Footballtomeismorethanjustagame.Ihaveprobablylearnedmorethanvaluablelessonsfromitthanfromschool.WhenIjoinedtheteamfreshmanyearIdidn’trealizewhatIwasgettinginto.EventhoughIhadbeenplayings

　　Footballtomeismorethanjustagame.Ihaveprobablylearnedmorethanvaluablelessonsfromitthanfromschool.

　　WhenIjoinedtheteamfreshmanyearIdidn’trealizewhatIwasgettinginto.EventhoughIhadbeenplayingsincefourthgradeandknewitwashardworknothingwouldpreparemefortheeffortIwouldputintofootballthatyear.Weworkedallsummerintheweightroomandranonthetracktogetinphysicalandmentalshapebeforetheseason.

　　Seefootballismoreofamentalsportthananythingelsesorunningonthetrackwasn’tonlyaboutgettinginshape.Wewouldpushourmindsbyrunningashardaswecouldevenifwefeltlikeweweregoingtopassout.AtthebeginningIwasimmature(幼稚的)andonlythoughtofmyselfsometimesevengivingupwhenIwastiredorhurting.ThenafterthethirdgameIhadaseason-endinginjury.Imagineworkingallsummerandthenonlybeingabletoplaythreegames!Ineededsurgeryonmyarmandatleastfivemonthstorecover.

　　AfterfreshmanyearIdecidedthatIwouldalwaysgivemybesteffort.Playingvarsity(大学代表队)footballhastaughtmesomuchmorethanjustwhatmytasksareonaparticularplayorhowtoblock.Ihavelearnedtothinkaboutothersfirstandrealizedhowimportantworkinghardis.Beingwithallmyfriendsevensweatingandbleedingwiththemreallymadeusuniteasagroupofhard-workingyoungmenwhowillsucceedinlife.

　　1.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

　　A.Howtheauthordislikesthegameoffootball.

　　B.Whentheauthorbegantoplayfootball.

　　C.Howtheauthorhaschangedhisattitudetofootball.

　　D.Whatsporttheauthorlikesbest.

　　2.Theauthorthinksfootballis________.

　　A.justagame B.ofamentalsport C.hardtopassout D.notworthhiseffort

　　3.Fromthetextwecaninfer________.

　　A.theauthorjoinedthefootballteamwithaclearaim.

　　B.footballonlybroughttheauthorcertaintasks

　　C.theauthorworkedallsummertogetreadyfortheseason.

　　D.theauthorneverlostheartwhenhemetwithdifficulties.

　　4.Inthethirdparagraphthephrase“gettinginshape”probablymeans________.

　　A.becomingphysicallyfit B.designingtheplayground

　　C.losingweight