译林牛津英语九年级中考考前阅读强化练习9
pushed一、完形填空。
No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts.
I learned this lesson from a(n) 　1　many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a 　2　football program. 
It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play 　3　 the new team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited 　4　I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we failed. I couldn’t believe I had got into 　5　a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to 　6　that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were 　7　 me. I had to change my attitude about their ability and potential(潜力). 
I started doing anything I could to help them build a little 　8　. Most importantly, I began to treat them like 　9　. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their 　10　, we met ev
ery day and practiced passing and kicking the football. 
Six months after suffering our failure on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to 　11　. Finally, we faced the number one team on the field. I felt that it would be a victory for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me the greatest 　12　of my life! 
From the experience I learnt a lot about 　13　the attitude of the leader can influence the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and 　14　them. I helped them to see themselves 　15　, and they built themselves into winners. 
Winners are made, not born.
periment    B.experience      C.visit            D.show
2.A.strong        B.normal            C.weak            D.proper
3.A.with            B.for            C.like            D.against
4.A.because        B.but            C.so                D.if
5.A.so            B.quite            C.very            D.such
alize        B.wish            C.require            D.share
7.A.worrying about    B.looking for  C.depending on        D.caring about
8.A.pride            B.culture      C.luck            D.relationship
9.A.leaders        B.partners        C.winners        D.learners
10.A.prizes        B.vacations        C.training        D.victory
lax        B.improve        C.watch            D.fail
12.A.chance        B.excitement      C.advantage        D.development
13.A.what        B.why            C.when            D.how
uraged    B.caught          C.protected        D.punished
15.A.honestly        B.truly            C.carefully        D.differently
【答案】BCDAD ACACB BBDAD
二、阅读理解。
                                        A
Scene 1
(The setting is a room in the palace of the Queen of Sheba. The Queen sits at one end of the room on a chair. Zahrah stands on one side of the chair. Amram is showing some silks to the Queen.)
Amram: Would your Majesty be good enough to feel this silk? See how fine and soft it is!
(Amram comes a little closer to the Queen and holds out some purple silk. She feels it.)
Queen: Yes, it is. And I like this bright purple color very much. (She turns to Zahrah.) Zahrah, what do you think of         it?
Zahrah: I like it very much, and it is a good color for a queen, your Majesty. (She folds up the silk and puts it to one         side.)
Amram: The king of my own country, the wise King Solomon, likes this bright purple better than any other color.
Queen: I have heard many things about your king.
Amram: He is a good king, your Majesty, and a kind man. All his people love him.
Queen: I have also heard that he is very wise. Is it true, Amram, that King Solomon understands what animals say?
Amram: It is true, your Majesty.
Queen (Smiles): It’s very hard to believe.
Amram: If I told you what happened one time when I was with the king. I think you would believe it.
Queen: I’d like to hear your story.
Amram: Well, one day our king and some men of his palace were riding on horseback to a nearby city. The king was riding ahead of the rest of us. All at once he pulled his horse to stop. He looked down at the sand in the road.
Queen: Go on.
Amram: Then the king turned his horse off the road and onto the grass. He kept his horse on the grass a little way before turning back onto the road.
Queen: Did he say why he stopped and then turned his horse off the road?
Amram: King Solomon told us he had seen some ants hurrying along in the sand of the road. He said he had heard them say they were afraid that the horses would walk on them.

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