Question

完形填空。

There was a football game on our school football field last week. We played     a team from a country school. They didn’t come     the last minute. They looked worse than we thought. They were wearing     clothes and looked like farm boys. We were sure we must be the     because we were always the best.

We found in     that they did much better than us after the game began. They     their best and they always played as a team. But we didn’t. Finally, we     the game and we all felt unhappy.

We thought much     the game. We’re too proud (骄傲). We’re good players, but we can’t     win. For us, the most important     is: One can’t judge (判断) a person only by his clothes. We’ll never forget the game!

1.A. for B. with C. between D. against

2.A. after B. until C. as soon as D. while

3.A. new B. old C. beautiful D. nice

4.A. winners B. losers C. players D. stars

5.A. surprising B. surprised C. surprise D. stars

6.A. tried B. try C. do D. doing

7.A. won B. lost C. missed D. caught

8.A. before B. after C. when D. as

9.A. never B. often C. usually D. always

10. A. match B. game C. lesson D. result

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.B

9.D

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者所在的足球队和来自一所乡村的学校的队比赛。来自乡村的足球队穿得很旧，但是他们踢球比作者所在的队要好。最后来自乡村的那队赢了。赛后，他们想了很多，总结的一个教训：不要根据衣服来判断一个人。

1.D考查介词及语境的理解。A. for 为了；B. with 和……一起；C. between 在两者之间； D. against反对；句意：我们和来自一所乡村的学校的队比赛。根据play against是“和……比赛，对决”之意，故选D。

2.B考查连词及语境的理解。A. after 在……之后；B. until 直到； C. as soon as 一……就……；D. while然而；句意：他们直到比赛最后一分钟才到。可知此处用到“直到……才……”，而not…until…正表此意，故选B。

3.B考查形容词及语境的理解。A. new 新的； B. old旧的；C. beautiful 漂亮的；D. nice好的；句意：他们穿着很旧的衣服，看起来像农村的孩子。根据a team from a country school. 的句意“对方是来自农村的一支球队”，用推理可知他们穿的非常旧，故选B。

4.A考查名词及语境的理解。A. winners 获胜者；B. losers 失败者；C. players队员；D. stars明星；句意：因为我们一直都是最棒的，相信这次也一定是获胜者。根据because we were always the best. 可知我们总是最好的，因此我们一定会赢，故选A。

5.C考查形容词及语境的理解。A. surprising令人惊讶的；B. surprised 感到惊讶的；C. surprise 使惊讶； D. stars明星；句意：比赛开始后，我们惊讶地发现他们比我们优秀。根据in surprise“吃惊地”是固定短语，故选C。

6.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. tried 努力；B. try 努力；C. do 做；D. doing做；句意：他们尽他们最大的努力，总是作为一个团队来比赛。根据try one’s best是固定短语，本句又是过去时，故选A。

7.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. won 赢；B. lost 输掉，失去；C. missed 错过；D. caught抓住；句意：我们输掉了比赛我们很不高兴。根据and we all felt unhappy.可知我们不高兴是因为我们输掉了比赛。故选B。

8.B考查连词及语境的理解。A. before 在……之前；B. after在……之后；C. when 当……时候；D. as作为；句意：赛后我们想了很多。结合上下文，应是在比赛输掉后，他们想了很多，故选B。

9.D考查副词及语境的理解。A. never 从不；B. often 经常；C. usually 经常；D. always总是；句意：我们是好球队但也不能总是会赢。But前后表示转折关系，前半句表示我们是优秀的队员，后半句表示我们不会总是赢，故选D。

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考点：考查人生百味类短文。