Mike was 10 years old and he went to the Ashland School. He was very good at football, so he was ___

Mike was 10 years old and he went to the Ashland School. He was very good at football, so he was _____ in the school team. He always played very well in the games and matches, and be scored a lot of goals. One day Mike said to his parents, “We are playing _____the Gum Tree School. Can you come and see us play football?” And they _____ to come.

The match was in the park. The Gum Tree School team wore green shirts and blue shorts, _____ Mike’s team wore white shirts and red shorts. In the first two ______of the match, Mike ran with the ball and kicked it into the _____. All the Ashland School boys and their families were very _____ to see it.

After that, Mike scored two again before half time. Then in the second half of the match he almost scored ______goal, but he hardly touched the ball with his _____, and the goalkeeper caught it easily and threw it out again.

After the match, Mike’s father said to him, “You missed a good chance to score another goal then, Mike. Why did you kick it ______?”

“Because there were tears in the goalkeeper’s eyes,” Mike answered.

【1】A. chosen B. played C. made D. beaten

【2】A. with B. against C. for D. at

【3】A. failed B. hoped C. wanted D. agreed

【4】A. so B. but C. and D. or

【5】A. hours B. seconds C. minutes D. halves

【6】A. door B. goal C. gate D. room

【7】A. happy B. angry C. sorry D. amazed

【8】A. any’ other B. other C. the other D. another

【9】A. hand B. foot C. leg D. shoulder

【10】A. weakly B. nicely C. badly D. hardly

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】A

【解析】

本文主要描述迈克同橡胶树学校踢球的情景。迈克10岁了，他在阿什兰学校上学。他足球踢得很好，因此被选入校队。一天，阿什兰学校同橡胶树学校在公园比赛，家长和师生都去观看；前半场他得了两个球，之后，迈克在半场前又得了两球。然后，下半场，在比赛中他差点进一个球，但他的脚几乎没有碰到球，守门员很容易抓到它，又丢了出去。比赛结束后，迈克的父亲问迈克为什么踢得那么弱？ “因为守门员的眼睛里噙着泪水”迈克回答到。

【1】句意：他足球踢得很好，因此被选入校队。A. chosen选择；B. played演出；演奏；参加比赛；C. made做，制造；D. beaten打败；敲打。结合句意和语境可知选A。

【2】句意：我们同橡胶学校比赛。A. with随着；和，跟；有；B. against反对，违反；靠；倚；C. for为了；因为；给；对于；D. at在，达。短语 play against 同……比赛；结合句意和语境可知选B。

【3】句意：他们同意来。A. failed失败；B. 希望；C. wanted想要；D. agreed同意。结合句意和语境可知选D。

【4】句意：口香糖学校的校队穿着绿色的衬衫和蓝色的短裤，迈克的团队穿着白色衬衫和红色短裤。A. so因此，表因果关系；B. but但是，表示转折关系；C. and和，表示并列或顺承关系；D. or或者，表示选择关系。前后句子的关系是并列关系，结合句意和语境可知选C。

【5】句意：在比赛的前两分钟，迈克把球踢进了球门。A. hours小时；B. seconds秒；C. minutes分钟；D. halves两等份，半。结合句意和语境可知选C。

【6】句意：在比赛的前两分钟，迈克把球踢进了球门。A. door门；B. goal球门；得分；C. gate大门；D. room房间；空间。结合句意和语境可知选B。

【7】句意：所有的美国学生和他们的家人都很高兴看到它。A. happy高兴的，幸福的；B. angry生气的，愤怒的；C. sorry对不起，难过的，遗憾的；D. amazed吃惊的，惊奇的。根据上文“在比赛的前两分钟，迈克把球踢进了球门。” 结合句意和语境可知选A。

【8】句意：然后在下半场他差点进了一个球，但他的脚几乎没有触到球，守门员轻而易举地接住了球，又把球扔了出去。A. any other任何其他的；B. other其他的； C. the other（两个中的）另一个；剩余的；D. another另一个，又一个（三个以上）。根据上文After that, Mike scored two again before half time.（之后，迈克在前半场又得了两球。）结合句意和语境可知选D。

【9】句意：然后在下半场他差点进了一个球，但他几乎没有用脚触球，守门员轻而易举地接住了球，又把球扔了出去。A. hand手；B. foot脚；leg腿；D. shoulder肩膀。结合句意和语境可知选B。

【10】句意：你错过了另一个进球的好机会，迈克。你为什么踢得那么没有力？A. weakly虚弱地；无力地；软弱地；B. nicely漂亮地；恰好地；精细地；C. badly很；严重地，厉害地；D. hardly几乎不，简直不。结合句意和语境可知选A。