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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 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 __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 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, be-cause 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．re-formed	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)the captain of my team，我成為我們的隊(duì)長。

(2)playing正好與題目中的youthsports相呼應(yīng)。

(3)equal意為“相同的”。與下文的more playing time相對照。

(4)business為“生意”；struggle為“斗爭，掙扎”；attempt為“嘗試”；pressure為“壓力”。此處為“壓力產(chǎn)生了”。

(5)private此處為“私人的”一對一的訓(xùn)練。

(6)此句的意思為“比賽”中的上場時(shí)間。

(7)與下文的“but we ran so much that...”相呼應(yīng)，正合題意。

(8)training此處為“訓(xùn)練”。

(9)訓(xùn)練固然離不開跑步，但是不能跑得太多。

(10)我們累得連氣都喘不過來。

(11)intended for意為“面向”。

(12)以前我很瘦，正合題意。

(13)意為“吃得太多不能跑步”。

(14)此句意為“壓力過大，比平時(shí)出錯(cuò)更多”。

(15)end up doing sth．意為“結(jié)果是”。

(16)因?yàn)樗齻兒苡袧撡|(zhì)，所以令人惋惜。

(17)她們從教練或父母那里感受到的壓力。

(18)此處為“重新體會(huì)到”之意。

(19)本題考查介詞的用法。for意為“為了”。

(20)calm down意為“心情平靜下來”。