Question

    No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own hard _________ .

Several years ago, I was a leader of a football team in a small school. It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the_________ team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to_____________ the game. Being the leader of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but we lost the game.

Thinking hard about it, we came to realize that we had to change the attitude (态度) about our ability and potential (潜力). We started doing anything we could to _________ a little pride. Most important, we began to treat ourselves___________ winners. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their vacations, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the _____________. Six months later, we won our first game and our second, and continued to_____________. Finally, we faced the number one team in our city. We felt that it would be still a victory for us_____________ we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. We beat the best team and that gave us one of the greatest _________ of our life!

I learned a lot from the experience. Instead of seeing ourselves as losers, we pushed and encouraged each other. We tried our best to see ourselves ____________ . We built ourselves into winners. Winners are made, not born.

1.A.life B.choice C.work D.act

2.A.strong B.new C.good D.successful

3.A.prepare for B.cheer for C.wait for D.study for

4.A.take B.feel C.lose D.build

5.A.for B.like C.with D.to

6.A.baseball B.basketball C.football D.volleyball

7.A.relax B.spread C.improve D.protect

8.A.even if B.as if C.only if D.what if

9.A.chances B.developments C.offers D.excitements

10.A.simply B.differently C.completely D.separately

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

6.C

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

本文讲述了一位足球队的领队带领自己的队员从失败到成功故事，阐述了没有人天生就是赢家，成功需要不断努力的道理。

1.

句意：人们是通过自己的努力成为成功者的。

life生活；choice选择；work工作；act行动。根据前文“ No one is born a winner.” 可知，没有人天生就是赢家，可以推断出是通过他们自己的努力。故选C。

2.

句意：学校的老球队在春季训练结束时和新球队比赛是一个传统。

strong强壮的；new新的；good好的；successful成功的；根据后文“Being the leader of the new team...”可知，我是学校新球队的队长，新老球队需要比赛。故选B。

3.

句意：老球队没有教练，他们甚至没有为比赛做准备。

prepare for为……做准备；cheer for为……欢呼；wait for等待；study for为……学习。根据句意“老队没有教练，他们甚至不练习来_____比赛”，根据空后the game以及上文play against可知，他们为与新队伍的比赛准备。故选A。

4.

句意：我们开始做我们能做的一切来建立一点自豪感。

take拿；feel感觉；lose失去；build建立。根据上文“but we lost the game...”可推知，我们输了比赛，但是“我们开始做任何我们能做的来建立一点儿自尊心”，此处强调“建立”。故选D。

5.

句意：最重要的是，我们开始把自己当成胜利者。

for因为，为了；like像；with和……一起；to到……。根据上文“We started doing anything we could to build a little pride.”可知，我们开始做一些事去建立自尊心，因此可推断我们把自己像冠军一样看待，treat…like表示“像……一样对待”。故选B。

6.

句意：那个夏天，当其他球队享受他们的假期时，我们每天见面，练习传球和踢球。

baseball棒球；basketball篮球；football足球；volleyball排球。根据上文“I was a leader of a football team…”可知，是足球队，所以练习的是足球。故选C。

7.

句意：六个月后，我们赢得了第一场和第二场比赛，并继续提高。

relax放松；spread传播；improve提高；protect保护。根据上文“…we won our first game and our second…”以及“Finally, we faced the number one team in our city.” 可知，先赢了第一场，然后第二场，最后面对的是城市里第一的队伍，因此此空表示不断“提高”。故选C。

8.

句意：我们觉得即使输了这场比赛，对我们来说仍然是一场胜利。

even if尽管；as if好像；only if只要；what if假如……会怎样。根据句意“对于我们来说依然是一个成功，_______ 我们输掉了这场比赛”可以推断出，此处表示“即使”的含义，前后两句构成转折关系。故选A。

9.

句意：我们打败了最好的球队，这是我们一生中最激动人心的事情之一！

chances机会；developments发展；offers提供；excitements激动。根据前文“We beat the best team…”可知，我们打败了最棒的球队，所以此处表示“成为了我们人生中最为激动的时刻之一”的含义。故选D。

10.

句意：我们尽了最大的努力去看到不一样的自己。

simply简单地；differently不同地；completely 完全地；separately分开地。分析前句“Instead of seeing ourselves as losers, we pushed and encouraged each other.”并根据后文“We built ourselves into winners.”可以推断出，尽管我们输了但是我们把自己看作是冠军，所以此处强调“不同地去看待自己”。故选B。