题目内容
How did a high school football coach build a championship dynasty by never playing to win? In Smith Center, Kansas, Roger Barta, 64, a longtime coach and former math teacher at Smith Center High School, wearing a red shirt, stood before his players.“…Guys.We don't talk about winning and losing.We talk about getting a little better every day, about being a team.” Over the next four months, his team went on to beat other teams, winning another perfect season.
Barta grew up in Plainville, and when a back injury ended Barta's playing career, he wasn't sure whether he wanted to be a college student.One summer, he took a job in the Kansas oil fields.It took him a single rainy day of working in the field to realize that university was for him.“I almost froze to death,” he says.He looked around at his co-workers, who were aged beyond their years."They were all missing fingers and teeth.I didn't want to do that for the rest of my life."
He returned to Fort Hays State to earn a mathematics degree and went on to get a master's in math education at the University of Georgia.Today, Barta spends as much time helping players figure out what they want to do with their lives as he does coaching.
To most kids here, Barta is not just a winning coach but also a mentor(导师,顾问).Barta insists that the members of his team be well-rounded.During last year's playoffs(附加赛), for instance, Joe Osburn was struggling with Macbeth in English class.Barta told him that either he mastered Shakespeare or his season was finished.Barta got the captains involved, and they took turns quizzing Osburn on his lines of Shakespeare.He pulled his grades up and kept playing.
“Roger likes everything about football,” says Barta's wife, Pam.“But what he loves most is watching the boys learn a little more.”
1.What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?
A.How Barta built a championship dynasty?
B.Barta’s career as a coach.
C.How Barta taught his students football skills.
D.Barta’s attitude towards winning and losing.
2.From the the passage we know Barta .
A.hurt his back in an oil field
B.didn’t want to be a college student
C.wasn’t satisfied with being an oil worker
D.began his playing career at high school
3.Which of the following statements about Barta is TRUE??
A.He earned his master’s degree from Fort Hays State.
B.He helps his players deal with life.
C.He likes Shakespeare very much.
D.He loves football more than anything else.
4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A.How to Be a Good Football Coach
B.A Brief Introduction to Roger Barta
C.Coach and Math Teacher—Roger Barta
D.Life Coach—Roger Barta
A
C
B
D
【解析】
When people hear that I’m the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean, they all have the same question: How did a 22-year old woman row a 19-foot boat for 70 days through high winds and crashing waves? Well, the biggest difficulty for me wasn’t physical. By the time I decided to do the ocean row, I had already biked 3,300 miles cross-country, run across the Mojave Desert, and swum the 325-mile length of the Allegheny River. No, the tough part would be mental: How would I handle the loneliness, the boredom of the vast sea?
I set off on January 3, 2010. I set my sights on getting past the quarter-way mark, which would take about 20 days.
Day 20, January 22, was gray and cloudy. I could have done something to celebrate, such as treating myself to a chocolate bar. But I didn’t.
I was suffering from terrible loneliness. I hadn’t seen landing over two weeks. Every day was beginning to feel the same. Eating, rowing, sleeping, watch the sky, watch the ocean.
Then, around sunset, I saw something move on the horizon. They were dolphins! They circled my boat. Suddenly I felt so grateful. They had come to help me celebrate, just when I needed them. I rowed at full strength for the next 20 minutes with the dolphins around. By the time we went our separate ways, I was no longer lonely. Better yet, I knew I would be okay.
I did make it, all 2,817 miles. I hit the coast of Guyana, South America, on March 14, after 70 days and five hours at sea. My ocean row raised $70,000 for the Blue Planet Run Foundation, which funds drinking water programs around the world. I know some athletes spend the entire journey imagining the end, and that helps them get through. But for me, the secret is to focus on the moment, where you experience the personal growth — those moments of awareness of being connected to the sun, the weather, and the waves. And, on the best day of my life, those dolphins, which freed myself from terrible loneliness.
【小题1】Which is the step taken as part of preparation for the tough row?
A.swimming the 325-mile length of the river |
B.answering the same question raised by people |
C.running 3,300 miles cross-country |
D.biking across the Mojave Desert |
A.I didn’t have any chocolate bar for energy. |
B.I wasn’t in the mood to celebrate my first goal. |
C.It’s a pity not to celebrate my passing the quarter of the way |
D.It’s a pity not to treat myself to a chocolate bar on Day 20. |
A.Imagination was an effective way to help me get through. |
B.The Blue Planet Run Foundation helped me a lot. |
C.The dolphins accompanied me to reach my destination |
D.The unexpected dolphins swept away my loneliness |
A.The day I stopped being lonely |
B.The only challenge for a 22-year old |
C.How to overcome loneliness at sea. |
D.How to row alone across the Atlantic |