peggy Fleming．Just before that，I had been roller-skating，playing basketball，and could climb （17）___a tree as well as any boy．So Dad（18）___ me to take skating lessons．And soon I（19）___several local figure-skating （花样滑冰） awards．Then came the Pacific Coast Championship in Los Angeles．
I，a very confident young girl，proud of the （20）___ of friends and newspapers，walked into the stadium （21）___ to add another laurel （桂冠） to my recent success．Out on the ice，I（22） ___ enjoyed myself，flying through all kinds of figures I knew so well．But when the（23）___were posted，I was（24）___----out of the 12competitors I had finished last!The（25）___burned as bright as my skate knives："You didn't skate your best!"I knew that only one person had（26）___ me that day----myself，my own（27）___．
When I trained for Olympics，I would（28）___ the same 69figures over and over，eight hours a day．Askater must do five figures for the Olympics，but you aren't told（29）___ the last minute which figures these will be．So you must be very （30）___ with the 69figures．Often in the middle of practicing a figure，the other Peggy Fleming would whisper，"Good enough----why （31）___ yourself so hard？"And then I would （32）___ my lesson in Los Angeles．
Now I skate professionally．（33）___ I still face this competitor，myself．I firmly believe that each of us has been given a special （34）___．And if we bury our talent in our own self-satisfaction，simply do not want to make the effort or fear trying，we will（35）___completely．
16．A．followerB．leaderC．injuryD．competitor17．A．overB．upC．offD．down18．A．promisedB．orderedC．encouragedD．chose19．A．lostB．won
