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英语选修9译林牛津版U2 Witness time同步练习（5）及答案 译林牛津版选修九Module 9 Unit 2 Witness time 一、完形填空（共20小题） 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened 1 a young man, the son of a(n) 2 baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was 3 , and by midseason he expected to be removed 4 day. The coaches were 5 by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become 6 from his potential. His 7 seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a 8 and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the 9 , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy. Then play 10 , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning 11 . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly 12 the attention of the parent team, and he was called 13 to the majors. On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the 14 remark the judge had 15 that day when his baseball career had seemed 16 . “He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood 17 my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it. 18 he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s 19 .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just 20 I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.” 1. A. as B. since C. while D. when 2. A. star B. average C. amateur D. old 3. A. embarrassing B. disappointing C.