Question

A Michigan high school football team came together to surprise their beloved water boy, Robby Heil, who has Down syndrome （唐氏症）. He's a senior school student and has worked as an assistant supplying team drinking water for the school's football team for four years. They decided to do something special for Robby, so they designed a _____________ just for him.

Last Friday, the team put Robby in the game and gave him the ball. As the crowd repeated his name loudly, Robby ran down the field and scored a touchdown. Robby’s father _____________ the moment on his video camera, while his mother fell to her knees with joy as she watched from the sidelines.

The family was really happy and also surprised by all of the _________ they have received. When the head coach, Burnside, who planned the whole event, telephoned the coach of the other team, everyone was _________ all for it. When Robby was scoring, everyone was shouting out his name. All the players cheered him, including the opposing team—they even gave Robby a sports shirt that they all had ___________. “I think the sportsmanship is the great part," said Burnside. "The sportsmanship from both sides was just ___________. Their coaches were in tears, our coaches were in tears. When they watched the game, their ___________ also had signs with Robby’s numbers up."

"Robby is just a great kid. He _________ a lot to the kids," Burnside added. "I am hoping that everybody can learn from him. I’ve learned more from him than he has from me in the past four years. ”

1.A.course B.game C.school D.team

2.A.enjoyed B.imagined C.recorded D.chose

3.A.support B.advice C.expectations D.complaints

4.A.probably B.secretly C.nervously D.immediately

5.A.needed B.worn C.washed D.signed

6.A.popular B.limited C.amazing D.different

7.A.stands B.computers C.rooms D.books

8.A.reads B.means C.sends D.speaks

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.B

【解析】

密歇根高中足球队为患有唐氏综合症的送水男孩举办了一场足球比赛的故事，展现了足球队成员帮扶特殊疾病患儿的人道主义精神。

1.句意：他们决定为Robby做一些特别的事情，所以他们为他设计了一个比赛。

course课程；game比赛，游戏；school学校；team团队，根据下文“Last Friday, the team put Robby in the game and gave him the ball. ”上周五，球队让Robby参加了比赛，并给了他球。由in the game，可知上文“他们为他设计了一个比赛。”，故选B。

2.句意：Robby的父亲用他的摄像机上记录了这一刻，而他的母亲在一旁观看时高兴地跪了下来。

enjoyed享受；imagined想象；recorded记录；chose选择，根据on his video camera在他的摄像机上，可知Robby的父亲用他的摄像机上记录了这一刻，故选C。

3.句意：这家人真的很高兴，也对他们得到的所有支持感到惊讶。

support支撑；advice建议；expectations预期，期盼；complaints抱怨，根据下文“When the head coach, Burnside, who planned the whole event, telephoned the coach of the other team, everyone was ____4____ all for it. When Robby was scoring, everyone was shouting out his name. All the players cheered him, including the opposing team—they even gave Robby a sports shirt”当总教练Burnside计划了整个活动，他给另一支球队的教练打电话时，每个人都……。当Robby进球时，每个人都在喊他的名字。所有的球员都为他欢呼，包括对方球队——他们甚至给了罗布一件运动衫，由此可推断出这家人得到了外界许多的支持，故选A。

4.句意：当主教练Burnside计划了整个活动，他打电话给另一支球队的教练时，每个人都立即赞成。

probably可能地；secretly秘密地；nervously紧张地；immediately立即，根据下文“When Robby was scoring, everyone was shouting out his name. All the players cheered him, including the opposing team—they even gave Robby a sports shirt”当Robby进球时，每个人都在喊他的名字。所有的球员都为他欢呼，包括对方球队——他们甚至给了罗布一件运动衫，由此可推断对方球队非常积极配合这个活动，立即表示赞同。故选D。

5.句意：他们甚至给了Robby一件他们都签过字的运动衫。

needed需要；worn穿；washed洗；signed签名，根据下文“When they watched the game, their _____7_____ also had signs with Robby’s numbers up. ”当他们观看比赛时，他们的 上也签着Robby的号码牌。also“也”暗示了此处用signed，与下文相呼应，故选D。

6.句意：双方的体育精神真是太棒了。

popular受欢迎的；limited有限的；amazing令人惊喜的；different不同的，根据上句“教练”说：“I think the sportsmanship is the great part. 我认为体育精神是最重要的”和下一句“Their coaches were in tears, our coaches were in tears.两队“教练”都热泪盈眶。再结合全文中队员们为了这位唐氏综合症患儿所做的一切，我们可以体会到这令人惊叹的体育精神。所以应该选“amazing”。故选C。

7.句意：当他们观看比赛时，他们的看台上也签着Robby的号码牌。

stands看台；computers计算机；rooms房间；books书，看比赛应该是在看台上，“stand”除了动词“站立”，还有名词“体育场看台”的意思。故选A。

8.句意：他对孩子们意味很重要。

reads读；means意味着；sends发送；speaks说，根据上文教练的感慨I am hoping that everybody can learn from him. I’ve learned more from him than he has from me in the past four years. 我希望每个人都能向他学习。在过去的四年里，我从他身上学到的比他从我身上学到的更多。证明这个孩子不一般，再看看队员们的举动，可以推测出这位Robby对他们来讲“意义重大”，所以应该选择“mean”。故选B。