When I was13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team.That meant  21�

When I was13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team.That meant  21  Miller King,who was the best   22  at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out.I carried my football everywhere for   23.

Just before September,Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm.I went to see him after he came back from  24  .He looked very   25  ,but he didn^`t cry.

That season,I 26  all of Miller`srecords while he  27  the home games from the bench.We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player,  28  I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s  29  .

One afternoon,I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller 30  going over a fence—which wasn’t 31  to climb if you had both arms.I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept 32 from.But even that challenge he accepted.I 33  him move slowly over the fence.When we were finally  34  on the other side,he said to me,＂You know,I didn’t tell you this during the season,but you did 35 .Thank you for filling in for  36 .＂

His words freed me from my bad 37.I thought to myself,how even without an arm he was more of a leader.Damaged but not defeated,he was 38  ahead of me. I was right to have 39 him.From that day on，I grew 40 and a little more real.

21.A. cheering for       B.beating out       C. relying on        D.staying with

22.A.coach                B.student        C. teacher           D.player

23.A.practice             B. show              C. comfort                 D.pleasure

24.A.school               B. vacation          C. hospital           D.training

25.A. pale                   B. calm               C. relaxed            D.ashamed

26.A. held                  B. broke              C. set                  D.tried

27.A.reported             B.judged             C. organized         D.watched

28.A.and                B. then                 C. but                        D.thus

29.A. decision             B. mistake           C.accident          D.sacrifice

30.A.stuck                 B. hurt                C. tried               D.lost

31.A. steady               B. hard                C. fun                 D.fit

32.A.praise                B. advice             C. assistance       D.apology

33.A.let                     B. helped             C. had                 D.noticed

34.A. dropped             B. ready              C. trapped           D.safe

35.A.fine                    B.wrong             C. quickly           D.normally

36.A. us                     B. yourself                 C. me                        D.them

37.A.memories           B. ideas               C. attitudes          D.dreams

38.A.still                 B. also                C. yet                        D.just

39.A. challenged         B.cured              C. invited            D.admired

40.A.healthier          B. bigger             C. cleverer           D.cooler

21. B  22. D  23. A  24. C  25. A  26. B  27. D  28. C  29. C  30. A  31. B  32. C  33. B  34. D

35. A  36. C  37. D  38. A  39. D  40. B

【解析】

试题分析：文章讲述了一个与足球有关的故事。作者想成为球队里最棒的球员，并向最优秀的球员Miller看齐。为了实现梦想，作者刻苦训练，在Miller受伤之后，作者脱颖而出，成为最有价值的球员。作者的表现也得到了Miller认可。

21. B考查动词短语辨析。A. cheering for为……欢呼；B. beating out打败；C. relying on依靠；D. staying with

和……待在一起。根据＂become the star on our football team＂可知，要想成为球队里的明星，就要打败最优

秀的球员，故选B。

22. D考查名词辨析。A.coach教练；B. student学生；C. teacher教师；D. player选手，球员。全校最好的球

员是Miller King，故选D。

23. A考查名词辨析。A.practice练习；B. show演出，表现，节目；C. comfort安慰；D. pleasure乐趣。作者

随身带着足球是为了练习，故选A。

32. C考查名词辨析。A.praise表扬；B. advice建议；C. assistance帮助；D. apology道歉。作者认为Miller

最不愿接受作者的帮助，the last最不可能的，故选C。

33. B考查动词辨析。A.let让；B. helped帮助；C. had有，使；D. noticed注意到。根据＂he accepted＂可知，

Miller接受了作者的帮助，故选B。

34.D考查形容词辨析。A. dropped；B. ready准备好的；C. trapped被困住的；D. safe安全的。作者和Miller

两人成功翻过篱笆，故选D。

35.A考查副词辨析。A.fine够好，可接受；B. wrong错误地；C. quickly迅速；D. normally正常。Miller认

为作者表现得很好，故选A。

36.C考查代词辨析。A. us我们；B. yourself 你自己； C. me我；D. them他们。Miller感谢作者填补了他的

空缺，故选C。

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