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完形填空 British Cycling had recently hired Dave Brailsford as its new director. At the time, professional cyclists in Great Britain had____1____ nearly one hundred years of mediocrity (平庸). In fact, their performance had been so poor that one of the top bike companies in Europe ____2____ to sell bikes to the team because they were afraid that it would hurt sales if other professionals saw the Brits using their bikes. What made Brailsford different from previous coaches was his philosophy of searching for a tiny improvement in everything they do. The whole principle came???from???the???idea???that???if???you ____3____ everything you could think of that goes into riding a bike, improve it by 1 percent and you will get a ____4____ increase when you put them all together. Brailsford and his coaches began by making small ____5____. They redesigned the bike seats to make them more comfortable. They asked riders to wear electrically heated overshorts to ____6____ ideal muscle temperature while riding and used biofeedback sensors to ____7____ how each athlete responded to a particular workout. But they didn’t stop there. They ____8____ to find 1 percent improvements in overlooked areas. They hired a(n) _____9_____???to teach each rider the best way to wash their hands to reduce the _____10_____???of catching a cold. They even painted the inside of the team truck white, which helped them ____11____ little bits of dust that would normally slip by ____12____???but could affect the performance of the ____13____ tuned bikes. As these and hundreds of other small improvement _____14_____, the results came faster than anyone could have ____15____. Just five years after Brailford took over, they dominate the road and truck cycling events in all the important events. 1．A．lost B．enjoyed C．showed D．suffered 2．A．failed B．refused C．expected D．pretended 3．A．broke down B．took down C．put up D．add up 4．A．flexible B．temporary C．significant D．random 5．A．differences B．adjustments C．programs D．effo