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Ⅰ.完形填空

One of my teammates said it best on our last day of the season：“Guys, you are my family. We are all brothers.” Our tennis team is more than just a group of individual players thrown __1__；there is a friendship __2__ by no other group with which I have been involved. We are __3__， yet connected. We have student－athletes from all four years of high school, from different parts of the city, and from different families and social __4__. Nevertheless, we are all __5__ by a shared love of tennis. The tennis team __6__ to me because it contains two things that I treasure most: tennis and __7__.

Ever since I was ten years old, the __8__ aspect of tennis has attracted me to the physical sport. My first tennis coach always used to say, “Tennis is 10% physical and 90% mental.”

__9__ the mental strength to stay __10__ and controlled under pressure, skills are __11__. Sometimes I feel like I have two __12__ in a match: me against the person on the other side of the net, and me against the person inside my head, telling me to hit a better shot.

However, despite the __13__ pressures of tennis, the brotherhood __14__ by working together as a team helps spread the __15__ of the pressure over an entire group. We __16__ each other on and off the court. We do this because we have become a(n) __17__ away from home. I play my best tennis when I have my team's full support, __18__ in the knowledge that they are always backing me __19__. I know that each one of us puts everything we have into every __20__ whether we are playing or cheering.

篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。我们是有着不同背景的网球队员，对网球的热爱使我们组成一个大家庭；在比赛中，由于得到了队员的全力支持，“我”常常能发挥出最佳球技。网球队让我们成为好兄弟。

1．A.around C．forward

B．back D．together

答案：D 根据第一段首句中的“Guys, you are my family. We are all brothers.”可知，我们的网球队不仅仅是由单独的球员偶然聚在一起的一个团队；由该段中的关键词“individual players”可推知，空处表示“使偶然相遇”，故D项正确。

2．A.earned C．matched

B．followed D．noticed

答案：C 句意：我们的网球队有着其他队伍不能匹敌的友谊。C项意为“相匹敌”，故

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C项正确。

3．A.courageous C．motivated

B．diverse D．skillful

答案：B 根据该句“We are __3__， yet connected.”并结合下句“We have student－athletes from all four years of high school, from different parts of the city, and from different families and social __4__.”可知，我们各不相同，但是彼此又有联系。B项意为“不同的，多样的”，故B项正确。

4．A.activities C．responsibilities

B．backgrounds D．services

答案：B 根据该句内容可推知，我们的社会背景各不相同。B项意为“背景”，故B项正确。

5．A.disturbed C．trained

B．sponsored D．united

答案：D 结合语境可知，该句“Nevertheless, we are all __5__ by a shared love of tennis.”表示：然而，对网球共同的爱把我们联合在一起。D项意为“联合的”，符合语境。

6．A.continues C．matters

B．returns D．occurs

答案：C 根据该句中的“because it contains two things that I treasure most”可知，因为球队里有“我”最珍视的两件东西，所以网球队对“我”很重要。C项意为“重要”，故C项正确。

7．A.brotherhood C．entertainment

B．childhood D．society

答案：A 根据上文中的“there is a friendship”和最后一段中的“the brotherhood”并结合选项可知，网球队对“我”很重要，因为球队里有“我”最珍视的两件东西：网球和手足情谊。A项意为“手足情谊”，故A项正确。

8．A.physical C．mental

B．environmental D．technical

答案：C 根据下句“My first tennis coach always used to say, ‘Tennis is 10% physical and 90% mental.’”可知，“我”的第一位网球教练过去常说，网球是10%的体力和90%的智力的体育运动；再结合该句可知，从“我”十岁开始，网球的智力要求就吸引着“我”参加该项体育运动。C项意为“智力的”，故C项正确。

9．A.According to C．In spite of

B．Beyond D．Without

答案：D 句意：在压力下，如果没有智力来保持冷静和克制，那么技巧是没有用的。D

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项意为“没有，缺乏”，故D项正确。

10．A.active C．hopeful

B．calm D．silent

答案：B 由空格后的“and controlled”可知，此处指保持冷静和克制。B项意为“冷静的”，故B项正确。

11．A.contradictory C．useless

B．difficult D．powerful

答案：C 此处说明智力对于网球比赛的重要性，即如果没有智力控制情感，球技是“无用的”。C项意为“无用的”，故C项正确。

12．A.opponents C．goals

B．friends D．risks

答案：A 根据该句中的“me against the person on the other side of the net, and me against the person inside my head, telling me to hit a better shot”可知，有时“我”觉得在一场比赛中“我”有两个对手。A项意为“对手”，故A项正确。

13．A.unavoidable C．unexpected

B．unreasonable D．unwelcome

答案：A 根据常识可知，在网球运动中压力是不可避免的。A项意为“不可避免的”，故A项正确。

14．A.allocated C．imagined

B．created D．suspected

答案：B 根据该句中的“the brotherhood __14__ by working together as a team”可知，该处指由全队成员团结一致而产生的手足情谊。B项意为“产生”，故B项正确。

15．A.area C．value

B．control D．weight

答案：D 手足情谊会将这种压力的重量分布到整个群体中。D项意为“重量”，符合语境，故D项正确。

16．A.support C．recognize

B．fight D．teach

答案：A 结合下文第18空所在句中的support可知，我们在球场上和球场下都彼此支持。A项意为“支持”，故A项正确。

17．A.audience C．reason

B．family D．surprise

答案：B 根据第一段中的“you are my family”并结合全文内容可知，我们能彼此相互支持是因为我们已经成了一家人。

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18．A.anxious C．sensitive

B．curious D．secure

答案：D 此处表示当球队成员全力支持“我”的时候，“我”的球技发挥最佳，知道背后总是有他们热情的支持，“我”就放心了。secure in the knowledge that ... 为固定用法，意为“知道……就安心/放心了”，故D项正确。

19．A.enthusiastically C．gradually

B．differently D．intentionally

答案：A A项意为“热情地”，符合语境，故A项正确。 20．A.dream C．match

B．person D．team

答案：C 句意：我知道我们每个人在每一场比赛中都尽自己所能，不管我们是在参赛还是在欢呼。C项意为“比赛”，符合语境，故C项正确。

Ⅱ.阅读理解

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