天津完形 Cl012・2018_06 完形填空

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～35各题所给的A.B.C.D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own 16

I learned this lesson from a(n) 17 many years ago. I took the head 18 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

It was a tradition for the school’s old team to play against the 19 team at the end of spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn’t even practice to 20 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win, but to my disappointment we were defeated. I couldn’t 21 I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to 22 that my team might not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were 23 me. I had to change my 24 about their ability and potential.

I started doing anything I could to help them build a little 25 Most important, I began to treat them like 26 That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their 27 we met every day and 28 passing and kicking the football.

Six months after suffering our 29 on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to 30 Finally, we faced the number one team in the state. I felt that it would be a 31 for us even if we lost the game. But that wasn’t what happened. My boys beat the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the greatest 32 of my life!

From the experience I learnt a lot about how the attitude of the leader can 33 the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and 34 them. I helped them to see themselves 35 and they built themselves into winners.

Winners are made, not born.