2017_2018学年高中英语Module5TheGreatSportsPersonality课时跟踪练一Introductionamp;Reading_Pre_reading外研版必修.docVIP

课时跟踪练(一) Introduction Reading — Pre-reading Ⅰ.阅读理解 A “Football is a very short-term career. Football really prepares you for almost nothing. The only thing I got out of football was the ability to work hard，” says Gales Sayers. So what do you do after your glory days on the field are over? Heres what one of the top players, Gales Sayers, did after he_put_down_the_pigskin. Gales Sayers: 40, Chicago Bears, Running Back. Gales Sayers became famous in 1965. After recovering from a serious knee injury in 1968, Sayers returned to the Bears in 1969 and was awarded the George Halas Award as “the most courageous player in professional football”. At the award ceremony, he owed his prize to his friend and teammate Brian Piccolo who was dying of cancer. Sayers couldnt get away from the injuries, though, and another blow to his knee put an end to his football career in 1971. His personal life was unfortunate as well, as he and his wife, Linda, split up that year. Shortly after that, Sayers started a new life and career as an assistant athletic director in the University of Kansas. By 1976 he was moving up the ladder at Southern Illinois University, becoming the first African-American athletic director at a major university. Sayers started a computer supplies company in 1984 with his second wife, Ardie, whom he married in 1973. The couple was looking for a field with a future, and computers seemed to have it all. Seventeen years later, the company that bears his name is a national provider of technology solutions, with 10 locations and over 350 employees across the country. Just like in the old days the honors started rolling in. Sayers was listed into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship (企业家) Hall of Fame in 1999. 语篇解读：曾有辉煌成就的足球运动员Sayers并没有因为足球职业的结束和个人生活的失意而放弃，他通过努力奋斗最终成了一名成功的企业家。 1．What does the underlined sentence “he put down the pigskin” in Paragraph 1 mean? A．Sayers ended his football career. B．Sayers was too tired to go on playing. C．Sayers intended to start a new career.