北京市2017届高三综合练练习
英语
本试卷共12页，共150分。考试时间120分钟。
注意事项：
1．考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。
2．答题前考生务必将答题卡上的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写。
3．答题卡上选择题必须用2B铅笔作答，将选中项涂满涂黑，黑度以盖住框内字母为准，修改时用橡皮擦除干净。非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，未在对应的答题区域内作答或超出答题区域作答的均不得分。第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Reading books, _______ takes the reader to other worlds, is a wonderful way to enjoy life.
A. that
B. what
C. as
D. which
22. ---What makes you a history major?
---Interest. I _____ it because my high school history teacher influenced me a lot.
A. loved
B. had loved
C. love
D. have loved
23. The average Facebook user in the United States has 245 friends, according to a study ______ in
February.
A. publishing
B. published
C. publish
D. to publish
24. As the intelligence of robots increases to match ________ of humans，we may use them to expand our frontiers.A. it
B. that
C. which
D. them
25. ---Have you received your new shoes?
---Yes. And at the same time I got the jacket I _____.
A. had ordered
B. ordered
C. have ordered
D. order
26. A mistake _____ have been made on our bill. We didn’t order any fish today.
A. should
B. would
C. must
D. could
27. One doesn’t have to look far to realize the direct connection
smoking and cancer.
A. of B. with C. to D. between
28. She came to Beijing on April 28, _____ Mayday's concert in the Bird’s Nest.
A. to expect
B. expecting
C. expected
D. expect
29. ---Is dinner ready?
---Not yet. The main course ______. It needs another ten minutes.
A. was not done
B. had not done
C. is not done
D. has not done
30. House prices vary from place to place and are usually high _____ there are famous schools.
A. where
B. since
C. when
D. whether
31. You don’t need to make fancy foods to impress guests—it is something simple but good _____ will do.
A. what
B. that
C. which
D. who
32. More than ten people _____ in their own homes during the first 3 months of this year.
A. were gassed
B. had been gassed
C. are gassed
D. have been gassed
33. I actually believe that we _____ in Xi’an now if you hadn’t been caught drunk driving last month.
A. would be
B. would have been C. were D. had been
34. At no time
I would blame you for your being slow in your English study.
A. I said
B. said I
C. I did say
D. did I say
35. One of the glorious moments in my school life was
I was awarded the Mayor’s Award.
A. why B. how C. that D. when
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Education from My Father
My memories of my father are slim because he was so sick in the last years of his life. But there are
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that I am often reminded of and which may have had some bearing on my love of
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.
When I was small I was somewhat
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of lightning and thunder. My father explained it. The explanation was in
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that a child could understand but was basically correct. I gained a better
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later, but I didn’t have to unlearn anything.
What he said was that there was electricity in the clouds
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it travelled to the ground like a spark. When it travelled
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the air it made the air so hot that it
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. Then there was nothing where the air had been and the air all around rushed in to
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the space. He clapped his hands together very loud,
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to be the air rushing in, and said that makes the thunder. When I hear thunder, I can still hear that
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.
He explained why if it was cloudy in the winter the night was warmer than if it was
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. It was one of those nights when the sky was full of stars: no moon, no town lights. But there were more stars than you could
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and they had color too. He said that if there were no clouds, we had no blankets and were
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to the universe. Our warmth was going to
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the whole universe. When there were clouds, they were like blankets and we were not exposed to the universe. I
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feel on the edge of space on a very clear night.
I am sure there were many other lessons that I
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but no longer remember. What I did 53
, in general, was that there were explanations and that the more I understood them, the more
comfortable the world was to live in. I was not taught that there were
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but that there was understanding if you looked for it. This may be why I have always been
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in science.
36. A. others B. few C. some D. all
37. A. science B. nature C. weather
D. universe
38. A. sure B. fond C. tired D. afraid
39. A. depth B. words C. gestures D. data
40. A. understanding B. knowledge C. command D. confidence
41. A. but B. and C. for
D. or
42. A. above B. to
C. along D. through
43. A. shone B. burned C. expanded D. broke
44. A. fill B. make C. avoid D. break
45. A. trying B. proving
C. hoping D. pretending
46. A. clap
B. remark
C. voice D. crash
47. A. cold B. bright
C. clear D. foggy
48. A. explore B. foresee
C. imagine D. identify
49. A. committed B. exposed
C. related
D. led
50. A. heat
B. protect
C. extend
D. light
51. A. ever B. also
C. even D. still
52. A. selected B. arranged
C. absorbed D. delivered
53. A. consider B. promise C. explain D. learn
54. A. memories B. blankets C. mysteries D. thunders
55. A. engaged B. interested C. successful D. skillful
第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Until last spring, Nia Parker and the other kids in her neighborhood went to school on Bus 59. But as fuel prices rose, the school district needed to find a way to cut its transportation costs. So the school’s busing company redrew its route map, canceling Nia’s bus. Now Nia and her neighbors travel the half mile to school via a “walking school bus”—a group of kids, supervised (监护) by an adult or two, who make the walk together.
Many parents are delighted to see their kids walking to school, partly because many did so themselves. According to a 1979 survey, nearly half of school kids walked or biked to school, compared with only 16 percent in 2011. Modern parents have been unwilling to let kids walk to school for fear of traffic, crime or simple bullying, but with organized adult supervision, those concerns have reduced.
Schools and busing companies are finding other ways to save. In rural areas where busing is a must, some schools have even chosen four-day school weeks. Busing companies instruct drivers to cancel extra stops from routes and to turn off the engine while idling(挂空挡). They are also using computer software to determine the most fuel-efficient routes, which aren’t always the shortest ones.
There could be disadvantages, however, to the busing cutbacks. If every formerly bused student begins walking to school, it’s an environmental win—but if too many of their parents decide to drive them instead, the overall carbon footprint can grow. Replacing buses with many more parent-driven cars can also increase safety risks. A 2011 report concluded students are 13 times safer on a school bus than in a passenger car, since buses have fewer accidents and withstand them better due to their size. And some students complain about the long morning hikes, particularly when the route contains a really big hill.
56. In regards to walking to school, modern parents seem much concerned with the _____.
A. safety of their kids
B. kids’ physical strength
C. time spent on the way
D. changes in the route
57. To save money, some schools choose to _____.
A. shorten the school week
B. take the shortest routes
C. stop using school buses
D. use fuel-efficient buses
58. Busing cutbacks may lead to _____.
A. fewer complaints about long morning hikes
B. more students taking public transportation
C. an increase in carbon dioxide emissions
D. a decrease in the safety of school buses
B
A metaphor is a poetic device that deals with comparison. It compares similar qualities of two dissimilar objects. With a simple metaphor, one object becomes the other: Love is a rose. Although this does not sound like a particularly rich image, a metaphor can communicate so much about a particular image that poets use them more than any other type of figurative language. The reason for this is that poets compose their poetry to express what they are experiencing emotionally at that moment. Consequently, what the poet imagines love to be may or may not be our understanding of love. Therefore, the poet’s job is to enable us to experience it, to feel it the same way as the poet does.
Let’s analyze this remarkably simple metaphor concerning love and the rose to see what it offers. Because the poet uses a comparison with a rose, first we must examine the characteristics of that flower. A rose is impressive in its beauty, its petals（花瓣）are nicely soft and its smell is pleasing. It’s possible to say that a rose is actually a feast to the senses of sight, touch, and smell. The rose’s appearance seems to border on perfection, each petal seemingly equal in form. Isn’t this the way one’s love should be？A loved one should be a delight to one’s senses and seem perfect. However, there is another dimension added to the comparison by using a rose. Roses have thorns. The poet wants to convey the idea that roses can be tricky. So can love, the metaphor tells us. When one reaches out with absolute trust to touch the object of his or her affection, ouch, a thorn can cause great harm! “Be careful,” the metaphor warns, “Love is a feast to the senses, but it can overwhelm us, and it can also hurt us and cause acute suffering.” This is the poet’s understanding of love—an admonition (劝诫 What is the point？Just this It took almost 14 sentences to clarify what a simple metaphor communicates in only four words! That is the artistry and the joy of the simple metaphor.
59. According to the passage, a metaphor is a ________.
A. description of two similar objects in a poetic way
B. literary device specially employed in poetry writing
. contrast between two different things to create a vivid image
D. comparison between two different objects with similar features
60. As is meant by the author, thorns of a rose ________.
A. dd a new element to the image of love
B. rotect the rose from harm
C. ymbolize reduced love
D. . It can be inferred from the passage that a metaphor is _______.
A. difficult to understand B. rich in meaning
C. D. perfect in form
62. The main idea of this passage is that ________.
A.
B. rose is a good image in poetry
C. metaphor is a great poetic device
D.
C
On my first job as a sports editor for the Montpelier Leader Enterprise, I didn’t get a lot of fan mail, so I was intrigued by a letter plopped on my desk one morning. The envelope bore the logo of the closest big-city paper, the Toledo Blade.
When I opened it, I read:
“Sweet piece of writing on the Tigers. Keep up the good work.”
It was signed by Don Wolfe, the sports editor. Because I was a teenager (being paid the grand total of 15 cents a column inch), his words could not have been more exciting. I kept the letter in my desk drawer until it got rag-eared. Whenever I doubted I had the right stuff to be a writer, I would reread Don’s note and walk on air again.
Later, when I got to know him, I learned that Don made a habit of writing a quick, encouraging word to people in all walks of life. “When I make others feel good about themselves,” he told me, “I feel good, too.”
Why are upbeat note writers in such short supply? My guess is that many who shy away from the practice are too self-conscious. They are afraid they will be misunderstood, sound old-fashioned or flattering. Also, writing takes time and it is far easier to pick up the phone. The drawback with phone calls, of course, is that they do not last. A note attaches more importance to our well-wishing. It is a matter of record, and our words can be read more than once, appreciated, and treasured.
What does it take to write notes that lift spirits and warm hearts? Perhaps just a desire and a willingness to express our appreciation. The most successful people write notes that are short on words and long on feeling, sincere, short, specific, and usually spontaneous in nature.
It is difficult to be spontaneous, however, when you have to hunt for letter writing materials; so, keep paper, envelopes, and stamps close at hand, even when you travel. Fancy stationery is not necessary; it’s the thought that counts.
So, who around you deserves a note of thanks or approval? A neighbor, your librarian, a relative, your mate, a teacher, or your doctor? You do not need to be poetic. If you need a reason, look for a milestone, the anniversary of a special event you shared, a birthday, or holiday, and do not hold back your praise. Such words as: “greatest,” “smartest,” “prettiest” make us all feel good. Even if your praises run a little ahead of reality, remember that expectations are often the parents of dreams fulfilled.
63. On seeing the letter on the desk, the author felt _____.
A. annoyed
B. curious
C. doubtful
D. shocked
64. According to the author, many people don’t write upbeat notes mainly because they are _____.
A. afraid of being out of date
B. too shy to flatter others
C. prepared to make phone calls
D. too concerned about what others think
65. It can be learned from the last paragraph that ______.
A. praises often run ahead of reality
B. praises help in pursuing a dream
C. parents often write upbeat notes
D. parents expect children’s success
66. What might be the suitable title for the passage?
A. The Power of a Positive Note
B. Notes Help to Fulfill Dreams
C. The Necessity of Writing Notes
D. Note or Phone, Your Own Choice
D
Homeownership has let us down. For generations, Americans believed that owning a home was undoubtedly good. Our political leaders hammered home the point. Franklin Roosevelt held that a country of homeowners was “unconquerable.” Homeownership could even save babies, save children, save families and save America. A house with a lawn and a fence wasn’t just a nice place to live in or a risk-free investment; it was a way to transform a nation. No wonder leaders of all political types wanted to spend more than $100 billion a year on subsidies and tax breaks to encourage people to buy.
But the dark side of homeownership is now all too apparent: Indeed, easy lending stimulated by the cult of homeownership may have triggered the financial crisis. Housing remains a drag on the economy. Existing-home sales in April dropped 27% from the prior month, worsening fears of a double-dip. And all that is just the obvious tale of a housing bubble and what happened when it popped. The real story is deeper and darker still.
For the better part of a century, politics, industry and culture lined up to create a fetish of the idea of buying a house. Homeownership has done plenty of good over the decades; it has provided stability to tens of millions of families. Yet by idealizing the act of buying a home, we have ignored the downsides. In the bubble years, lending standards slipped dramatically, allowing many Americans to put far too much of their income into paying for their housing. And we ignored longer-term phenomena too. Homeownership contributed to the hollowing out of cities and kept renters out of the best neighborhoods. It fed America’s overuse of energy and oil. It made it more difficult for those who had lost a job to find another. Perhaps worst of all, it helped us become casually self-deceiving: By telling ourselves that homeownership was a pathway to wealth and stable communities and better test scores, we avoided dealing with these frightening issues head-on.
Now, as the U.S. recovers from the biggest housing bust（破产）since the Great Depression, it is time to rethink how realistic our expectations of homeownership are—and how much money we want to spend chasing them. Many argue that homeownership should not be a goal pursued at all costs.
67. Political leaders wanted to spend money encouraging people to buy houses because ______.
A. owning a home was undoubtedly good
B. homeownership was unconquerable
C. houses could save families and America
D. homeownership could shape a country
68. The underlined sentence in Para. 2 means ______.
A. homeownership has quite a lot of bad effects
B. there might be another housing breakdown in the U.S.
C. the existing-home sales will keep decreasing in the U.S.
D. the result of homeownership is much worse than it appears
69. It can be inferred from Para. 3 that ______.
A. it is hard for Americans to get a home loan
B. it is the way to wealth to have one’s own house
C. many Americans choose to live out of urban areas
D. homeownership has made many people out of work
70. What is the author’s attitude towards homeownership?
A. Favorable.
B. Ambiguous.
C. Cautious.
D. Optimistic.
第二节根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。“Look it up in the dictionary” is the usual comment when people are in doubt about the meaning or spelling of a word. Dictionaries are considered the final authority on these matters as well as on pronunciations and other facts about a word.
Until a few hundred years ago, however, people could not “look it up” because there were no English dictionaries. The ancient Greeks and Romans and the scholars of the Middle Ages had made lists of Latin and Greek words.
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The first great English dictionary listing both common and uncommon words was written by Samuel Johnson in 1755.
In America, the most famous name in dictionary writing is that of Noah Webster. He stressed American rather than British ways of speaking. His great dictionary, which first appeared in 1828, has been republished many times.
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The latest edition is still considered “the” dictionary. It defines over 450,000 words, including radar, television and many others undreamed of by Webster.
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The huge ones that rest on stands in libraries are called unabridged, meaning “not shortened.” They tell not only a word’s meaning and spelling but also its pronunciation, origin, history, part of speech, grammatical forms, and ways of use. The smaller ones do not provide all this information.
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A bilingual dictionary, such as a Spanish-English dictionary, translates words from one language into another. A thesaurus lists other words that mean the same as each listed word. A gazetteer lists place names, and a glossary is a small dictionary in a book defining technical words in that book. There are also dictionaries of scientific terms and ones on many other topics. There is even a dictionary of slang.
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The dictionary is one of our most valuable language tools.
A. Each time, it has been updated.
B. General dictionaries are not the only kind.
C. Thus there are many kinds of special dictionaries.
D. In a general dictionary, each word may have multiple meanings.
E. Dictionaries that list all kinds of words are known as general dictionaries.
F. Over the previous 150 years more than 20 dictionaries had been published.
G. But it was not until 1604 that a book of uncommon English words appeared.
第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）
情景作文（20分）
Teachers and students from Central High School Phoenix will study in our school during the summer vacation. Host families are wanted to accommodate our friends.
REQUIREMENTS:
◇ Good English.
◇ Good communication skills.
◇ A SEPARATE room.
◇ Convenient transportation.
◇ …
If interested, please send your APPLICATION IN ENGLISH to the International Department before THURSDAY. Please consult us for any further information.
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am Li Hua from Class One, Senior Two. _________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
I would appreciate it if my application is taken into account.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
(请务必将情景作文写在答题卡指定区域内)
第二节
开放作文（15分）
请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。
In your spoken English class, your teacher shows you the following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.
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参考答案及评分标准
第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）
第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
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第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）
第一节 情景作文（20分）
一、评分原则：
1．本题总分为20分，按5个档次给分。
2．评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言质量初步确定其档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3．评分应考虑：内容要点完整性、上下文的连贯、词汇和句式多样性及语言的准确性。
4．拼写、标点符号或书写影响内容表达时，应视其影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。
5．词数少于60，从总分中减去1分。
二、各档次的给分范围和要求：第一档 完全完成了试题规定的任务。
覆盖了所有内容要点；
运用了多样的句式和丰富的词汇；
语法或用词方面有个别错误，但为尽可能表达丰富的内容所致；体现了较强的语言运用能力；
有效地使用了语句间的连接成分，所写内容连贯、结构紧凑。
完全达到了预期的写作目的。
18分－20分
第二档 完全完成了试题规定的任务。
覆盖了所有内容要点；
运用的句式和词汇能满足任务要求；
语法和用词基本准确，少许错误主要为尽可能表达丰富的内容所致；
使用了简单的语句间连接成分，所写内容连贯。
达到了预期的写作目的。
15分－17分
第三档 基本完成了试题规定的任务。
覆盖了内容要点；
运用的句式和词汇基本满足任务要求；
语法和用词方面有一些错误，但不影响理解。
基本达到了预期的写作目的。
12分－14分
第四档 未恰当完成试题规定的任务。
漏掉或未描述清楚主要内容；
所用句式和词汇有限；
语法或用词方面的错误影响了对所写内容的理解。
未能清楚地传达信息。
6分－11分
第五档 未完成试题规定的任务。
明显遗漏主要内容；
句式单调、词汇贫乏；
语法或用词方面错误较多，严重影响了对所写内容的理解。
1分－5分
0分 未能传达任何信息；所写内容与要求无关。
、ossible version:
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I am Li Hua from Class One, Senior Two. I’m writing in reply to the notice for host families. I think I have several reasons to accommodate one foreign friend. First, I believe my English is good enough to communicate with foreigners. Also, my good communication skills enable me to keep a good relationship with others. As for accommodation, my family live in a 4-room apartment and there is always a spare room for the guest. In addition, my home is very convenient in transportation. Its location makes it easy to take either subways or buses to most places. I have also got support from my parents, who said yes without hesitation when informed of my wish.
I would appreciate it if my application is taken into account.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
第二节 开放作文（15分）
一、评分原则：
1．本题总分为15分，按4个档次给分。
2．评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言质量初步确定其档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3．评分时应考虑：文章是否扣题，结构是否完整，内容是否充实、健康，思维是否活跃，逻辑是否清晰，语言是否规范，交际是否得体。
4．拼写、标点符号或书写影响内容表达时，应视其影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词汇用法均可接受。
5．词数少于50，从总分中减去1分。二、各档次的给分范围和要求：
第一档 完全完成了试题规定的任务。
内容充实，体现了活跃的思维和清晰的逻辑；
交际得体，表达时充分考虑到了交际对象的需求；
体现出较强的语言运用能力。
完全达到了预期的写作目的。
分－1分
第二档 基本完成了试题规定的任务。
内容、逻辑和交际等方面基本符合要求；
所用语法和词汇满足了任务的要求；
语法或用词方面有一些错误，但不影响理解。
基本达到了预期的写作目的。
9分－12分
第三档 未恰当完成试题规定的任务。
表达未能切题；
所用词汇有限，语法或用词方面的错误影响了对写作内容的理解。
未能清楚地传达信息。4分－8分
第四档 未完成试题规定的任务。
写了少量相关信息；
语法或用词方面错误较多，严重影响了对写作内容的理解。
1分－3分
0分 未传达任何信息；所写内容与要求无关。
三、ossible Version 1
In the picture, along the tracks come three runners. The one who takes the lead wears a smile on his face, despite the great distance he has covered. The other two, with sweat streaming down their faces, are clearly tired from running.
What the picture tries to convey is that success belongs to those who can keep up a good state of mind faced with life challenges. The smile on the face of the runner in the lead suggests that he enjoys the race, regardless of the hard work he has to devote. This definitely makes him stand out among the other competitors, who wear serious and painted expressions on their faces. Life is sometimes like a race with tracks stretching long. A good state of mind can actually bring out our best.
Possible Version 2
In the picture, three boys are running along the tracks. The first boy is running with ease and confidence. The last boy falls far behind, but he is still going all out for the race, with his teeth clenched.
It dawns on me that whatever situation we find ourselves in, never should we lose hope but press ahead. Standing a slim chance of catching up with the other two ahead of him, the persistent boy in the last place shows no sign of giving up and works even harder. His perseverance demonstrates a profound meaning in life. It often happens that hard as we may try, our efforts do not yield satisfying results. However, as long as we persevere in our determination and efforts, we are the champion of our own life “race”.