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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 1. That was before all the fun was taken
out of 2.
At first, everyone on
the team got 3 playing time. Then the team moved up to the
top division after winning all its games, and the 4 started. Some parents, who had paid the coach
extra so their daughters could have 5 one-on-one training, got angry when she didn't
give them more playing time in our 6. The coach was replaced.
The
new coach, however, took all the fun out of the game: all we did during
practice was 7.
I always wished to God that it would rain so we would not have the 8. Of
course, all teams run drills; they are 9.
But we ran so much that, afterwards, we had trouble 10. Younger people shouldn't be doing
exercises 11 for 18-year-olds.
I was very thin 12 I
started football, but as a member of this team I wouldn't eat much, because I
was afraid of being too 13 to run. I feared making mistakes, and the
added pressure caused me to make more than my usual 14.
Is
all this pressure necessary? I 15 up leaving the football team. Four other girls
did the same, and two of them stopped playing football completely. That's 16, because
they had so much potential. They were just burned-out with all the pressure
they 17 from
the coach or their parents.
I
continued playing football at school and 18 my love for it. I joined a private team
coached by my school coach. When I started playing 19 him, he told me I needed to relax because I
looked nervous. After I 20 down, I played better. When you enjoy
something, it's a lot easier to do it well.
(1)
A .
class
B .
club
C .
team
D .
board
(2)
A .
playing
B .
living
C .
learning
D .
working
(3)
A .
great
B .
equal
C .
right
D .
extra
(4)
A .
business
B .
struggle
C .
attempt
D .
pressure
(5)
A .
free
B .
private
C .
good
D .
basic
(6)
A .
matches
B .
courses
C .
lessons
D .
programmes
(7)
A .
jump
B .
play
C .
run
D .
shoot
(8)
A .
duty
B .
meeting
C .
operation
D .
training
(9)
A .
necessary
B .
boring
C .
scientific
D .
practical
(10)
A .
speaking
B .
moving
C .
sleeping
D .
breathing
(11)
A .
used
B .
intended
C .
made
D .
described
(12)
A .
till
B .
since
C .
before
D .
because
(13)
A .
full
B .
tired
C .
lazy
D .
big
(14)
A .
size
B .
share
C .
space
D .
state
(15)
A .
gave
B .
kept
C .
ended
D .
picked
(16)
A .
sad
B .
shameful
C .
silly
D .
serious
(17)
A .
received
B .
suffered
C .
brought
D .
felt
(18)
A .
reconsidered
B .
rediscovered
C .
reformed
D .
replaced
(19)
A .
at
B .
by
C .
for
D .
around
(20)
A .
fell
B .
stepped
C .
slowed
D .
calmed
答案:(1)C;(2)A;(3)B;(4)D;(5)B;(6)A;(7)C;(8)D;(9)A;(10)D;(11)B;(12)C;(13)A;(14)B;(15)C;(16)A;(17)D;(18)B;(19)C;(20)D;