Question

As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I 31   as hard for victory as they did. A dramatic incident,   32  , following a game in which I acted as a referee ,  33   my view on victories and defeats. I was   34   a basketball game in New Rochelle, New York, between New Rochelle and Yonkers High.

      New Rochelle was coached by Dan O'Brien and Yonkers   35   Les Beck. The gym was full, and the volume of noise made it   36   to hear. The game was well played and 37   competed. Yonkers was leading by one point as I   38   the clock and discovered there were but 30 seconds left to play.

Yonkers, in  39  of the ball, passed off--shot--missed. New Rochelle   40   --pushed the ball up court -- shot. The ball rolled around the edge and off. The fans shrieked(尖叫著). New Rochelle, the home team, took   41   of the ball again, and tapped it in for what looked like 42 . The noise was deafening. From the 43 I saw that the game was over. I hadn't heard the final buzzer because of the noise. Seeking help in this  44 , I approached the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said, "Mr. Covino, the buzzer rang as the ball rolled off the rim, 45 the final tap-in. "

         I 46  tell Coach O'Brien the sad news. “Dan, Yonkers won the game. ”  His face  47 . The young timekeeper came up, saying, “I’m sorry, Dad. ” 48 , like the sun coming out from behind a cloud, Coach O'Brien’ s face lit up. “That’s 49 , Joe. You did what you had to do.

         I’ m proud of you,” he said. Turning to 50 , “I want you to meet my son, Joe. ”

 

31. A. played	B. thought	C. studied	D. worked
32. A. therefore	B. however	C. besides	D. anyway
33. A. changed	B. supported	C. proved	D. developed
34. A. watching	B. playing	C. refereeing	D. discussing
35. A. for	B. with	C. by	D. of
36. A. surprising	B. exciting	C. timely	D. impossible
37. A. closely	B. continuously	C. easily	D. happily
38. A. thought of	B. glanced at	C. ran to	D. asked for
39. A. honor	B. pride	C. search	D. possession
40. A. refused	B. returned	C. recovered	D. removed
41. A. control	B. examine	C. expect	D. touch
42. A. failure	B. victory	C. mistake	D. bravery
43. A. noise	B. audience	C. ball	D. clock
44. A. disorder	B. court	C. hurry	D. team
45. A. if	B. and	C. before	D. though
46. A. must	B. can	C. had to	D. ought to
47. A. brightened up	B. clouded over	C. turned around	D. hid away
48. A. Actually	B. Luckily	C. Finally	D. Suddenly
49. A. okay	B. interesting	C. unfair	D. wonderful
50. A. him	B. her	C. me	D. them

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