Question

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(教練) said that I had lots of potential(潛力), and I became captain of my 1. That was before all the fun was taken out of 2.
At first, everyone on the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 5one-on-one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our 6. The coach was replaced.
The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game. All we did during practice was 7. I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8. Of course, all teams run drills; they are 9. But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10. Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises 11 for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin 12 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14.
Is all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s 16, because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 17 from the coach or their parents.
I continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      class
   2. B.
      club
   3. C.
      team
   4. D.
      board
2. 2.
   1. A.
      playing
   2. B.
      living
   3. C.
      learning
   4. D.
      working
3. 3.
   1. A.
      great
   2. B.
      equal
   3. C.
      right
   4. D.
      extra
4. 4.
   1. A.
      business
   2. B.
      struggle
   3. C.
      attempt
   4. D.
      pressure
5. 5.
   1. A.
      free
   2. B.
      private
   3. C.
      good
   4. D.
      basic
6. 6.
   1. A.
      matches
   2. B.
      courses
   3. C.
      lessons
   4. D.
      programs
7. 7.
   1. A.
      jump
   2. B.
      play
   3. C.
      run
   4. D.
      shoot
8. 8.
   1. A.
      duty
   2. B.
      meeting
   3. C.
      operation
   4. D.
      training
9. 9.
   1. A.
      necessary
   2. B.
      boring
   3. C.
      scientific
   4. D.
      practical
10. 10.
    1. A.
       speaking
    2. B.
       moving
    3. C.
       sleeping
    4. D.
       breathing
11. 11.
    1. A.
       used
    2. B.
       intended
    3. C.
       made
    4. D.
       described
12. 12.
    1. A.
       till
    2. B.
       since
    3. C.
       before
    4. D.
       because
13. 13.
    1. A.
       full
    2. B.
       tired
    3. C.
       lazy
    4. D.
       big
14. 14.
    1. A.
       size
    2. B.
       share
    3. C.
       space
    4. D.
       state
15. 15.
    1. A.
       gave
    2. B.
       kept
    3. C.
       ended
    4. D.
       picked
16. 16.
    1. A.
       sad
    2. B.
       shameful
    3. C.
       silly
    4. D.
       serious
17. 17.
    1. A.
       received
    2. B.
       suffered
    3. C.
       brought
    4. D.
       felt
18. 18.
    1. A.
       reconsidered
    2. B.
       rediscovered
    3. C.
       reformed
    4. D.
       replaced
19. 19.
    1. A.
       at
    2. B.
       by
    3. C.
       for
    4. D.
       around
20. 20.
    1. A.
       fell
    2. B.
       stepped
    3. C.
       slowed
    4. D.
       calmed

Answer 1

CABDB ACDAD BCABC ADBCD
1. C。由第一段第一句知作者參加的是一個足球隊，球隊用team，captain of my team“球隊隊長”。
2. A。由選項和第一段的內容可知需要填一個動名詞與football搭配，
3. B。從本段倒數第二句“有些家長想讓教練多給自己的孩子一些上場的時間”可反推出剛開始大家的機會均等。
4. D。pressure“壓力”。下文講了來自父母、教練的壓力，從第五段第一句和最后一句也可得到啟示。
5. B。one-on-one training的意思是一對一的個別輔導，其主語their daughters，即那些給過教練好處的隊員，private“私人的，個人的”比good“好的”更能體現這一層關系。
6. A。從their daughters could have private one-on-one training可知那些父母的孩子已經在訓練中得到了更多的指導，所以那些父母不可能為訓練生氣，排除B 、C、D。
7. C。從該空后面的內容可推知他們的訓練只是跑步。
8. D。這一段講的是訓練枯燥無味，所以“我”總是祈禱上帝下雨的目自然是中止訓練。
9. A。由句前的Of course可知作者這里在承認跑步訓練是必要的，也為下一句的轉折呼應。
10. D。本句用的是so…that句型，表示結果，跑得太多的結果是上氣不接下氣。
11. B。非謂語動詞做定語，be intended for“專門為……而設計”，意思是不應該讓青少年進行適合成人的運動。
12. C。從句意上排除A、B、D三項。
13. A。這里考的是too…to…，“太飽而不能跑步”，這是作者不能多吃的原因。
14. B。share有分擔的意思，這里指分內的事。
15. C。give up doing“放棄做某事”；keep up something“保持”；pick up something“拾起，學到”；end up“告終，結束”，因為各種壓力作者最終不得不離開這支球隊，C項最合適。
16. A。有潛力的隊員卻完全停止了踢球這是多么可惜的事。sad“令人悲傷的,令人難過的”；shameful“可恥的”；silly“傻的”；serious“嚴重的”，四個選項中sad最貼近文意。
17. D。這里需要填的是the pressure在從句中的謂語，從句的主語they指的是退役的隊員，他們不是壓力的帶來者，排除C；正因為他們不愿意接受也受不了這種壓力才選擇離開，排除A；suffer后要加from。
18. B。reconsider“重新考慮”；rediscover“重新發現”；reform“改革”；replace“代替”。R這一段講的就是作者如何重新找到對足球的喜愛的，所以選rediscover。
19. C。此題用排除法，by 和around都有在……旁邊的意思，要選都要選，排除，play at后接游戲名，是做……游戲的意思，排除。
20. D 。calm down是鎮定下來，平靜下來，意思與教練的話相符。