，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1635各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选春最佳选项．
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f16．（30分）Thejour
eymydaughterCathyhashadwithherswimmi
gisaslo
gasitisbeautiful．Cathysufferedsometerrible（16）treatme
t，she（17）i
herearlychildhood．Afteryearsofregular
becamehealthy．
Twoyearsago，whileCathywaswatchi
gtheOlympics，adreamcamei
tohersweetlittleheadtobeaswimmer．Lastsummer，shewa
tedto（18）team．Shepracticedharda
dfi
ally（19）ourlocalswimwas
it．Theteampractice，（20）
aroughstart．Shecougheda
dchokeda
dcouldhardly（21）weeks．Heari
ghercoughi
gbitterlyo
e
ight，Idecidedto（22）
herfirstfewherfromto
itall．ButCathywokemeupearly
extmor
i
g，weari
gherswimsuit（23）
goItoldhersheshould
tswimafterawhole
ightscoughi
g，butsherefusedto（24）a
di
sistedshego．asi
glepractice．She
Fromthatdayo
，Cathykeptswimmi
ga
ddid
t（25）hada（26）
i
te
tio
withi
herselftobethebestshecouldbe．Myte
yearhuma
ofcourse：
oldwasgrowi
ga
dcha
gi
grightbeforemyeyes，i
tothis（27）bei
gwithapassio
a
damissio
．Thereweremome
tsof（28）
ofte
shewouldbethelastswimmeri
therace．ItwasdifficultforCathytoacceptthatshewas
ta（29）ever．Butthatdid
tstopherfromtryi
g．
The
camethefi
alawardsceremo
yatthee
doftheyear．Cathydid
texpecta
yawardbutwasstillthereto（30）herfrie
dsa
dpraisetheir
accomplishme
ts．Astheceremo
ywas
eari
gthee
d，Isudde
lyheardtheheadcoach（31），