Where do you go when you want to learn something? School? A friend? A tutor? These are all 41 places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want 42 somewhere else instead. I had the 43
of seeing this first hand on a 44 .
My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did well this season and so 45 a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some 46 experiences on Saturday as they played against teams 47 trained. Through the first two games, her 48 did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I 49 seeing my daughter playing her best, 50 still defeated.
It seemed that something c
It 57 me that playing against the other team was a great 58 moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. 59 is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be 60 what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.
41. A. public B. traditional C. official D. special
42. A. passes B. works C. lies D. ends
43. A. dream B. idea C. habit D. chance
44. A. trip B. holiday C. weekend D. square
45. A. won B. entered C. organized D. watched
46. A. painful B. strange C. common D. practical
47. A. less B. poorly C. newly D. better
48. A. fans B. tutors C. class D. team
49. A. imagined B. hated C. avoided D. missed
50. A. if B. or C. but D. as
51. A. girls B. parents C. coaches D. viewers
52. A. dressed B. showed up C. made up D. planned
53. A. slightly B. hardly C. basically D. completely
54. A. seen B. known C. heard D. read
55. A. styles B. training C. game D. rules
56. A. even B. still C. seldom D. again
57. A. confused B. struck C. reminded D. warned
58. A. touching B. thinking C. encouraging D. learning
59. A. Experience B. Independence C. Curiosity D. Interest
60. A. harmful to B. mixed with C. different from D. applied to
【答案】
41. B
42. C
43. D
44. C
45. B
46. A
47. D
48. D
49. B
50. C
51. A
52. B
53. D
54. A
55. C
56. A
57. B
58. D
59. A
60. C
42. C考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. passes传递;B. works起作用;C. lies在于; D. ends结束。本句应该分析句子结构：the learning 后是定语从句you really want，所以这里所填的是做谓语的动词。真正想要的学习却不在上述的这些地方，在其他的地方。故选C。
43. D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. dream梦想;B. idea想法;C. habit习惯;D. chance机会。我有机会看到了这样的学习。
44. C考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. trip旅行;B. holiday假期;C. weekend周末;D. square广场。从下文的周六的比赛会很艰苦和It seemed that something clicked with the 51 between Saturday and Sunday.可知，是周末发生的事。
45. B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. won赢;B. entered进入;C. organized组织;D. watched观看。从下文可知，女儿所在的足球队打得好所以进入了锦标赛。
46. A考查形容词以及对语境的理解。A. painful痛苦的;B. strange奇怪的;C. common普通的;D. practical 实用的。由语境可知，对手比作者女儿的队better trained，可以推断这将是一场痛苦的比赛。
47. D考查副词以及对语境的理解。A. less少于;B. poorly差的;C. newly新的;D. better更好的。 根据常识可知，进入锦标赛的一般都是训练更好的队伍。
48. D考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. fans粉丝;B. tutors教练;C. class班;D. team队。根据上下文可知，是女儿所在的足球队没进球得分。
49. B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. imagined想象;B. hated不喜欢; C. avoided避免;D. missed想念，错过。作为家长，一般都不会喜欢看自己的孩子尽力了，又要输。
50. C考查连词以及对语境的理解。A. if 如果;B. or或者;C. but但是;D. as因为。根据上文可知，没进球，自己的孩子尽力了却要输，这是作为家长所不愿意看到的。
51. A考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. girls女孩;B. parents家长;C. coaches教练;D. view
52. B考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. dressed给……穿衣服;B. showed up出现;C. made up编造;D. planned计划。从下文可知，周日和周六的表现完全不同。
53. D考查副词以及对语境的理解。A. slightly轻微地;B. hardly几乎不;C. basically基本地;D. completely完全地;根据后面文章可知，这些孩子们表现和之前完全不同，completely符合语境。
54. A考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. seen看;B. known 知道;C. heard听到;D. read读。她们把她们所看到的球队的打法运用到自己的比赛中。
55. C考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. styles风格;B. training 训练;C. game比赛;D. rules规则。她们把前一天在赛场上看到的打法和团队精神运用到自己的赛场上。所以才和以前不同。
59. A考查名词以及对语境的理解。A. Experience经历;B. Independence独立;C. Curiosity好奇;D. Interest兴趣。结合全文的意思可知，经历是最好的老师。
60. C考查动词以及对语境的理解。A. harmful to对……有伤害;B. mixed with混合;C. different from不同;D. applied to应用于。亲身体验得到的东西和在学校里学到的可能不同，但是更有个性有意义。
考点：教育类短文阅读。
