Part II Reading Comprehension (35 minutes) Section A Directions: In this part there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once. 注意:请在答题处填入相应的大写字母!字母一定要大写! A loses B maintenance C ushered D incapable E honor F quits G celebrity H modified I practicing J visible K unaware L selfless M inspire N countless O perfection With medal in hand, Paul was suddenly ___21____ into a world of lucrative endorsements and figure skating world tours, of exclusive events and autograph seekers. Everything you might expect of a ____22___ hero, but none of what Paul himself believes merits the ___23____ of that title. “What makes a true hero is ____24___ service,” he says. “Or someone whose life and actions ____25___ you to be better and to be a bigger person. I don’t think what I did was selfless service. But God used the story of my life to inspire others.” Heroism, Paul has observed, requires daily ___26____. Just as a skater achieves perfection by ___27___ small parts of his larger routine day after day, a hero must look for ways to serve on a regular basis — not just in a crisis or more ___28___ situation. As an Olympic medal ___29____ its luster after years of storage, a hero will lose his credibility if he stops looking to the needs of others. When Paul joins the thousands of others watching the Olympics in Salt Lake City, he knows that behind the scenes of each victory, of each record setting finish, stand ___30____ stories of everyday heroes. Heroes who refuse to give up. 21. __________