Question

【题目】 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.runningB.drivingC.coachingD.swimming

【2】A.practiceB.makeC.learnD.forget

【3】A.sorryB.worriedC.braveD.excited

【4】A.takeB.changeC.insistD.catch

【5】A.winnersB.losersC.teachersD.students

【6】A.builtB.facedC.trainedD.thanked

【7】A.showB.visitC.experienceD.experiment

【8】A.luckilyB.easilyC.carefullyD.differently

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【解析】

作者作为一个新球队的教练，在球队失利的情况下，通过改变自己对球员的态度，帮助他们建立自豪感，努力训练，终于获胜的故事，得到的启迪——获胜者不是天生的，是努力创造的。

【1】句意：我在乔治亚州巴克斯利的一所学校担任总教练工作。

running跑；driving驾驶；coaching教练；swimming游泳；根据下文作者带领球队取得胜利，可知空格指“在学校当总教练”；故选C。

【2】句意：老队没有教练，他们甚至没有练习准备比赛。

practice练习、训练；make制造；learn学习；forget忘记；根据常识，赛前通常要训练；根据下文“I was excited because I knew we were going to win,”推断空格指“没有训练”，所以作者很兴奋以为会赢；故选A。

【3】句意：作为新球队的教练，我很兴奋，因为我知道我们会赢的。

sorry遗憾的；worried着急的；brave勇敢的；excited兴奋的；根据上文“they didn't even practice to prepare for the game.” ，由上文可知作者知道老队甚至没有赛前训练，作为新队的教练，推测他是很“兴奋”，以为会赢；故选D。

【4】句意：我不得不改变对他们能力和潜力的看法。

take拿走；B. change改变；insist坚持；catch捉住；由上文可知老队在没有任何赛前训练的情况下赢了作者的球队，让作者反思自己，作为教练他要改变自己对球员的态度和潜能；故选 B。

【5】句意：最重要的是，我开始把他们当作获胜者。

winners获胜者；losers失败者；teachers老师；students学生；根据上文“I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride”，要帮助队员建立一点自豪感，推断空格指“把他们当获胜者”；故选A。

【6】句意：最后，我们面对的是该州的1号球队。

built建立；faced面对；trained训练；thanked谢谢；由上文可知作者的球队赢得了第一场、第二场比赛，并且继续进步。推断空格指“终于，要和一号球队比赛”；故选 B。

【7】句意：从这次的经历我学到很多关于领导者的态度怎样为团队成员提供帮助。

show显示；visit参观；experience经历；experiment实验；由上文可知，作者通过改变自己对球员的态度，鼓励他们帮助他们建立自信，终于带领球队获胜；推断下文意为“通过这次的经历，他学到怎样成为一个领导者” ；故选C 。

【8】句意：我帮助他们以不同的眼光看待自己，他们把自己塑造成获胜者。

luckily幸运地；easily简单地；carefully仔细地；differently不同地；由上文可知，作者在球队失利的情况下，通过改变自己对球员的态度，把他们当获胜者而不是失败者，由此推断空格指“以不同的眼光看待自己”；故选 D。