Every Sunday morning the old (11) on the south-west edge of town fills with runners who have full-time jobs. None of them expects to win a national (12); they simply want to (13) against people of their own age. The club's one real contest of the year is a friendly race in May. The club coach says the greatest benefit is not speed but confidence. Several members joined only last year and could hardly finish a single lap. Beginners are told to build (14) slowly and never to run through pain. What visitors notice most, however, is the (15): the last runner across the line always gets the loudest cheer.
Questions 11–15
11
Ainjection
Breception
Carithmetic
Dstadium
✔ 正確答案：(D) stadium
解析後面說 fills with runners（擠滿跑者），且位在鎮的邊緣，指的是「體育場 stadium」。injection 是注射、arithmetic 是算術、reception 是接待處，都不能容納跑者。
12
Acondition
Bchampionship
Ccontest
Dcricket
✔ 正確答案：(B) championship
解析a national ____ 指全國性的「錦標賽 championship」。contest 雖也是比賽，但通常不加 national 指這種年度冠軍賽；condition 是狀況、cricket 是板球或蟋蟀，語意不合。
13
Apitch
Bcreep
Ccompete
Derase
✔ 正確答案：(C) compete
解析compete against somebody 是「與某人競賽」的固定用法，呼應前句的比賽情境。creep 是爬行、erase 是擦掉、pitch 是投球，都不能接 against 表示比賽。
14
Amuscle
Bstroke
Cjaw
Dlead
✔ 正確答案：(A) muscle
解析build muscle 是「練出肌肉」的固定搭配，也和後面 never to run through pain 的訓練建議一致。jaw 是下巴、stroke 是中風或泳姿、lead 是鉛，皆不合。
When people picture a (16), they usually imagine someone standing on a podium with a gold medal. Coaches see something else. A great (17) is judged as much by behavior as by results: shaking hands after a defeat, or helping a rival who has fallen. Doctors add a third point. A body that looks (18) is not always healthy, and years of hard training can quietly damage the heart. Regular checks keep players (19) in body as well as in mind. That, coaches argue, is why they will always (20) with anyone who says winning is the only thing that matters.