31. A. played

B. thought

C. studied

D. worked

32. A. therefore

B. however

C. besides

D. anyway

33. A. changed

B. supported

C. proved

D. developed

34. A. watching

B. playing

C. refereeing

D. discussing

35. A. for

B. with

C. by

D. of

36. A. surprising

B. exciting

C. timely

D. impossible

37. A. closely

B. continuously

C. easily

D. happily

38. A. thought of

B. glanced at

C. ran to

D. asked for

39. A. honor

B. pride

C. search

D. possession

40. A. refused

B. returned

C. recovered

D. removed

41. A. control

B. examine

C. expect

D. touch

42. A. failure

B. victory

C. mistake

D. bravery

43. A. noise

B. audience

C. ball

D. clock

44. A. disorder

B. court

C. hurry

D. team

45. A. if

B. and

C. before

D. though

46. A. must

B. can

C. had to

D. ought to

47. A. brightened up

B. clouded over

C. turned around

D. hid away

48. A. Actually

B. Luckily

C. Finally

D. Suddenly

49. A. okay

B. interesting

C. unfair

D. wonderful

50. A. him

B. her

C. me

D. them

     Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
                                                                        ―Thomas Jefferson
     As a high school coach, I did all I could to help my boys win their games. I pushed as hard for   1   as they
did. 　
     A dramatic incident,   2  , following a game in which I was appointed as a referee (裁判),   3   my views on
victories and defeats. I was refereeing a league championship basketball game in New Rochelle, New York,
between New Rochelle and Yonkers High. New Rochelle was coached by Dan O'Brien, Yonkers by Les Beck.
     The gym was   4   with audience, and the volume of noise made it   5   to hear. The game was well played
and   6   contested. Yonkers was   7   by one point as I   8   the clock and discovered there were only 30
seconds left to play.
     Yonkers,   9   the ball, passed off-shot-missed. New Rochelle recovered-pushed the ball up court - shot. The
ball   10   around the rim and off. The fans shouted with disappointment. 　
     New Rochelle, the   11   team, recovered the ball, and tapped it in ( 拨进篮框) for what looked like victory.
The noise of whistles, screams and shouts was   12  . I took a quick look at the clock and saw that the game
was over. I hadn't heard the final buzzer (终场哨声) because of the noise. I  13  with the other official, but he
could not help me. 　
     Still   14   help in this chaos, I approached the timekeeper, a young man of 17 or so. He said,"Mr. Covina,
the buzzer   15   as the ball rolled off the rim,  16   the tap-in was made." 　
     I was in the unpleasant position of having to tell Coach O'Brien the   17   news."Dan," I said, " Yonkers won
the game." 　
     His face clouded over. The young timekeeper came up. He said, "I'm sorry, Dad. The time ran out before the
final basket." 　
     Suddenly, Coach O'Brien's face  18  . He said, "That's okay, Joe. You did what you had to do. I'm  19   of
you." 　
     Turning to me, he said, "Al, I want you to meet my   20  , Joe." 　
     The two of them then walked off the court together, shoulder to shoulder.