Question

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words or the proper forms of the given words.

August 18, 2016 (Rio local time) is a date 1. will go down in Chinese sporting history after China beat the Netherlands 3:1 during the women’s volleyball semi-final at the Rio Olympic Games. After 12 years, the Chinese team has finally made 2. once again to the Olympic final.

After the semi-final match, head coach Lang Ping said she could barely3. (breath) as the match progressed. “I kept thinking about how to deal with the opponents. Both of our scores increased alternately (交替地). I have never seen such intensity (紧张),” she remarked.

Lang said she knew it would be 4. (challenge) to play against the Netherlands, since the team is quite 5. (compete). “I always told the players they would come across many difficulties, but all we could do was try our best. The Chinese women’s volleyball team is tough.”

Ding Xia, a player, explained that they 6. (analyze) their experiences being defeated by the Netherlands in group games, and then prepared tactics (战术) based on those experiences. Moreover, the most important thing to the Chinese players was maintaining a positive attitude. Ding explained, “To improve our skills in just a few days is  7. (possible), but we used our confidence and morale to better our performance.” As for the victory, Lang is very 8. (pride) of the team’s performance, boasting that their win was based on “will power.”

9., just two days ago, few people believed the Chinese team would be able to defeat the Brazilians, let alone make it to the finals. Even Lang admitted that the Brazilian team was a tough opponent in terms of both experience and skill. On the subject of that match, Lang said that she didn’t put too much  10. (press) on the Chinese team, “We didn’t think much about success, but just played the best game we could. Our players are really brave.”

Answer

1.that / which

2.it

3.breathe

4.challenging

5.competitive

6.had analyzed

7.impossible

8.proud

9.However

10.pressure

【解析】

2016年8月18日（里约当地时间）是中国在里约奥运会女子排球半决赛中以3:1击败荷兰后，中国体育史上的一个日期。本文是比赛后对主教练郎平和队员的采访。

1.考查定语从句。句意：2016年8月18日（里约当地时间）是中国在里约奥运会女子排球半决赛中以3:1击败荷兰后，中国体育史上的一个日期。此处a date是先行词，指物，后面的定语从句去烧引导词和主语，故答案为that / which。

2.考查it的用法。句意：12年后，中国队终于再次进入了奥运会的决赛。make it 成功做成某事，故答案为it。

3.考查动词。句意：在半决赛之后，主教练郎平说，比赛进行时，她几乎无法呼吸。情态动词could后跟动词原形，故答案为breathe。

4.考查形容词。句意：朗平说，她知道与荷兰队比赛将是具有挑战性的，因为这支球队很有竞争力。结合句意可知答案为challenging（具有挑战性的）。

5.考查形容词。句意：朗平说，她知道与荷兰队比赛将是具有挑战性的，因为这支球队很有竞争力。结合句意可知答案为competitive（有竞争力的）。

6.考查过去完成时态。句意：一名球员丁霞解释说，他们分析了自己在小组赛中被荷兰队击败的经历，然后根据那些经历准备了战术。根据explained可知analyze是更靠前的动作，所以用过去完成时态，故答案为had analyzed。

7.考查形容词。句意：在短短几天内提高我们的技能是不可能的，但是我们用我们的信心和士气来提高我们的表现。结合句意可知答案为impossible。

8.考查固定词组。句意：至于胜利，郎平对球队的表现感到非常自豪，他夸口说他们的胜利是建立在“意志力”的基础上的。be proud of以---而骄傲，故答案为proud。

9.考查连词。句意：然而，就在两天前，几乎没有人相信中国队能够击败巴西人，更不用说进入决赛了。和上句构成一种转折关系，而且有“，”，故答案为However。

10.考查名词。句意：涉及到这场比赛，郎平说她没有给中国队施加太大的压力。此处too much修饰不可数名词，故答案为pressure。