The athlete's years of hard workingwhen she finally won the Olympic gold medal.A. went onB

问题补充：

The athletes years of hard workingwhen she finally won the Olympic gold medal.

A. went on

B. got over

C. ended up

D. paid off

答案：

A. went on

B. got over

C. ended up

(答案→)D. paid off

解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：当那位运动员最终获得奥运会金牌时，她多年的努力有了回报。A继续；B克服；C结束；D偿清，回报。故选D。