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Don't Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

　　When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything tome. My coach 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 ___5___ one-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 nm 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)A.class	B.club	C.team	D.board
(2)A.playing	B.living	C.learning	D.working
(3)A.great	B.equal	C.right	D.extra
(4)A.business	B.struggle	C.attempt	D.pressure
(5)A.free	B.private	C.good	D.basic
(6)A.matches	B.courses	C.lessons	D.programs
(7)A.jump	B.play	C.run	D.shoot
(8)A.duty	B.meeting	C.operation	D.training
(9)A.necessary	B.boring	C.scientific	D.practical
(10)A.speaking	B.moving	C.sleeping	D.breathing
(11)A.used	B.intended	C.made	D.described
(12)A.till	B.since	C.before	D.because
(13)A.full	B.tired	C.lazy	D.big
(14)A.size	B.share	C.space	D.state
(15)A.gave	B.kept	C.ended	D.picked
(16)A.sad	B.shameful	C.silly	D.serious
(17)A.received	B.suffered	C.brought	D.felt
(18)A.reconsidered	B.rediscovered	C.reformed	D.replaced
(19)A.at	B.by	C.for	D.around
(20)A.fell	B.stepped	C.slowed	D.calmed

Answer 1

答案：C;A;B;D;B;A;C;D;A;D;B;C;A;B;C;A;D;B;C;D
解析：

(1) Captain of the team意為“足球隊隊長”。

(2) 此處指playing football. 綜觀全文，作者剛開始時在球隊沒有任何壓力(pressure)，以玩(playing)為主，隊員們都從中找到快樂(fun)。

(3) equal意為“平等的”“一樣多的”，從下文可以得到答案。

(4) 球隊取得好成績后，壓力隨之而來。

(5) 父母付給教練額外的(extra)的錢是為了能給他們孩子個別的一對一的訓練(one-on-one training)。

(6) 在比賽中。

(7) 根據下文可以作出判斷。此處從語法上講屬于動詞不定式充當表語(省略了不定式符號to)。

(8) 根據上文，球隊訓練就是讓隊員跑，作者對此感到很厭煩，所以希望訓練的時候天會下雨。

(9) 結合常識，跑對于足球隊員來說是必要的。

(10) 本句的含義是：跑得這樣多以至于孩子們呼吸感到困難。

(11) be intended/meant/designed/aimed for…的含義是“為了……”“為……而準備”。此處為過去分詞充當定語，修飾exercises。

(12) 在踢足球之前我非常瘦。

(13) 顯然是擔心吃的太多而跑不動。

(14) Make/take one's share意為“承受某人的那一份（壓力）”。此處作者認為這種訓練已經讓她這種年齡的孩子難以承受。

(15) end up doing sth.意為“以……而結束”，結合上下文，作者由于難以承受而最終離開球隊。

(16) 結合上下文，具備如此的潛力而最后選擇徹底放棄，這樣做令人感到傷心。

(17) feel pressure from…意為“感覺到來自……的壓力”。

(18) 在學校踢球，作者又重新找到了其中的快樂。

(19) 空格后him指的是教練，這樣答案就很明顯了。

(20) 根據上文relax（放松）即可作出判斷。calm down的含義為“定下心”“放松”。