2018-2019学年上外附中高二下英语周练
FILL IN BLANKS WITH THE WORDS GIVEN IN THE PROPER FORMS.
1.Because of their different _____ positions, Russia’s perspective on the situation in
Eastern Europe is rather different from Britain’s. (biology)
2.Doctors are sometimes _____ with silence if they don’t do what patients want. (threaten)
3.In November, eight former park employees claimed the park was confining its animal to small, _____ enclosures, leaving medical problems untreated, and withholding food. (filth)
4.It is said that some refuges have turned street gangs who have been _____ the neighborhood in the past few weeks. (terror)
https://www.doczj.com/doc/de11739016.html,unch Pad is the largest _____ gallery and was the first of its type in this country. It has a number of _____ in the gallery, making the museum a very _____ place and attracting both school parties during the week and families at weekends. (interaction/exhibition/stimulus)
6.News reporters must be impartial so as to avoid showing _____ bias. (politics)
7.Scientists have concluded that _____ hair is typically the result of excess secretion of sebum(皮脂).(grease)
8.She _____ her mother in the way she moves her hands when she talks. (resemblance)
9. Tamar took a deep breath to _____ her nerves before going up onto the stage. (stead)
10.Teachers apparently expect a certain amount of _____ behavior from boys. (aggression)
11. The _____ section is y=the part personally written by the editor, which launches an attack on the economic policy and the employment policies, making _____ to the politic debate. (editor/contribute)
12.The new medicine keeps YAP/TAZ away from the DNA and breaks the _____ cycle by which cancer reinforce. (vice)
13.The Sunday Times is a broadsheet newspaper twice the size of a tabloid newspaper, providing the readers with foreign news and ______ of some of the major events of the week. (analyze)
14.Their theories were badly thought out and very ______ to ridicule. (invulnerable)
15.There are several _____ sections in the newspaper such as the News Review section and the amazingly well-read _____ advertising section. (special/classify)
16.There was clear _____ of a strong bias against the news comer. (evident)
17.People think of art as the creation of something that _____ to our sense of beauty. (appealing)
18.The period of the Middle Ages followed the classical era and was _____ by a revival of classical styles in the Renaissance era beginning around 1400.(successive)
Choose words appropriate in meaning and context to fill in the blank.
Fake news is nothing new. But bogus stories can reach more people more quickly via (1)_____ media than what good old-fashioned viral emails could (2)_____ in years past.
Concern about the phenomenon led Facebook and Google to announce that they’ll (3)_____ down on fake news state, restricting their ability to garner ad revenue. Perhaps that could dissipate the amount of malarkey(胡说) online，though news consumers themselves are the best (4)_____ against the spread of misinformation.
Not all of the misinformation being passed alone online is complete (5)_____, though some of it is. https://www.doczj.com/doc/de11739016.html, has been exposing false viral claims since the mid 1990s, whether that’s fabricated messages. (6)_____ containing bits of truth and everything in between. Founder David Mikkelson warned in an article not to lamp everything into the “fake news” category. “The fictions and fabrications that comprise fake news are but a subject of a larger bad news phenomenon, which also encompasses many forms of shoddy, unresearched, error-filled, and (7)_____ misleading reporting that do a disservice to everyone, ” he wrote.
We’ve long encouraged readers to be (8)_____ of viral claims, and make good use of the delete key when a chain email hits their inboxes. In December 2007, we launched our Ask Factcheck feather, where we answer readers’ questions, the (9)_____ majority of which concern viral emails, social media memes and the (10)____. We find it’s easy to figure out what’s real and what’s imaginary if you’re armed with some crit ical thinking and fact-checking tools of the trade.
Fill in blanks with pronouns, prepositions, articles or adjectives, adverbs and verbs given in their proper forms.
“You told a half-truth? They will say that you lie twice if you tell the other half.”
-Antonio Machado-
There is no worse coward than one (1) _____ constantly tells half-truth. Because he who combines truth with falsehood will sooner or later reveal the whole lie. Deceit disguised by good manners are harmful and corrosive. They tend to come to the surface, just like lies.
Unamuno said in his writings that there are no good fools. They all know, in their own way, (2) _____ to conspire and play effective tricks to catch us by surprise. Now then, if there is anything that our society has (3) _____ excess it is not exactly fools nor geniuses. Half-truths or partial truths are a more familiar strategy. We see them in every context, especially in the political word. The person who tells p artial truths or little white lies feels like she isn’t doing anything wrong. She feels immune from the responsibility she has (4) _____ the other person. It would seem that omitting information in order to be “merciful” unloads you (5) _____ all responsibility. It’s like when someone tells you “I love you very much, but I need space” or “I appreciate your work and we value your effort, but we will have to get by without you for a few months”.
As much as it might hurt, the truth is (6) _____ we all prefer. It is the only way that we can make progress. Truth gives us the strength to use proper psychological strategies to turn to the next page. Truth helps leaves behinds our insecurities and emotional instability and unmasks our delusions.
As strange as it might seem, psychological analysis of lies is relatively new. Freud barely touched (7) _____ the subject. In his time, it was a matter for ethicists and even theologians, who studied its relation to morals. Nevertheless, in the eighties, social psychologists became interested and started studying deceit and all of the interesting phenomenon (8) _____ (associate) with the subject. They confirmed something that Nietzsche said during his time: “The lie is a condition of life”.
We know that this can seem (9) _____ (distress). In spite of the fact that we (10) _____ (socialize) from a very young ago to always tell the truth, starting at the age of four we start realizing that lying has certain benefits. That said, something that is also very clear to us from a young age is that a bald-faced lie is almost never viable in the long-term.
Money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of. It selves directly to bring about a rapid sale of goods at reasonable prices, so setting up a firm home market and so making it possible to provide for export at good prices. By drawing attention to new ideas it helps greatly to raise standards of living. By helping to increase demand it causes an increased need for labor, and is therefore a nice way to fight unemployment. It lowers the costs of many services: without advertisements your daily newspaper would cost four times as much, the price of your television program would need to be doubled, and travel by bus or subway would cost more.
And perhaps most important of all, advertising provides a promise of reasonable value in the products and services you buy. Besides the fact that twenty-seven Acts of Parliament govern the terms of advertising, no regular advertiser dare promote a product that fails to live up to the promise of his advertisements. He might fool some people for a little while through misleading advertising. He will not do so for long, for the public has the good sense not to buy the poor article more than once. If you see an article frequently advertised, it is the proof I know that the article does what is promised for it, and that it has good value.
Advertising does more for the good of the public than any other force I can think of.
There is one more point I feel I ought to touch on. Recently I heard a well-known television person declare that he was against advertising because it persuades rather than informs. He was telling us the real difference. Of course advertising tries to persuade.
If its message were nothing but information, that would be difficult to get more people to buy, for even a detail such as the choice of the color of a shirt is a bit persuasive-advertising would be so boring that no one would pay any attention. But perhaps that is what the well-known television person wants.
1. By reading “money spent on advertising is money spent as well as any I know of”, we get to know that the writer thinks ______.
A. people spend the same amount of money on advertising as on anything else
B. people spend money on advertising and get rewards
C. people spend more money on advertising than on anything else
D. he knows more about other investments than about advertising
2. Without advertisements, we can expect _____.
A. rising standard of living
B. increasing need for labor
C. decreasing service cost
D. increasing unemployment
3. Any regular advertiser dare not sell an ill-quality product because _____.
A. it falls to satisfy the demand of a consumer
B. it is advertised and will be identified by consumers sooner or later
C. there are 27 Acts of Parliament
D. it has its reasonable value
4. According to the writer, a product advertised ______.
A. stands for good value
B. raises the cost of a newspaper
C. misleads consumers
D. lives up to its promise
5. The writer thinks it impossible for an advertisement only to inform the consumers because ______.
A. it is difficult to find the distinctions
B. it will become boring
C. a specific ad shows inevitably some persuasive tones
D. that is what the well-known TV personality wants
Translation
1. 当这个冒险家回到现代世界之后，他写了一本书生动惊险的描述了他的丛林生活。(thrilling account)
2. 从技术的角度来看，“小报”指的是一种长宽比约为11*17英寸的报纸，通常比“大开版”报纸窄小，主要面向大城市里的工薪大众居民。(measure, appeal)
3. 二十世纪后半期见证了“后现代时代”的崛起，以创新型艺术风格为特征。(see, feature)
KEY:
1. geographic
2. threaten
3. filthy
4. terrorized
5. interactive; exhibit; stimulating
6. political
7. greasy
8. resembles 9. steady 10. unaggressive 11. editorial; contribution
12. vice 13. analysis 14. vulnerable 15. classified; specialized
16. evidence 17. appeal 18. successive
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1. After the adventurer returned to the modern world. He wrote a book thrilling account his life in jungles.
2. From a technical point of view, "tabloid" refers to a newspaper measuring a length-to-width ratio of about 11 * 17 inches, usually smaller than a "big-page" newspaper, and mainly appeals to working-class citizens in large cities.
3. The second half of the Twentieth Century saw the rise of post-modern ages, featured by new art styles.
2019-2020学年度第一学期高二英语周练试卷 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to find rides, and not just to school. It’s awkward to call a friend and ask for a ride, and half the time they’ll say, “Sorry, my car is full.” But with Twitter, you just tweet #Ashleys Pool Party and look for other people heading the same way. It may sound risky, but many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch out beyond friends when asking on Twitter. For me, I only rideshare with people I know, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern. The sharing economy got big during the recession（经济衰退）. It allows people to access more goods and services using technology, while also allowing them to share cost. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom. According to the researchers at the University of Michigan, 30 years ago, eight in ten American 18-year-olds had a driver’s license. Today it’s six in ten. So it’s not that surprising that on my 16th birthday I wasn’t rushing to get a license. All I wanted was an iPhone. Juliet Schor (Sociology professor at Boston College) knows people of my age love being connected and for young people driving means they have to disconnect from their technology, and that’s a negative. So if they could sit in the passenger side and still be connected, that’s going to be a plus. To me, another plus is ridesharing represents something more than trying to save money. I see it as evidence that people still depend on each other. My generation shares their cars and apartments the way neighbors used to share cups of sugar. For the system to work, some of us still need our own cars. But until I get my own version of the silver Super Beetle, you can find me on Twitter. 21 The writer usually rideshares with _____. A. anyone heading the same way B. people he knows
江西省安义中学2017-2018学年度上学期高二英语第二次周练试卷 第一节阅读理解 Life is not easy in senior high school. You’ve got the pressure of studies and exams. From time to time, you may feel depressed and frustrated. When depression strikes, you have to take measures to fight it. One of the strangest ways to fight depression is to eat salt, scientists have found. Salt acts as a natural anti—depressant (抗抑郁剂), researchers say. While too much can lead to high blood pressure and heart disease, not enough can cause “psychological(心理的) d epressions”, a study has reported. The study, by researchers at the University of Iowa in the US, discovered that when rats are deficient in salt, they don’t do activities they normally enjoy. The recommended daily salt intake for an adult is four grams, although experts say the body needs only half as much. However, most adults in the developed world consume（消耗）around ten grams a day, mainly because their diets contain high salt amounts. Today, 77 percent of US salt intake comes from processed and restaurant foods, like frozen dinners and fast food. The minerals in salt are required by the body—in small quantities—to help move liquid in and out of cells. But too much can cause diseases, for example high blood pressure. Today scientists are finding that salt is an addictive substance—almost like a drug. One s ign of addiction is using a substance even when it’s known to be harmful. Many people are told to eat less salt due to health concerns, but they have trouble doing so because they like the taste and find low-salt foods tasteless. Humans have a long histor y of eating salt. In the Stone Age, people didn’t need to find salt, because they hunted most of their food, and ate a lot of red meat, which has plenty of salt in it. But when people began to farm, about 10,000 BC, they started to eat mainly grains like rice and wheat, and very little meat. Then they had to find another way to get salt. 1. What does the underlined word "deficient" in the third paragraph mean? A. enough B. far from enough C. more than enough D. plenty 2. The major role of salt is to ____________. A. help the body work well B. help fight against depression C. help people get rid of an addiction to drugs D. help people enjoy sugary substances 3. Which of the following statements is true? A. People have trouble reducing salt because they don't know it is harmful to eat too much of it. B. Before 10,000 BC, human beings did not need salt. C. The richer the country is, the more salt is eaten there. D. Taking more than 4 grams of salt a day can be harmful for an adult's health. 4. What kind of food should people eat more of? A. Frozen food B. Fast food C. Red meat D Low--salt food 第二节：七选五 Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic, the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are serious. Are these just stereotypes(刻板印象) or is there really such a thing as national character? And if there is, can it affect how a nation succeed or fail? At least one group of people is certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs (企业家) in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile (敌意的) to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒)．__5__ Jealousy is sometimes known as the “green－eyed monster” and the UK is its home. Scientists at Warwich University in the UK recently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money.__6__ Those given a little were given the chance to destroy the large amount of money given to others— but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this. __7__. But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development recently reported that the UK is now the world's fourth largest economy. That is not bad for people who are supposed to hate success. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either. “It is not really success that the British dislike,” says Carey Cooper, a professor of management at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology. “It’s people using their success in a way that seems proud or unfair or which separates them from their roots.” _8__ They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become millionaires.__9__ It hardly seems worth following their example. If they were more friendly, people would like them more. And more people want to be like them. A. This seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain. B. The one who owns most money in the end is the winner.
高二英语周练 第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意。然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项Nowadays many people enjoy 1 activities—walking, cycling or mountaineering. People often 2 the act of climbing high and difficult mountains to be astonishing. Why are men and women 3 to suffer cold and hardship, and to 4 on high mountains? This astonishment may be caused by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activities to which men 5 their leisure time. There are no man-made rules, as there are for 6 sports as golf and football. There are, of course, principles of different kinds. It would be dangerous if you 7 them. But it is this freedom from man-made rules 8 makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to choose their own 9 . If we 10 mountaineering with other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a kind of 11 work at all. 12 , it is only our misunderstanding. There are n o “matches” 13 “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope which their lives may 14 , there is obviously teamwork. A mountain climber knows that he may have to fight with natural 15 that are stronger and more powerful than man. A mountain climber 16 to improve his skill year after year. A skier has probably passed his best by the age of thirty, and most tennis champions 17 in their early twenties. But it is not 18 for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more 19 to do that than younger men, but they probably climb more skillfully and with less effort, and they certainly experience equal 20 . 1. A. physical B. easy C. difficult D. mental 2. A. find B. respect C. treat D. consider 3. A. scared B. willing C. afraid D. suitable 4. A. have a break B. make sense C. take a risk D. lose weight 5. A. give B. hope C. discover D. receive 6. A. so B. various C. different D. such 7. A. applied B. worried C. ignored D. noticed 8. A. which B. that C. how D. why 9. A. methods B. tradition C. styles D. activities 10. A. contact B. relate C. replace D. compare 11. A. pair B. complex C. team D. simple 12. A. Otherwise B. Therefore C. Furthermore D. However 13. A. between B. within C. from D. beyond 14. A. keep on B. go on C. depend on D. focus on 15. A. storms B. forces C. energies D. strengths 16. A. tries B. wants C. continues D. decides 17. A. will be B. are C. appear D. is 18. A. unusual B. normal C. common D. frequent 19. A. gifts B. means C. brains D. time 20. A. astonishment B. ambition C. concern D. enjoyment 第二部分阅读理解阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。(共20小题, 每小题2分, 满分40分) A
高中英语周练50题 （单选+句子翻译+单句改错） 1、That he hasn’t come is _____ he is busy writing the papers. A.that. B.why. C.because. D.the reason 2、One of the man held the point______ .(be) 这些人当中的一个支持那个观点-------书上说的是对的。 3、______________ many times ,he eventually did that (warn) 尽管被警告过多次，但他还是做了。 4、________________ ,he felt very afraid. (ask) 当被问到他父母时，他感到很害怕。 5、With ______________ ,some animals are facing the danger of dying out. (cut) 由于越来越多的森林被砍伐，一些动物正面临着灭绝的危险。 6、翻译： ①他一整天都在忙。(busy) ______________________ ②到1990年底，科学家们一直都在研究它。(develop) ___________________________________ ③这两天我给你打过几次电话。(ring)
_______________________ ④他试着着用酒精擦拭那污迹。(try) _________________________________ 7、If it were not for the fact ____________ ,she would attend tonight's voice of China. (fall) 要不是她生病了，她今晚就会参加中国好声音。 8、Tom wont come tonight, __________________ we will not hold the party.(case) 汤姆今晚不来了，这样的话，我们就不举办宴会了。9、It's usually warm in my hometown ,but it _____ be rather cold sometimes. A.must. B.can. C.should. D.would 10、------Where is my dictionary ？I remember I put it here yesterday. -------You _____ put it in the wrong place. A.could have. B.might have. C.might. D.should have 11、_____ ,I have to stay home. A.I was ill. B.Being ill. C.Because of ill. D.Because of I was ill 12、_____ a traffic jam, it is to lose patience. A.Being caught in. B.Caught in. C.Catching in.
丰城中学xx学年下学期高二英语周练试卷 2021年高二下学期英语周练试卷（尖子班重点班5.25）含答案 一、完形填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分） Before my year abroad, everyone advised me to say “yes” to everything. They weren’t 1 . However, here in Germany, “I don’t mind” doesn’t seem to be an acceptable 2 . Neither does “I’ll do whatever you want to do” nor “Really, either way is fine by me”. It really is 3 yes or no. Despite having a huge smile on your face, most Germans will look at you 4 you’re unable to make a 5 , which of course isn’t true; we’re just bei ng really typically British. My first encounter (遭遇) of this was when I 6 the hotel for my first two nights in Germany. The 7 asked when I would like my breakfast in the morning. Being typically British, I replied saying whenever was 8 for her. She gave me a(n) 9 look and asked again. “No, when do you want to have 10 ? Er, OK ... err .... 8 am?” she smiled and I 11 quickly, “Only if that is12 for you though.” I knew about the British stereotype (模式化的形象) of 13 before I came abroad. However, I didn’t 14 how much truth there was to it until
山西省××市和诚高中2018-2019学年高二英语上学期周练8 时间：60分钟总分100分出题人： 2018年10月21日 一、完形填空（每题2分，共40分） A cactus(仙人掌)stood all alone in the desert, wondering why it was stuck in the middle of nowhere． “I do nothing but 1 here all day,” it sighed．“What 2 am I ? I'm the ugliest plant in the desert. I can't 3 any passing traveler with shade or juicy fruit．I don't see what I can do 4 ．”All it did was stand in the sun day after day, growing taller and fatter．Its spines grew longer and its leaves tougher…It truly was st range-looking． “I wish I could do something useful,” it 5 ．By day, eagles circled high overhead．“What can I do with my life?” the cactus called．Whether they heard or not, the eagles sailed 6 ． At night, the moon floated into the sky and 7 its pale light on the desert．“What good can I do with my life?” the cactus called．The moon only stared coldly as it went on its way． A lizard（蜥蜴）moved by, 8 a little trail （痕迹）in the sand with its tail．“What worthy thing can I do?” the cactus called．“You?” the lizard laughed, pausing a moment．“Worthy deed? Why, you can't do 9 ! You do nothing but get uglier every day．” And so it 10 year after year．At last the cactus grew 11 , and it knew its time was short．“Oh, God” it cried out, “I've 12 so long, and I've tried so hard． 13 me if I've failed to find something worthy to do．I am afraid that now it is too 14 .” But just then the cactus felt a strange stirring and unfolding．A flow of joy drove away all 15 . At its very tip, like a sudden crown, a beautiful 16 suddenly opened. 17 had the desert known such a blossom. Its fragrance went through the air far and wide and brought 18 to all passing by． In the desert, a voice was sounding．“You have waited long, and the heart which seeks（寻求）to do good will always bring something 19 to the world, something for which all can be happy ---- 20 for only a moment.” 1. A. lie B. sit C. sleep D. stand 2. A. good B. advantage C. use D. help 3. A. provide B. lend C. offer D. make 4. A. after all B. at last C. at all D. in all 5. A. smiled B. stated C. announced D. sighed 6. A. away B. out C. up D. down 7. A. turned B. threw C. lit D. burnt 8. A. sweeping B. running C. leaving D. passing 9. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
西南位育初三2016学年第二学期英语周练（五）
III. Complete the following passage with the words or phrases in the box. Each
novels, plays, travel books, and so on. And in reading books of this kind the important thing is to get on with the reading; to try to grasp (领会) __50__ the writer is going to tell you in the book as a whole (整体而言). This is __51__ if you stop and think over the meaning of every single word which happens to be unfamiliar (不熟悉). You can not enjoy a story if you stop lots of times on every page for __52__ words in the dictionary. You may even prevent __53__ from understanding the story as a whole by doing this. V. Complete the following sentence as required. 64. Tell Jerry the news when you see him, please. （否定句） Please ______ ______ Jerry the news when you see him. 65. I was born on June 4, 1992. （对划线部分提问） ______ ______ you born? 66. The detective discovered some important clues for the case. （改为被动语态） Some important clues for the case ______ ______ by the detective. 67. The poor child was so lucky that she received many books from the charity. (改为简单句) The poor child was ______ ______ to receive many books from the charity. 68. To stop wild animals getting close to us, we lit a fire in the forest. (保持句意不变) To ______ ______ wild animals, we lit a fire in the forest. 69. Did they forget to turn off the lights before leaving? I don’t know.(改为宾语从句) I don’t know ______ they ______ to turn off the lights before leaving. 70. Brush your teeth at least twice every day. （改为反义疑问句）
和诚学校2019-2019学年高二英语易错题目定时训练（20） 时间：55分钟分值：100分 第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)A In my mind, there is a moving story about a skinny young boy who loved football with all his heart. Practice after practice, he eagerly gave everything he had. But being half the size of the other boys, he got absolutely nowhere. Despite his hard training at all the games, this hopeful athlete sat on the bench and hardly ever played. This teenager lived alone with his father, and the relationship between the two of them was very special. Even though the son was always on the bench, his father was always in the stands cheering. He never missed a game. This young man was still the smallest of the class when he entered high school. But his father continued to encourage him. The young man loved football and was determined to try his best at every practice, and perhaps he’d get to play when he became a senior. All through high school he never missed a practice nor a game but remained a benchwarmer. Besides, his faithful father was always in the stands, always with words of encouragement for him. When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a “walk-on”. Everyone firmly believed that he could never make the cut, but he did. The news that he had survived the cut thrilled him so much that he rushed to the nearest phone and called his father. His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games. This persistent young athlete never missed practice during his four years at college, but actually he never got the real chance to play in a game. It was at the end of his senior football season that the coach met him with a telegram. The young man read the telegram and he became totally silent. Swallowing hard, he mumbled to the coach, “My father died this morning. Is it all right if I miss practice today?” The coach put his arm gently around his shoulder and said, “Take the rest of the week off, son. And don’t even plan to come back to the game on Saturday.” Saturday arrived, and the game was not going well. In the third quarter, when the team was ten points behind, a silent young man quietly slipped into the empty locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were surprised to see their faithful teammate back so soon. “Coach, please let me play. I’ve just got to play today,” said the young man. The coach pretended not to hear him. There was no way he wanted his worst player in this close play-off game. But the young man insisted, and finally feeling sorry for the kid, the coach gave in. “All right,” he said. “You can go in.” Before long, the coach, the players and everyone in the stands could not believe their eyes. This little unknown, who had never played before, was doing everything right. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, passed, blocked, and tackled like a star. His team began to succeed. The score was soon tied. In the closing seconds of the game, this kid got a pass and ran all the way for the winning touchdown. Finally, after the stands had emptied, the coach noticed that this young man was sitting quietly in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, “Kid, you were unbelievably fantastic! Tell me what got into you? How did you do it?”