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As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she __1__ out at the audience, __2__ to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had __3__ all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their __4__ compare in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.

The music __5__ and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music __6__ her along into her turns, and she began skating with much __7__ in herself. The cold fear she always had in the __8__ seconds before skating onto the ice was __9__. She was feeling the movement of the __10__ and letting it carry her. She skated easily,__11__ did some jumps, a final turn, and her performance was __12__.

The crowd loved it and cheered __13__ she skated off the ice. “Nice job,” said one of the other __14__. It was the remark that __15__ came after a free-skating performance. But what should the __16__ say? Standing beside her father, Peggy __17__ for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting __18__ alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 oclock the results were __19__. The new United States Womens Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Pasadena, __20__.

1. A. looked B. watched C. found D. stepped

2. A. failing B. looking forward

C. wanting D. hoping

3. A. bicycled B. driven C. run D. walked

4. A. friend B. children C. son D. daughter

5. A. started B. played C. developed D. sang

6. A. allow B. set out C. carry D. support

7. A. thought B. belief C. success D. design

8. A. following B. last C. recent D. past

9. A. lost B. present C. strong D. gone

10. A. music B. fear C. ice D. audience

11. A. so B. or C. before D. then

12. A. satisfied B. unsatisfactory C. finished D. welcome

13. A. because B. until C. before D. as

14. A. skaters B. parents C. judges D. present

15. A. always B. seldom C. again D. hardly

16. A. players B. audience C. judges D. parents

17. A. waited B. looked C. wished D. asked

18. A. comfortably B. hurriedly C. happily D. anxiously

19. A. cried out B. let out C. announced D. declared

20. A. Ohio B. Cleveland C. New York D. California

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