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Once, a group of boys decided to play a  soccer game. Each one of them would bring something used in professional matches. So one would bring the ball, another the whistle口哨；汽笛, another the goalposts门柱, others the goalkeeper守门员gloves, the comer flags角球旗, etc.

But before the game started, while they were picking the teams, there was a slight_______ . They decided that the boy who had brought the most ______ object would get to pick the teams. ____ , they couldn't decide which had been the most important one, so they thought it would be best to just start ______, using all the objects, and gradually get rid of what  people had brought, to see which things were truly needful必需的；需要的.

The first thing they got rid of was the whistle, because the referee(裁判) could just shout instead. Then they threw the goalkeeper gloves; they managed to save the ball just as well without them. Neither did they really ______when they stopped using the comer flags, nor when they replaced the goal posts with a couple of bins. And so they ______ , until finally they _____ the football with an old tin, and managed to keep playing.

While they were playing with the tin, a man and his son passed ______. Seeing the boys playing like that, the man said to his son: "Look, son. Learn from those kids over there. Without even a ball they're managing to play football,_____ they're never going to be able to improve playing that way." 

The boys heard him say this, and _______that because of their extreme pride and self-centeredness, what could have been a great match had _______a shameful display, which they were ______ enjoying at all. That moment, they decided to put their selfish opinions to one side, and they ______to start playing the match again, from the start, and with all the _____ equipment. No one thought about who was playing better or worse.

Then, they just concentrated on having fun and ________their game. And it was really a great game.

1.A. ceremony B. appreciation C. argument D. agreement

2.A. important B. expensive C. beautiful D. valuable

3.A. However B. So C. But D. Although

4.A. matching B. playing C. performing D. fighting

5.A. watch B. hear C. feel D. notice

6.A. stopped B. discussed C. continued D. ended

7.A. hid B. destroyed C. expected D. replaced

8.A. by B. on C. away D. down

9.A. even though B. as though C. so that D. no wonder

10.A. A. recognized B. realized C. afforded D. changed

11.A. put into B. turned into C. got into D. broken into

12.A. nearly B. finally C. usually D. hardly

13.A. agreed B. forced C. hoped D. refused

14.A. proper B. rapid C. impossible D. interesting

15.A. depending B. improving C. appreciating D. opening

Answer 1