《金色记忆》呆滞的百香果

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　　二、完形填空（共8分，每小题1分）
　　阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。

　　In eighth grade,I had a friend,Peter.He was an amazing sports star.Unluckily,I never
　　seemed to be any good at sports.But Peter was my best friend,and when he joined a team.I did,too.Or at least I tried.

　　Peter was a starter for the JV field hockey team.He was a natural,so he picked up the sport quickly. I on the other hand,couldn't
　　seem to hold the stick comfortably.Then Peter spent more and more time with the other boys like him and I was beginning to be left behind.

　　Deciding to save our friendship,I asked my mom to buy me my own hockey stick so I could practise at home.Peter looked at my stick and I could tell that he was thinking it was a waste of money.

　　I was hurt by his reaction,and again I felt the distance between us.If I wasgoing to keep Peter as a friend,I thought,I simply had to be good at this sport.Somehow.I had to learn how to throw and catch the ball and be respectable on the playing field.

　　So I practised and practised.I often felt like there was no hope,but I kept at it.
　　Then,one day,something happened.I paired off with Steve,who had become my partner since Peter had quickly proven to be too good to play with me.That day,when Steve sent me his first throw.I caught it.Then I caught his next throw,and the next.The stick was actually feeling good in my hands.

　　I still don't know what exactly happened that day,but I will always be thankful for it.By the end of the season,I was starting for the JV team.I scored 12 goals that year.My success on the field gave me confidence that I really needed.And Steve turned out to be a great friend.

　　译文：
　　八年级时，我有一个朋友，彼得。他是一个了不起的体育明星。不幸的是，我似乎从来都不擅长运动。但彼得是我最好的朋友，当他加入一个队伍时。我也去了，或者至少我
　　试过了。
　　彼得是JV曲球队的先发队员。他很有天赋，所以他很快就学会了这项运动。另一方
　　面，我甚至不能握稳棍子。然后，彼得花了越来越多的时间和其他像他一样的男孩在一起，我开始被遗忘在后面。
　　为了挽回我们的友谊，我让妈妈给我买了自己的曲棍球棒，这样我就可以在家练习了。彼得看着我的棍子，我看得出来他认为这是浪费钱。
　　我被他的反应伤害到了，我再次感觉到我们之间的距离。我想，如果我要和彼得做朋友，我需要擅长这项运动。无论如何，我必须学会如何投球和接球并在球场上表现得受人尊敬。
　　所以我练习了又练习。我经常觉得没有希望，但我坚持了下来。
　　然后有一天，一件事情发生了。自从彼得很快被证明太厉害了，不能和我一起打球后，斯蒂夫成了我的搭档。那天，史蒂夫给我投了他的第一个球。我接住了，然后我接住了他的下一次投球，还有下一次。事实上，棍子在我手中感觉很好。
　　我仍然不知道那天到底发生了什么，但我永远心存感激。到赛季结束时，我已经成为了JV球队的新人了。那一年我进了12个球。我在球场上的成功给了我真正需要的信心。事实证明，斯蒂夫是一个很好的朋友，

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