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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（教练）said that I had lots of potential（潜力）, 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，我成为我们的队长。

(2)playing正好与题目中的youthsports相呼应。

(3)equal意为“相同的”。与下文的more playing time相对照。

(4)business为“生意”；struggle为“斗争，挣扎”；attempt为“尝试”；pressure为“压力”。此处为“压力产生了”。

(5)private此处为“私人的”一对一的训练。

(6)此句的意思为“比赛”中的上场时间。

(7)与下文的“but we ran so much that...”相呼应，正合题意。

(8)training此处为“训练”。

(9)训练固然离不开跑步，但是不能跑得太多。

(10)我们累得连气都喘不过来。

(11)intended for意为“面向”。

(12)以前我很瘦，正合题意。

(13)意为“吃得太多不能跑步”。

(14)此句意为“压力过大，比平时出错更多”。

(15)end up doing sth．意为“结果是”。

(16)因为她们很有潜质，所以令人惋惜。

(17)她们从教练或父母那里感受到的压力。

(18)此处为“重新体会到”之意。

(19)本题考查介词的用法。for意为“为了”。

(20)calm down意为“心情平静下来”。