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Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

　　When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything tome. My coach said that I had lots of potential（潜力）, and I became captain of my ___1___ That was before all the fun was taken out of ___2___.

　　At first, everyone on the team got ___3___ playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the ___4___ started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have ___5___ one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our ___6___. The coach was replaced.

　　The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game：All we did during practice was ___7___. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the ___8___. Of course, all teams nm drills; they are ___9___. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble ___10___. Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises ___11___ for 18-year-olds.

　　I was very thin ___12___ I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because I was afraid of being too ___13___ to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual ___14___.

　　Is all this pressure necessary? I ___15___ up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That's ___16___, because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they ___17___ from the coach or their parents.

　　I continued playing football at school and ___18___ my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing ___19___ him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I ___20___ down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it's a lot easier to do it well.

　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　 　　

(1)A.class	B.club	C.team	D.board
(2)A.playing	B.living	C.learning	D.working
(3)A.great	B.equal	C.right	D.extra
(4)A.business	B.struggle	C.attempt	D.pressure
(5)A.free	B.private	C.good	D.basic
(6)A.matches	B.courses	C.lessons	D.programs
(7)A.jump	B.play	C.run	D.shoot
(8)A.duty	B.meeting	C.operation	D.training
(9)A.necessary	B.boring	C.scientific	D.practical
(10)A.speaking	B.moving	C.sleeping	D.breathing
(11)A.used	B.intended	C.made	D.described
(12)A.till	B.since	C.before	D.because
(13)A.full	B.tired	C.lazy	D.big
(14)A.size	B.share	C.space	D.state
(15)A.gave	B.kept	C.ended	D.picked
(16)A.sad	B.shameful	C.silly	D.serious
(17)A.received	B.suffered	C.brought	D.felt
(18)A.reconsidered	B.rediscovered	C.reformed	D.replaced
(19)A.at	B.by	C.for	D.around
(20)A.fell	B.stepped	C.slowed	D.calmed

Answer 1

答案：C;A;B;D;B;A;C;D;A;D;B;C;A;B;C;A;D;B;C;D
解析：

(1) Captain of the team意为“足球队队长”。

(2) 此处指playing football. 综观全文，作者刚开始时在球队没有任何压力(pressure)，以玩(playing)为主，队员们都从中找到快乐(fun)。

(3) equal意为“平等的”“一样多的”，从下文可以得到答案。

(4) 球队取得好成绩后，压力随之而来。

(5) 父母付给教练额外的(extra)的钱是为了能给他们孩子个别的一对一的训练(one-on-one training)。

(6) 在比赛中。

(7) 根据下文可以作出判断。此处从语法上讲属于动词不定式充当表语(省略了不定式符号to)。

(8) 根据上文，球队训练就是让队员跑，作者对此感到很厌烦，所以希望训练的时候天会下雨。

(9) 结合常识，跑对于足球队员来说是必要的。

(10) 本句的含义是：跑得这样多以至于孩子们呼吸感到困难。

(11) be intended/meant/designed/aimed for…的含义是“为了……”“为……而准备”。此处为过去分词充当定语，修饰exercises。

(12) 在踢足球之前我非常瘦。

(13) 显然是担心吃的太多而跑不动。

(14) Make/take one's share意为“承受某人的那一份（压力）”。此处作者认为这种训练已经让她这种年龄的孩子难以承受。

(15) end up doing sth.意为“以……而结束”，结合上下文，作者由于难以承受而最终离开球队。

(16) 结合上下文，具备如此的潜力而最后选择彻底放弃，这样做令人感到伤心。

(17) feel pressure from…意为“感觉到来自……的压力”。

(18) 在学校踢球，作者又重新找到了其中的快乐。

(19) 空格后him指的是教练，这样答案就很明显了。

(20) 根据上文relax（放松）即可作出判断。calm down的含义为“定下心”“放松”。