Even though the son was always on the bench(候补选手), his father was always in the stands cheering. The young man loved
36 and determined to try his best at every practice. But he
37 remained a bench all four years in high school.
One day as he ran onto the practice field shortly before the big playoff game, the basketball coach met him with a
38 . The young man read the telegram and he became
39 . The coach put his arm
40 around his shoulder and said, “Take the rest of the week off, son. And don’t even plan to come back to the
41 on Saturday.” Saturday arrived, and the game was not going
42 .
In the third quarter, when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man ran onto the sidelines, the
43 and his players were astonished to see their
44 teammate back so soon.
“Coach, please let me
45 . I have just got to play today,” said the young man.
The coach pretended not to
46 him. Never would he let his
47 player in this close playoff game. But the young man
48 , and finally feeling sorry for young man, the coach
49 . This little unknown, who had never played before, was doing everything right. The opposite team could not
50 him. His team began to win.
51 , the coach came to him and said, “Young man,
52 did you do it?”
With
53 in his eyes he said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind?” The young man swallowed hard and forced a smile, “Dad came to all my games, 54 today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to
55 him I could do it!”
| 小题1: | | A．tennis | B．volleyball | C．basketball | D．football |
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| 小题2: | | A．eventually | B．again | C．still | D．naturally |
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| 小题3: | | A．warning | B．telegram | C．signal | D．present |
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| 小题4: | | A．slient | B．active | C．tired | D．cool |
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| 小题5: | | A．rudely | B．gently | C．lonely | D．proudly |
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| 小题6: | | A．exam | B．class | C．training | D．game |
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| 小题7: | | A．loose | B．popular | C．well | D．wrong |
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| 小题8: | | A．coach | B．judge | C．director | D．boss |
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| 小题9: | | A．honest | B．faithful | C．skillful | D．angry |
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| 小题10: | | A．leave | B．speak | C．rest | D．play |
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| 小题11: | | A．blame | B．shape | C．hear | D．hurt |
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| 小题12: | | A．worst | B．best | C．slimmest | D．smallest |
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| 小题13: | | A．raced | B．called | C．shook | D．insisted |
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| 小题14: | | A．cut in | B．gave in | C．got down | D．held up |
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| 小题15: | | A．amuse | B．accept | C．stop | D．envy |
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| 小题16: | | A．Finally | B．Otherwise | C．Therefore | D．Luckily |
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| 小题18: | | A．sigh | B．care | C．tears | D．anger |
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| 小题20: | | A．show | B．tell | C．fool | D．trouble |
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