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专题09 2018年6月真题
--备战2023高考英语完形填空助力高考词汇积累(天津卷真题版)
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 learnt 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, but born.
16.A.luck B.tests C.efforts D.nature
17.A.experiment B.experience C.visit D.show
18.A.operating B.editing C.consulting D.coaching
19.A.su