Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the " shoulders" he's standing on,the heritage (遺產(chǎn)，繼承物) he's been given. That's what happened when a young man,the son of a star baseball player,was drafted by one of the minor league teams. As hard as he tried,his first season was disappointing,and by midseason he expected to be released any day.

The coaches were bewildered (迷惑) by his failure because he possessed all the characteris?tics of a superb athlete,but he couldn't seem to incorporate (組合) those advantages into a coor?dinated (協(xié)調(diào)的) effort. He seemed to have become disconnected from his potential.

His future seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter's box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a timeout and trotted to the pitcher's mound for a conference. While they were busy,the um?pire,standing behind the plate,spoke casually to the boy.

Then play resumed (重新恢復(fù)) ，the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning point. From then on,he played the game with a new con?fidence and power that quickly drew the attention of the parent team,and he was called up to the majors.

On the day he was leaving for the city,one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied that it was the encouraging remark the umpire had made that day when his baseball career had seemed doomed.

"He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood behind my dad in the batter's box," the boy explained. "He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. And he told me, 'I can see his genes in you; you have your father's arms.，After that,whenever I swung the bat,I just imagined I was using Dad's arms instead of my own."

(   ) 5. According to the passage,the greatest trouble to the young man is         .

   A. he was the son of a star baseball player

   B. he had his potential characteristics

   C. he was unable to put his potential into accomplishing something

   D. he had no confidence and power

(   ) 6. Which of the following words can best describe the young man's change?

   A. Encouraging words. B. The characteristics of a superb athlete.

   C. New confidence and power. D. His father's genes.

(   ) 7. What does the underlined word "doomed" refer to?

   A. Changed. B. Destroyed. C. Developed. D. Improved.

(   ) 8. According to the passage,which can best describe the future of the young man?

   A. Taking the encouraging words as his motto,the young man would change his oc?cupation.

   B. Bearing the encouraging words in mind,the young man would have a promising future.

   C. Encouraged by the words,the young man would try no efforts to realize his goals.

   D. Remembering the words,the young man would incorporate his disadvantages.

 CABB

本文主要講述鼓舞和激勵(lì)對(duì)人產(chǎn)生的巨大作用。

5. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第二自然段給出答案的出處。

6. A 推理判斷題。答案A給出了全文的中心，正是這些鼓勵(lì)的話(huà)，才使這個(gè)年輕人有了徹底的轉(zhuǎn)變。

7. B詞義猜測(cè)題。

8. B意圖揣摩題。

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