Ⅲ.短文填空根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及所給首字母，填寫所缺單詞，每空格填一詞。

      Peter was the best table tennis player in his school and hardly ever lost a match. He hated losing anything. When he w1 ? he would feel really good. If he lost,he would feel terrible. It seemed to Peter that losing was the w 2 thing in the world.

      A new kid ? Albert,came to Peter’s school. He was good at table tennis too. Soon there would be a match b3 Peter and Albert. Peter worked hard to get ready for the match,but Albert didn ’ t seem to think m 4 of it. When the match began,Albert was a real player. There was always a smile on his face,w 5 Peter looked serious all the time. Peter thought it was so important to win the match that he even wanted to cheat (作弊) ，but he lost in the end.

      “You played very well,Peter. I think we can play again s 6 ,” said Albert.

       But Peter didn ’ t f7 happy and couldn ’ t fall asleep that night.

       One day,Peter saw Albert playing basketball. 8 he lost again and again,the happy smile never left his face. Peter found Albert was great at table tennis but bad at basketball. However ? he enjoyed b 9 of them.

       Whether he won or lost the game ? Albert enjoyed it. Peter came to r 10 that enjoying a game was much more important than winning it. He felt happier than ever before.

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1. won   2. worst   3. between   4. much   5. while   6. sometime   7. feel   8. Though  9. both   10. realize

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