I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and   36   got into a game. I went to all the   37   and showed up even when it was so   38   that your ‘breath froze’ and when the otherplayers had decided to stay home. I felt I had   39   enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to   40   the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on   41   my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise   42   , so think about yourself in a   43   way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape,   44   my shot（投球） accuracy and changing my   45   . 
Once in a match, we   46   our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my  47   place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going   48   . I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little   49   .  But my mom’s words   50   out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my   51   work was paying off.  I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the   52   to score. The crowd went quiet.  All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had gone home had  53   me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s   54   has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I   55   myself.  

A．once B．seldom C．usually D．evenB

A．meetings B．shows C．matches D．practices

A．cloudy B．wet C．cold D．windy

A．suffered B．explained C．planned D．escaped

A．write B．break C．read D．speak

A．noticing B．gathering C．hearing D．analyzing

A．talkers B．dreamers C．attackers D．losers

A．positive B．familiar C．brief D．convenient

A．testing B．improving C．questioning D．affecting

A．aim B．taste C．habit D．attitude

A．lost B．controlled C．practiced D．continued

A．usual B．safe C．secret D．private

A．off B．in C．by D．up

A．annoyed B．awkward C．scared D．bitter

A．put B．rang C．gave D． stood

A．exact B．extra C．creative D．casual

A．chance B．message C．order D．note

A．spared B．requested C．prepared D．sent

A．actions B．reasons C．words D．promises

A．judge B．express C．comfort D．doubt