5. A. free　　　 B. private　　 C. good　　　　 D. basic

答案：B　 指导：因多付了钱而希望得到教练的私下训练。

4. A. business　 B. struggle　 C. attempt　　 D. pressure

答案：D　 指导：出名后，球员开始有压力。

3. A. great　　　 B. equal　　　 C. right　　　 D. extra

答案：B　 指导：根据上下文可知，起初每个人有平等的训练和比赛时间。

2. A. playing　　 B. living　　 C. learning　　 D. working

答案：A　 指导：全文讲足球运动的情况，而不是生活、工作或学习的情况。

1. A. class　　　 B. club　　　 C. team　　　　 D. board

答案：1．C　 指导：我成为足球队队长

2.(典型例题

Don's 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-old.

　　　 I was very thin　 12　 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because 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 hurned-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.

20．D　 解析：根据上文的内容可判断出作者为自己的作文具有使人们大笑的威力而感到高兴。

19．B　 解析：for表示原因，说明自己高兴的原因。

18．D　 解析：pleasure"愉快，乐事”。根据下文中的what I was feeling was pure happiness可判断出作者当时内心充满了愉悦，但是在同学面前他尽力掩饰这种情绪。

17.C 解析：根据下文the whole class was laughing with openhearted enjoyment可判断出同学们听了老师朗读的短文后，开始有一些同学笑了起来，接着全班同学开心地笑了起来。