18．[1]Mia Hamm was born March 17，1972，in Selma，Ala．She was named women's FIFA World Player of the year in 2001and 2002，and listed as one of FIFA's 125best living players．
[2]She noted，"If you don't love what you do，you won't do it with much passion，"and clearly，she loved playing sports．She was athletic throughout her childhood and，by age 15，became the youngest player ever to join the U．S．Women's National Soccer Team．In 1991，when the team won the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time，19-year-old Hamm became the youngest American woman to win a World Cup championship．
[3]Afterward，Hamm continued her education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill，where her team won four NCAA（美國大學聯(lián)盟錦標賽） championships and lost just one game out of the 95she played．Recognizing her role，the team named her Female Athlete of the Year in 1993and 1994．Hamm said："I am a member of a team，and I rely on the team，I respect it and sacrifice for it，because the team，not the individual，is the final champion．"
[4]On May 22，1999，Hamm broke the all-time international goal record with her 108th goal in a game against Brazil．Like any player，Hamm has experienced difficulty，but she takes a correct approach．"Failure happens all the time，"she has said．"It happens every day in practice．What makes you better is how you react to it．"
[5]Of course，Hamm grew accustomed to great success during her career．In the 2004Summer Olympic Games，she helped lead Team USA to a gold medal，and her fellow U．S．Olympians chose her to carry the American flag at the Athens Closing Ceremonies．Hamm retired in 2004，at age 32，with 158international goals-still the international record for men or women players．
56．How many times was Hamm named women's FIFA World Player？（ no more than 1word）
Twice
57．When did Hamm join the U．S．Women's National Soccer Team for the first time？
（ no more than 2words）
In 1987
58．What did Hamm think make them win four NCAA championships？（ no more than 2words）
Theteam
59．According to Hamm，how can we overcome failure？（ no more than 5words）
By reacting to it correctly
60．Why was Hamm chosen to carry the American flag at the Athens Closing Ceremonies？
（no more than 9words）
Because she led Team USA to a gold medal．
分析 本文屬于人物敘事類．介紹了Mia Hamm 做為運動員的一生，以及所取得的成就．還提到對于自己熱愛的工作一定要堅持不懈，不懼怕失敗堅持到底．
解答 56．Twice．第一段‘She was named women's FIFA World Player of the year in 2001and 2002'可以看出，兩次獲得了稱號．
57．In 1987．根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容可知，出生在1972年，by age 15，became the youngest player 58．The team．看得出是在1987年加入美國國家隊．
58．The team 第三段最后"because the team，not the individual，is the final champion"可以看出贏得比賽靠的是團隊而不是個人．
59．By reacting to it correctly．第四段最后提到成功的原因時，她說"What makes you better is how you react to it"可以得出答案．
60．Because she led Team USA to a gold medal．根據(jù)第五段"she helped lead Team USA to a gold medal"可知她幫助美國隊獲得金牌給她贏得了作為奧運會閉幕式的旗手．
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