Football,tome,ismorethanjustagame.Ihaveprobablylearnedmorethanvaluablelessonsfromitthanfromschool.WhenIjoinedtheteamfreshmanyear,Ididn’trealizewhatIwasgettinginto.EventhoughIhadbeenplayingsincefourth
Football,tome,ismorethanjustagame.Ihaveprobablylearnedmorethanvaluablelessonsfromitthanfromschool.
WhenIjoinedtheteamfreshmanyear,Ididn’trealizewhatIwasgettinginto.EventhoughIhadbeenplayingsincefourthgradeandknewitwashardwork,nothingwouldpreparemefortheeffortIwouldputintofootballthatyear.Weworkedallsummerintheweightroomandranonthetracktogetinphysicalandmentalshapebeforetheseason.
See,footballismoreofamentalsportthananythingelse,sorunningonthetrackwasn’tonlyaboutgettinginshape.Wewouldpushourmindsbyrunningashardaswecouldevenifwefeltlikeweweregoingtopassout.Atthebeginning,Iwasimmature(幼稚的)andonlythoughtofmyself,sometimesevengivingupwhenIwastiredorhurting.ThenafterthethirdgameIhadaseason-endinginjury.Imagineworkingallsummerandthenonlybeingabletoplaythreegames!Ineededsurgeryonmyarmandatleastfivemonthstorecover.
AfterfreshmanyearIdecidedthatIwouldalwaysgivemybesteffort.Playingvarsity(大学代表队)footballhastaughtmesomuchmorethanjustwhatmytasksareonaparticularplayorhowtoblock.Ihavelearnedtothinkaboutothersfirst,andrealizedhowimportantworkinghardis.Beingwithallmyfriends,evensweatingandbleedingwiththem,reallymadeusuniteasagroupofhard-workingyoungmen,whowillsucceedinlife.
65.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?
A.Howtheauthordislikesthegameoffootball.
B.Whentheauthorbegantoplayfootball.
C.Howtheauthorhaschangedhisattitudetofootball.
D.Whatsporttheauthorlikesbest.
66.Theauthorthinksfootballis________.
A.justagame B.ofamentalsport C.hardtopassout D.notworthhiseffort
67.Fromthetextwecaninfer________.
A.theauthorjoinedthefootballteamwithaclearaim.
B.footballonlybroughttheauthorcertaintasks
C.theauthorworkedallsummertogetreadyfortheseason.
D.theauthorneverlostheartwhenhemetwithdifficulties.
68.Inthethirdparagraph,thephrase“gettinginshape”probablymeans________.
A.becomingphysicallyfit B.designingtheplayground