Soccerisplayedbymillionsofpeopleallovertheworld,buttherehaveonlybeenfewplayerswhoweretrulygreat.Howdidtheseplayersgetthatway—wasitthroughtrainingandpractice,oraregreatplayers’born,notmade?First,theseplayersca

　　Soccerisplayedbymillionsofpeopleallovertheworld,buttherehaveonlybeenfewplayerswhoweretrulygreat.Howdidtheseplayersgetthatway—wasitthroughtrainingandpractice,oraregreatplayers’born,notmade?First,theseplayerscamefromplacesthathavehadfamousstarsinthepast---playersthatayoungboycanlookuptoandtrytoimitate（效仿）.Inthehistoryofsoccer,onlysixcountrieshaveeverwontheWorldCup—threefromSouthAmericaandthreefromWesternEurope.Therehasneverbeenagreatnationalteam—orareallygreatplayer—fromNorthAmericaorfromAsia.Second,theseplayershaveallhadyearsofpracticeinthegame.AlfredoDiStefanowasthesonofasoccerplayer,aswasPele.Mostplayersbeginplayingthegameattheageofthreeorfour.

　　Finally,manygreatplayerscomefromthesamekindofneighbourhood—apoor,crowdedareawhereaboy’sdreamisnottobeadoctor,lawyer,orbusinessman,buttobecomearich,famousathleteorentertainer.Forexample,LiverpoolwhichproducedtheBeatles(甲壳虫乐队),hadoneofthebestEnglishsoccerteamsinrecentyears.Pelepracticedinthestreetwitha“ball”madeofrags(破布).AndGeorgeBestlearnedthetricksthatmadehimfamousbybouncingtheballoffawallintheslums(贫民窟)ofBelfast.

　　Allgreatplayershavealotincommon,butthatdoesn’texplainwhytheyaregreat.HundredsofboysplayedinthoseBrazilianstreets,butonlyonebecamePele.Thegreatestplayersarebornwithsomeuniquequalitythatsetsthemapartfromalltheothers.(306)

　　6Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?

　　A)Trulygreatplayersarerare.

　　B)Greatsoccerplayersareborn,notmade.

　　C)Onlysixcountrieshaveeverhadfamoussoccerstars.

　　D)SocceristheleastpopularsportinNorthAmericaandAsia

　　7Theword”tricks”attheendofParagraph2isclosestinmeaningto______.

　　A)“skills”C)“experience”

　　B)“cheating”D)“training”

　　8Peleiscitedasanexampleinthesecondparagraphtoillustratethat______.

　　A)famoussoccerplayersliveinslumareas

　　B)peopleinpoorareasarebornwithsomeuniquequality

　　C)manygreatsoccerplayerscomefrompoorareas

　　D)childreninpoorareasstartplayingfo