先通读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各小题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出一个最佳答案。
A group of boys from a primary school soccer team in Anshun, Guizhou Province, are doing daily training on the playground.
The team was made 1 their P. E. teacher Mr. Zeng. And their headmaster Mr. Xiong also 2 a lot. Although the members practice 2 hours every day, playing soccer does not 3 their studies or farm work.
Most of these boys' parents work in big cities far from the village. In the past, they were afraid of showing themselves in public, 4 now through soccer, they have become outgoing, active and brave. And their skills in soccer have improved rapidly by working hard. In a short time, they have 5 the other teams from nearby schools in the city.
To open 6 minds, Mr. Xiong encouraged them to join in a "Who's the King" national soccer game. They did not play well in the 7. However, with the physical advantages they 8 the game. Unluckily, they were short of 9 in such competitions, so they finally lost 1-0.
10, after Mr. Zeng moved to another school, Miss Yu took his place. The young teacher who was born in 1985 11 to teach there. She is their soccer coach and also teaches them English, math and other 12. To her surprise, these village boys are not like 13 she thought. She says that every time the team travels to another city to take part in a soccer game, the kids are just very 14 in themselves.
Soccer gives these kids a 15 to see the wonderful things of the outside world. And it makes them strongly believe that they would go beyond (在另一边) the mountains one day.