四、完形填空
In the 7th grade, I was known as the "smart girl"—the girl who always got the highest grades. But no one really expected me to be good at
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.
In PE class, we played volleyball and I was one of the
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players on my team. I was worried the whole time that the ball would hit me in the face. Every time the ball came my way, I would just duck(低头)and move away.
"Kelly, not all people are born to play sports. They don't
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you. You should just keep studying to get high grades," one of my classmates said. I was
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but I didn't say anything. Deep down, I believed he was right.
One day during the break, I saw a few girls playing soccer happily. I decided to give it a try and asked a girl
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I could join them. "You want to play soccer?" she laughed. "OK. But you have to be on the other team. I don't want my team to lose."
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, the other team accepted me and the captain(队长)gave me a few suggestions before the game started. However, nothing
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. You can imagine how clumsy(笨拙的)I was on the field.
But I heard a voice in my head, "You couldn't be that bad at soccer. Any progress in life takes
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. All you have to do is to keep trying and then wait. You shouldn't give up." Over the next few weeks, I practised really hard and gradually I could move more quickly and easily. I also became more
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and started scoring point after point for my team. I was proud that I had got others to change their minds through my hard work. When we had to pick team members, both teams wanted me to play on their side. They were fighting.
I was glad my effort
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. That spring, I proved that a brainy girl could also be good at a sport. I took pride in myself.
(
C
) 1. A. music B. art C. sports D. science
(
D
) 2. A. shortest B. tallest C. best D. worst
(
C
) 3. A. remain B. mention C. suit D. support
(
A
) 4. A. hurt B. worried C. tired D. bored
(
B
) 5. A. how B. whether C. who D. when
(
C
) 6. A. Otherwise B. However C. Anyway D. Besides
(
D
) 7. A. happened B. mattered C. appeared D. worked
(
B
) 8. A. money B. time C. spirit D. courage
(
B
) 9. A. organized B. confident C. outgoing D. social
(
C
)10. A. pointed out B. paid back C. paid off D. took off