Lionel Messi，___66___ player from the South American country Argentina，is one of the

Lionel Messi，___66___ player from the South American country Argentina，is one of the greatest soccer players alive today. At a young age，he ___67___ (move)to Spain and now plays ___678___ (profession)for the FC Barcelona. Messi started playing soccer at the age of 5 for a small soccer team ___69___ (own) by his father. Even as a young boy，he did very well. But when he was 11 years old，he found out he had a sickness which would prevent him from growing much ___70___ (tall)．There was a way to help him grow more，___71___his parents did not have enough money to pay for his medical needs. So，they looked around for a soccer club ___72___ would be able to do this for them. The clubs in Argentina couldn't help him，but the famous FC Barcelona in Spain offered ___73___ (accept) Messi on the junior team and pay for the bills. The Messi family happily took the offer and moved to Spain. In the FC Barcelona，Messi was one of the best___74___ (play)through his teen years. ___75___ his incredible talent， Messi has surprised the world.

66．a             67．moved          68．professionally       69．owned  70．taller

71．but          72．that/which      73．to accept               74．players    75．With

66．考查冠词。player是可数名词，且第一次在文章中出现，故用不定冠词修饰。

67．考查动词的时态。根据时间状语“At a young age”可知，此处表示过去发生的事情，故用一般过去时。

68．考查词性转换。此处用professionally修饰动词plays。

69．考查非谓语动词。own和a small soccer team构成动宾关系，故用过去分词作后置定语。

70．考查形容词比较级。much/far/any等副词往往修饰形容词或副词的比较级，根据语境可知，此处用taller。

71．考查连词。根据上下文语境可知，此处表示逻辑上的转折关系，故用转折连词but。

72．考查定语从句。that或which引导限定性定语从句，在从句中作主语，修饰先行词a soccer club。

73．考查非谓语动词。此处是固定词组offer to do sth，不定式短语作宾语，符合语境。

74．考查词性转换。根据提示the best和代词one可知，此处应用名词的复数形式。

75．考查介词。此处用with表示“具备，有”，其后跟名词、代词或动名词，符合语境。