第三部分：完形填空(共20题，每题1.5 分，共30分)

Don’t Take the Fun Out of Youth Sports

When I joined a private football league a few years ago, the sport meant everything to me. My coach (教练) said that I had lots of potential (潜力), and I became captain of my 41 . That was before all the fun was taken out of 42 .

At first, everyone on the team got 43 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 44 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra so their daughters could have 45 one-on-one training, got angry when she didn’t give them more playing time in our 46 . The coach was replaced.

The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 47 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 48 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 49 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 50 . Younger people shouldn’t be doing exercises 51 for 18-year-olds.

I was very thin 52 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn’t eat much, because I was afraid of being too 53 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 54 .

Is all this pressure necessary? I 55 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That’s 56 , because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 57 from the coach or their parents.

I continued playing football at school and 58 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 59 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 60 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it’s a lot easier to do it well.

41. A. class B. club C. team D. board

42. A. playing B. living C. learning D. working

43. A. great B. equal C. right D. extra

44. A. business B. struggle C. attempt D. pressure

45. A. free B. private C. good D. basic

46. A. matches B. courses C. lessons D. programs

47. A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot

48. A. duty B. meeting C. operation D. training

49. A. necessary B. boring C. scientific D. practical

50. A. speaking B. moving C. sleeping D. breathing

51. A. used B. intended C. made D. described

52. A. till B. since C. before D. because

53. A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big

54. A. size B. share C. space D. state

55. A. gave B. kept C. ended D. picked

56. A. sad B. shameful C . silly D. serious

57. A. received B. suffered C. brought D. felt

58. A. reconsidered B. rediscovered C. re-formed D. replaced

59. A. at B. by C. for D. around

60. A. fell B. stepped C. slowed D. calmed