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　　We are going to play against a team from a country, school. They didn't come until the last minute. They looked worse than we had expected. They were wearing dirty blue trousers and looked like farm boys. We sat down for a rest. We felt that we didn't need any practice against a team like that.

　　The game began. One of us got the ball and he shot a long pass to our forward(前鋒). From out of nowhere a boy in an old T-shirt stopped the ball and with a beautiful style(姿勢) he shot and got two points. Then another two points in a minute. Soon the game was all over. We were beaten by the country team.

　　After that, we thought a lot. We certainly learned that even though a team is very good, there is usually another team better than yours. You can not be always the best. And the most important lesson we learned is: One can't judge(判斷) a person, or a team only by their clothes.

1．The team from the country were in old clothes, so the writer's team ________.

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A．looked down upon them

B．could win

C．didn't like the city boys

D．were afraid of them

2．The country team arrived so late that ________.

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A．nobody saw them

B．the writer's team were angry

C．they had no time to warm up

D．they won the game

3．The team from the country won because ________.

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A．they were in old clothes

B．they were farm boys

C．they didn't practice before the game

D．the team was better than the writer's

4．From the passage, we can guess the writer's team is ________.

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A．a(chǎn) basketball team from a country school

B．a(chǎn) football team from a school in the city

C．a(chǎn) basketball team from a school in the city

D．a(chǎn) football team from the country

5．The writer's team learned a lot from the game. They got to know not to ________.

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A．learn from others

B．fight against the country boys

C．play against a weak team

D．judge a man or a team by clothes

Hello! The Generation 90s is coming!
Wearing earphones, using net language and text messaging, the Gen – 90s following the Gen – 80s begin to make their world debut(初次露面).
Each generation or age group has its own symbols and lifestyle. Read and judge for yourself if you fit the Gen – 90s profile(形象).
Earphones
These little earphones seem to grow on the heads of the Gen – 90s. They might lead to MP4, MP5 or Iphone players and are used to listen to pop songs. But too much time on earphones is bad for ears.
Martian(火星的) Language
They have created their own online language. It’s a mixture of English, Japanese and Chinese that perhaps only Martians can understand. This is a generation full of imagination. But try not to use them when writing compositions. Teacher may get annoyed.
Self – Portrait(自我)
Saying “cheese” to their own cameras is common for this generation. A little bit of narcissism(自戀) never hurts anyone. It helps them reflect(反映) a little on their own lives. But be careful not to put all private photos online.
Text – Messaging
They can type their mobile phones as fast as they can speak. However, oral communication is important and will never go out of style.
【小題1】The readers of the passage maybe_______.

Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.
My father died when I was nine months old. Mom and I lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she spoke the words that would change my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”
At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that I could walk again if I wanted strongly enough. She drove that message so deep into my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school — walking on my own!
When the Great Depression (大蕭條) hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support  both of us. At that moment, I decided never to be poor again.
Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point happened on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I wasn’t satisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they asked me an extra $2 for each child. That was too expensive for many American families. I told my wife that I was going to open a motel (汽車旅館) for families that would never ask extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.
Of course mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. But with my mother’s support and encouragement, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world — Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income (收入) of $ 1 billion a year.
You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.
【小題1】According to the writer, who played the most important role in making him walk back to school again?