第二节 完型填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth
Sports
When I
joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to
me. My coach (教练)said that
I had lots of potential (潜力), and I became captain of my 36 . That was
before all the fun was taken out of 37 .
At first,
everyone on the team got 38 playing time. Then
the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and
the 39 started. Some parents, who had paid the
coach extra so their daughters could have 40 one-on-one
training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our
41 . The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun
out of the game: All we did during practice was 42 . I
always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the
43 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 44
. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble
45 . Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises
46 for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin
47 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t
eat much, because I was afraid of being too 48
to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more
than my usual 49 .
Is all this
pressure necessary ? I 50 up leaving the
football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing
football completely. That’s 51 , because they had so
much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they
52 from the coach or their parents.
I continued
playing football at school and 53 my love for
it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started
playing 54 him, he told me I needed to relax
because I looked nervous. After I 55 down, I played
better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.
36. A. class B.
club C.
team D.
board
37. A. playing B.
living C.
learning D.
working
38. A. great B.
equal C.
right D.
extra
39. A. business B.
struggle C.
attempt D.
pressure
40. A. free B.
private C.
good D.
basic
41. A. matches B.
courses C.
lessons D.
programs
42. A. jump B.
play C.
run D.
shoot
43. A. duty B.
meeting C.
operation D.
training
44. A. necessary B.
boring C.
scientific D.
practical
45. A. speaking B.
moving C.
sleeping D.
breathing
46. A. used B.
intended C.
made D.
described
47. A. till B.
since C.
before D.
because
48. A. full B.
tired C.
lazy D.
big
49. A. size B.
share C.
space D.
state
50. A. gave B.
kept C.
ended D.
picked
51. A. sad B.
shameful C.
silly D.
serious
52. A. received B.
suffered C.
brought D.
felt
53. A. reconsidered B.
rediscovered C.
re-formed D.
replaced
54. A. at B. by C.
for D.
around
55. A. fell B.
stepped C.
slowed D.
calmed