Question

I graduated from a small public school in Michigan. One day，Mr. Ledy，our football coach，asked me to play football. I couldn’t help  36  ：me，play football? I was six feet tall and was not much __37__ a hundred pounds in weight. I thought that they might just need  38    fool to increase the number of the players. However，he was persistent(堅(jiān)持的) and __39__I joined the football team. That           40  to be one of my best decisions as a kid.

Our worst game  __41__ was the one against Crystal Falls. They beat us 56 to 6. Yeah! That was a football not a basketball _42__. We played them again when we were seniors. They __43__ us again but the score was much more _44_，30 to 20.

Coach Ledy would not let that __45__ again. He encouraged us to beat them，to pay them back. And we did so in the last game we played before __46__. I had scored 6 points alone in the game. Coach Ledy praised me. It was a huge _47 for me.

Was I a football hero? Ha! Ha! No，I couldn’t __48__ it without our team. The thing I learned through football was __49__. We won as a team and we __50__ as a team.

I think Mr. Ledy would be __51__ of me if he knew that I had broken the athletic __52__ at the University of Michigan. I’m __53__to him as I would not have today’s honor without him. I’ll __54__life’s final war with pain to win the victory；I’ll seek the lights of glory wholeheartedly and I’ll __55__ working hard so as not to let him down.

36. A. shouting	B. screaming	C. laughing	D. applauding
37. A. up	B. over	C. more	D. out
38. A. another	B. other	C. some	D. any
39. A. immediately	B. secretly	C. personally	D. finally
40. A. took out	B. turned out	C. gave off	D. gave out
41. A. never	B. once	C. ever	D. again
42. A. game	B. team	C. story	D. score
43. A. won	B. met	C. beat	D. fought
44. A. accessible	B. comfortable	C. sensitive	D. acceptable
45. A. happen	B. succeed	C. spread	D. develop
46. A. liberation	B. closing	C. graduation	D. school
47. A. honor	B. hope	C. success	D. surprise
48. A. take	B. manage	C. solve	D. explain
49. A. courage	B. devotion	C. teamwork	D. contribution
50. A. united	B. appeared	C. prepared	D. lost
51. A. proud	B. fond	C. full	D. kind
52. A. time	B. record	C. date	D. ability
53. A. pleased	B. grateful	C. hopeful	D. loyal
54. A. fight	B. join	C. desire	D. enjoy
55. A. take on	B. put on	C. rely on	D. keep on

Answer 1

36—40 CBADB 

41—45 CDCDA 

46—50 CABCD 

51—55 ABBAD