题目内容
No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts.
I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head______job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.
It was a tradition for the schools old team to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even______to prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was______ because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated (打败). I couldn't believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to realize that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I had to ______ my attitude about their ability and potential (潜能).
I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most important, I began to treat them like______.That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football.
Six months after being defeated on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we ______ the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest thrills(兴奋,激动) of my life!
From the______I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can offers the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves______, and they built themselves into winners.
Winners are made, not born.
1.A.running B.driving C.coaching D.swimming
2.A.practice B.make C.learn D.forget
3.A.sorry B.worried C.brave D.excited
4.A.take B.change C.insist D.catch
5.A.winners B.losers C.teachers D.students
6.A.built B.faced C.trained D.thanked
7.A.show B.visit C.experience D.experiment
8.A.luckily B.easily C.carefully D.differently