Unit 5 Theme parks grammar课时作业

第一节 完形填空

　　In 1991, Davenport played in her first professional tennis match when she was 15 years old.Over the next 20 years, Davenport would__1__to have one of the greatest tennis careers (职业生涯) in recent history. She__2__ three different Grand Slam titles. She got the 1996 Olympic gold__3__. She was ranked (排名) the Number 1 woman __4__ player in the world eight different times. The __5__ prize money Davenport earned is over $22 million throughout her career.

　　I had the chance to __6__ Davenport at the 2012 US Open. __7__ that night, she answered some questions from our group and I asked her, "Ms Davenport, __8__ can teach people a lot of lessons. What lessons did you __9__during your time as a professional tennis player that you didn't learn __10__ an amateur(业余运动员)？" To be honest, I had a __11__ reason for asking this question. I played baseball in college, but not __12__. So I wanted to know what I missed.

　　Davenport's first __13__was to talk about how she had to grow up __14__. She mentioned the power of the media and learning to live her life in front of a(n)__15__.But then she changed the __16__and talked about improving her skill and the lessons of competition, hard work, and persever­ance.Those things, she said, were learned long__17__she became a professional. In other words, to learn about what it's like to __18__as a professional athlete, you need to be a professional athlete. But to learn the lessons of playing sports, you just need to __19__your sport.

　　Take note: you don't need to be the best in order to be __20__or satisfied, but all that matters is that you play the game.

语篇解读：著名的职业网球运动员Davenport通过自己的亲身经历告诉我们：如果想了解体育运动带给你什么，你需要参与到体育运动当中来。同样的道理，生活得幸福或者充实并不需要你做得最好，但是你必须参与其中。

　　1．A.put on B．go on

　　C．turn on D．have on

　　解析：选B　根据前面的"Davenport 15 岁开始了人生中第一场职业网球比赛"和时间状语"在接下来的20年里"可判断出go on"继续进行"符合语境，表示"从1991年开始她进行了二十年的职业网球比赛"。put on"穿上；上演"；turn on"打开"；have on"穿着；戴着"。

　　2．A.won B．praised

　　C．chose D．discovered

解析：选A　作为一个职业网球运动员，她通过比赛赢得荣誉，所以win符合语境。