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Where do you go when you want to learn something? School? A friend? A tutor? These are all __1__ places of learning. But it may well be that the learning you really want __2__ somewhere else instead. I had the __3__ of seeing this first hand on a __4__.
My daughter plays on a recreational soccer team. They did very well this season and so __5__ a tournament, which normally was only for more skilled club teams. This led to some __6__ experiences on Saturday as they played against teams __7__ trained. Through the first two games, her __8__ did not get one serious shot on goal. As a parent, I __9__ seeing my daughter playing her best, __10__ still defeated.
It seemed that something clicked with the __11__ between Saturday and Sunday. When they __12__ for their Sunday game, they were __13__ different. They had begun to integrate (融合) the kinds of play and teamwork they had __14__ the day before into their __15__. They played aggressively and __16__ scored a goal.
It __17__ me that playing against the other team was a great __18__ moment for all the girls on the team. I think it is a general principle. __19__ is the best teacher. The lessons they learned may not be __20__ what they would have gotten in school, but are certainly more personal and meaningful, because they had to work them out on their own.
这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者的女儿参加一项娱乐性足球赛并进入锦标赛。周六在与水平更高的队比赛时她们队输了，但是她们的球队善于学习，周日比赛时她们表现得完全不同，居然还进一球。作者由此感慨：实践出真知，经验是最好的老师。
1．A.public B．traditional
C．official D．special
答案：B
解析：结合生活常识可知，在学校学习，向朋友学习，向老师学习都是“传统的”学习方式。这也是与下文中的向对手学习相对而言的。
2．A.passes B．works C．lies D．ends
答案：C
解析：但是你真正需要的学习很可能“存在于”别的地方。
3．A.dream B．idea C．habit D．chance
答案：D
解析：结合下文提到的女儿所在球队是在周六、周日比赛，因此作者“有机会”在一个“周末”亲身体会这一点。
4．A.trip B．holiday C．weekend D．square
答案：C
解析：参见上题解析。
5．A.won B．entered C．organized D．watched
答案：B
解析：依据语境可知，女儿所在的球队表现不错，因此“进入”锦标赛。
6．A.painful B．strange C．common D．practical
答案：A
解析：依据下文该球队周六的比赛情况可知，这是些“痛苦的”经历。
7．A.less B．poorly C．newly D．better
答案：D
解析：结合语境可知，对手显然是训练有素的，故选better。
8．A.fans B．tutors C．class D．team
答案：D
解析：根据语境可知，此时是两个球队在比赛，故此处指女儿所在的“球队”。
9．A.imagined B．hated C．avoided D．missed
答案：B
解析：作为父母，作者“讨厌”看到女儿非常尽力，“但是”球队最后还是输掉比赛这样的结局。
10．A.if B．or C．but D．as
答案：C
解析：结合语境可知，女儿所在的球队第一天还是输了。
11．A.girls B．parents C．coaches D．viewers
答案：A
解析：根据语境，此处是说女儿所在球队的队员们，故选girls。
12．A.dressed B．showed up C．made up D．planned
答案：B
解析：她们第二天“出现”在运动场上风格完全不同了。show up“出现，露面”。
13．A.slightly B．hardly C．basically D．completely
答案：D
解析：依据下文中的“They played aggressively and __16__ scored a goal”可知周日她们的表现“完全”不同。
14．A.seen B．known C．heard D．read
答案：A
解析：她们把前一天从对手身上“看到”的技巧和合作精神融入自己的比赛中。
15．A.styles B．training C．game D．rules
答案：C
解析：此空照应上文中的“for their Sunday game”。
16．A.even B．still C．seldom D．again
答案：A
解析：她们表现得很有进攻性，“甚至”还进了一球。
17．A.confused B．struck C．reminded D．warned
答案：B
解析：这不由让作者想起和其他队比赛也是一个难得的学习机会。It strikes sb. that...“让某人突然想到……”，为固定句型。
18．A.touching B．thinking C．encouraging D．learning
答案：D
解析：本句与文章首句“Where do you go when you want to learn something”照应。
19．A.Experience B．Independence
C．Curiosity D．Interest
答案：A
解析：结合上文的比赛情况可知，“经验”是最好的老师。
20．A.harmful to B．mixed with
C．different from D．applied to
答案：C
解析：这些经验与她们在学校学到的东西可能不会有太大的“不同”，但是肯定更加深入、更加有意义，因为这是她们自己摸索出来的。different from“与……不同”，符合语境。
