Question

【題目】 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 (態(tài)度) about our ability and potential (潛力). 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.lifeB.choiceC.workD.act

【2】A.strongB.newC.goodD.successful

【3】A.prepare forB.cheer forC.wait forD.study for

【4】A.takeB.feelC.loseD.build

【5】A.forB.likeC.withD.to

【6】A.baseballB.basketballC.footballD.volleyball

【7】A.relaxB.spreadC.improveD.protect

【8】A.even ifB.as ifC.only ifD.what if

【9】A.chancesB.developmentsC.offersD.excitements

【10】A.simplyB.differentlyC.completelyD.separately

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

本文講述了一位足球隊(duì)的領(lǐng)隊(duì)帶領(lǐng)自己的隊(duì)員從失敗到成功故事，闡述了沒(méi)有人天生就是贏家，成功需要不斷努力的道理。

【1】

句意：人們是通過(guò)自己的努力成為成功者的。

life生活；choice選擇；work工作；act行動(dòng)。根據(jù)前文“ No one is born a winner.” 可知，沒(méi)有人天生就是贏家，可以推斷出是通過(guò)他們自己的努力。故選C。

【2】

句意：學(xué)校的老球隊(duì)在春季訓(xùn)練結(jié)束時(shí)和新球隊(duì)比賽是一個(gè)傳統(tǒng)。

strong強(qiáng)壯的；new新的；good好的；successful成功的；根據(jù)后文“Being the leader of the new team...”可知，我是學(xué)校新球隊(duì)的隊(duì)長(zhǎng)，新老球隊(duì)需要比賽。故選B。

【3】

句意：老球隊(duì)沒(méi)有教練，他們甚至沒(méi)有為比賽做準(zhǔn)備。

prepare for為……做準(zhǔn)備；cheer for為……歡呼；wait for等待；study for為……學(xué)習(xí)。根據(jù)句意“老隊(duì)沒(méi)有教練，他們甚至不練習(xí)來(lái)_____比賽”，根據(jù)空后the game以及上文play against可知，他們?yōu)榕c新隊(duì)伍的比賽準(zhǔn)備。故選A。

【4】

句意：我們開(kāi)始做我們能做的一切來(lái)建立一點(diǎn)自豪感。

take拿；feel感覺(jué)；lose失去；build建立。根據(jù)上文“but we lost the game...”可推知，我們輸了比賽，但是“我們開(kāi)始做任何我們能做的來(lái)建立一點(diǎn)兒自尊心”，此處強(qiáng)調(diào)“建立”。故選D。

【5】

句意：最重要的是，我們開(kāi)始把自己當(dāng)成勝利者。

for因?yàn)�，為了�?/span>like像；with和……一起；to到……。根據(jù)上文“We started doing anything we could to build a little pride.”可知，我們開(kāi)始做一些事去建立自尊心，因此可推斷我們把自己像冠軍一樣看待，treat…like表示“像……一樣對(duì)待”。故選B。

【6】

句意：那個(gè)夏天，當(dāng)其他球隊(duì)享受他們的假期時(shí)，我們每天見(jiàn)面，練習(xí)傳球和踢球。

baseball棒球；basketball籃球；football足球；volleyball排球。根據(jù)上文“I was a leader of a football team…”可知，是足球隊(duì)，所以練習(xí)的是足球。故選C。

【7】

句意：六個(gè)月后，我們贏得了第一場(chǎng)和第二場(chǎng)比賽，并繼續(xù)提高。

relax放松；spread傳播；improve提高；protect保護(hù)。根據(jù)上文“…we won our first game and our second…”以及“Finally, we faced the number one team in our city.” 可知，先贏了第一場(chǎng)，然后第二場(chǎng)，最后面對(duì)的是城市里第一的隊(duì)伍，因此此空表示不斷“提高”。故選C。

【8】

句意：我們覺(jué)得即使輸了這場(chǎng)比賽，對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)仍然是一場(chǎng)勝利。

even if盡管；as if好像；only if只要；what if假如……會(huì)怎樣。根據(jù)句意“對(duì)于我們來(lái)說(shuō)依然是一個(gè)成功，_______ 我們輸?shù)袅诉@場(chǎng)比賽”可以推斷出，此處表示“即使”的含義，前后兩句構(gòu)成轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選A。

【9】

句意：我們打敗了最好的球隊(duì)，這是我們一生中最激動(dòng)人心的事情之一！

chances機(jī)會(huì)；developments發(fā)展；offers提供；excitements激動(dòng)。根據(jù)前文“We beat the best team…”可知，我們打敗了最棒的球隊(duì)，所以此處表示“成為了我們?nèi)松�中最為激�?dòng)的時(shí)刻之一”的含義。故選D。

【10】

句意：我們盡了最大的努力去看到不一樣的自己。

simply簡(jiǎn)單地；differently不同地；completely 完全地；separately分開(kāi)地。分析前句“Instead of seeing ourselves as losers, we pushed and encouraged each other.”并根據(jù)后文“We built ourselves into winners.”可以推斷出，盡管我們輸了但是我們把自己看作是冠軍，所以此處強(qiáng)調(diào)“不同地去看待自己”。故選B。