2018年上半年成人学位英语考前模拟试题及答案（12）_第2页

　　三、词形变换(每空1分，共5分)

　　31、(lie) No one would like to make friends with him, for he has been found a _____.

　　32、(purity)It's hard to find any totally _____water because of the water pollution.

　　33、(boy) He was born in China, spent his ____in England, and now he is an American citizen.

　　34、(surprised) To our great ___, Mrs. White won't be able to join us in the party this weekend.

　　35、(able)Airplanes _____ people to travel great distances rapidly.

　　四、完形填空(每空1分，共20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 said that I had lots of potential, and I became captain of my 36 . That was before all the fun was taken out of 37 .

　　At first, everyone on the team got 38 playing time. Then the team moved up to the top division after winning all its games, and the 39 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach extra money so their daughters could have 40 one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't give them more playing time in our 41 . The coach was replaced.

　　The new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: All we did during practice was 42 . I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 43 . Of course, all teams run drills; they are 44 . But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 45 . Younger people shouldn't be doing exercises 46 for 18-year-olds.

　　I was very thin 47 I started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because I was afraid of being too 48 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 49 .

　　Is all this pressure necessary ? I 50 up leaving the football team. Four other girls did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That's 51 , because they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure they 52 from the coach or their parents.

　　I continued playing football at school and 53 my love for it. I joined a private team coached by my school coach. When I started playing 54 him, he told me I needed to relax because I looked nervous. After I 55 down, I played better. When you enjoy something, it's a lot easier to do it well.

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

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

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

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

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

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

　　42 A. jump B. play C. run D. shoot

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

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

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

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

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

　　48 A. full B. tired C. lazy D. big

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

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

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

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

　　53 A. reconsider B. rediscovered C. re-formed D. replaced

　　54 A. at B. by C. for D. around

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