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第二节 话题阅读
(2018·天津,完形填空)
No one is born a winner.People make themselves into winners by their own 16 .
I learned this lesson from a(n) 17 many years ago.I took the head 18 job at a school in Baxley,Georgia.It was a small school with a weak football program.
It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the 19 team at the end of spring practice.The old team had no coach,and they didn’t even practice to 20 the game.Being the coach of the new team,I was excited because I knew we were going to win,but to my disappointment we were defeated.I couldn’t 21 I had got into such a situation.Thinking hard about it,I came to 22 that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia,but they were 23 me.I had to change my 24 about their ability and potential.
I started doing anything I could to help them build a little 25 .Most important,I began to treat them like 26 .That summer,when the other teams enjoyed their 27 ,we met every day and 28 passing and kicking the football.
Six months after suffering our 29 on the spring practice field,we won our first game and our second,and continued to 30 .Finally,we faced the number one team in the state.I felt that it would be a 31 for us even if we lost the game.But that wasn’t what happened.My boys beat the best team in Georgia,giving me one of the greatest 32 of my life!
From the experience I learned a lot about how the attitude of the leader can 33 the members of a team.Instead of seeing my boys as losers,I pushed and 34 them.I helped them to see themselves 35 ,and they built themselves into winners.
Winners are made,not born.
语篇解读 本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过自己当教练的一次经历告诉我们:胜利者是创造出来的,而不是天生的。
16.A.luck B.tests
C.efforts D.nature
答案 C[来源:学科网]
解析 联系上句“No one is born a winner.(没有人天生是胜利者)”可知,人们成为胜利者靠的是自己的努力(efforts)。luck运气;test测试;nature自然,天性。
17.A.experiment B.experience
C.visit D.show
答案 B
解析 联系倒数第二段中的“From the experience”可知,“我”从很多年前的一次经历(experience)中明白了这个