Michael O’her lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. The father believed in encouragement.
Though Michael was the    1  of the class when he entered high school, his    2     continued to encourage him, but also made it very clear that he did not have to play    3    if he didn’t want to.
However, Michael loved football and was    4   to try his best at every practice. All through high school, he never     5    a practice or a game, but remained a bench warmer (替補(bǔ)隊(duì)員) all four years. His    6   father was always in the stands, with words of    7   for him.
It was the end of the football season, and as Michael ran slowly onto the practice field shortly     8   the big final game, the coach met him with a telegram. Michael    9     the telegram and became deathly silent—his father died that morning, and the sad man left for   10   immediately.
In the third quarter, when the team was ten points    11  , a silent young man eagerly    12   onto the sidelines. The coach and his players were shocked to see their team-mate back so    13 .
“Coach, please let me    14  . I have to play today,” said Michael. Feeling sorry for him, the coach     15  . Before long, nobody could believe their eyes. This small bench warmer played like a(n)    16  . He helped his team win finally.
When the team was cheering for their    17  , Michael was sitting in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, “You were fantastic! Tell me    18  you did it?”
Tears in eyes, Michael said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know he was blind?” He    19   a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could   20   me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”
小題1:
A．strongestB．smallestC．biggestD．youngest
小題2:
A．coachB．playersC．classmatesD．father
小題3:
A．footballB．gamesC．practicesD．basketball
小題4:
A．requiredB．determinedC．satisfiedD．reminded
小題5:
A．failedB．lostC．missedD．won
小題6:
A．sympatheticB．upsetC．faithfulD．optimistic
小題7:
A．encouragementB．judgmentC．wisdomD．a(chǎn)musement
小題8:
A．a(chǎn)fterB．sinceC．towardsD．before
小題9:
A．went throughB．turned overC．got overD．tore up
小題10:
A．schoolB．homeC．fieldD．class
小題11:
A．a(chǎn)headB．besideC．behindD．a(chǎn)way
小題12:
A．walkedB．ranC．climbedD．slipped
小題13:
A．quietlyB．sadlyC．happilyD．soon
小題14:
A．goB．fightC．workD．play
小題15:
A．leftB．refusedC．a(chǎn)greedD．cried
小題16:
A．starB．sonC．a(chǎn)mateurD．trainer
小題17:
A．victoryB．a(chǎn)wardC．memorialD．unity
小題18:
A．whyB．whenC．whereD．how
小題19:
A．spreadB．changedC．forcedD．stopped
小題20:
A．hearB．seeC．feelD．make

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:C
小題6:C
小題7:A
小題8:D
小題9:A
小題10:B
小題11:C
小題12:B
小題13:D
小題14:D
小題15:C
小題16:A
小題17:A
小題18:D
小題19:C
小題20:B
講述了一個感人的故事，父愛是偉大的，是深沉的。
小題1:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)16空前面的This small bench warmer可知B正確。
小題2:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)文章可知他父親一直鼓勵他。
小題3:上下文串聯(lián)。由后文可知。
小題4:詞義辨析。Ａ要求；Ｂ決定的；C滿意的；D提醒；句意：他決定在每一次練習(xí)中都全力以赴。
小題5:動詞辨析。A失敗；B失去；C錯過；Ｄ贏得；句意可知他一場比賽也沒有錯過。
小題6:形容詞辨析。A同情的；B難過的；C忠實(shí)的;忠誠的；D樂觀的；根據(jù)上下文可知忠誠的父親一直在那里支持他。
小題7:上下文串聯(lián)。由上下文可知父親說的都是鼓勵的話。
小題8:上下文辨析。由上下文可知是在決賽之前。
小題9:動詞短語辨析。A經(jīng)歷，詳細(xì)檢查，完成，通過；B移交，翻轉(zhuǎn)；C克服；D撕破;撕碎；句意：他仔細(xì)看了電報(bào)，得知父親去世了。
小題10:名詞辨析。父親去世了，他肯定是立刻回家了。
小題11:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)后文可知他們對一開始是落后的，后來在Michael的幫助下才獲勝。
小題12:動詞辨析。根據(jù)文章可知Michael迫切想幫助球隊(duì)獲勝，run最能表達(dá)這種心情。
小題13:副詞辨析。由上下文可知教練和隊(duì)友都很驚訝他這么快就回來了。
小題14:上下文聯(lián)系。由后句I have to play today，知道這里應(yīng)該是play.
小題15:上下文串聯(lián)。由后面Michael幫助球隊(duì)獲勝可知教練同意他上場比賽。
小題16:名詞辨析。A球星；B兒子；C業(yè)余從事者；D訓(xùn)練者；由后文可知他像球星一樣幫助球隊(duì)獲勝。
小題17:上下文辨析。由上下文可知是球隊(duì)?wèi)c祝勝利。
小題18:連詞辨析。由句意可知：你是如何做到的？
小題19:動詞辨析。Force a smile這里表示擠出一個微笑；
小題20:上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)前面父親是一個盲人，去世以后再天堂里他可以看見了，現(xiàn)在可以看著兒子比賽了。
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