综合类:完形填空A Lucky Break
Actor Antonio Banderas is used to breaking bones， and it always seems to happen when hes 1 sport. In the film Play It to the Bone he 2 the part of a middleweight boxer alongside Woody Harrelson. 3 the making of the film Harrelson 4 complaining that the fight 5 werent very convincing， so one day he suggested that he and Banderas should have a fight for real. The Spanish actor wasnt 6 on the idea at first， but he was 7 persuaded by his co-star to put on his gloves and climb into the boxing ring. However， when he realized how seriously his 8 was taking it all， he began to regret his decision to fight. And then in the third round， Harrelson hit Banderas 9 hard in the face that he actually broke his nose. His wife， actress Melanie Griffith， was furious that he had been playing "silly macho games". "She was right，" confesses Banderas， "and I was a fool to 10 a risk like that in the middle of a movie."
He was 11 of the time he broke his leg during a football match in his native Malaga. He had always 12 of becoming a soccer star， of performing in front of a big crowd， but doctors told him his playing days were probably over. "Thats when I decided to take 13 acting; I saw it as 14 way of performing， and achieving recognition. What happened to me on that football 15 was， you might say， my first lucky break."
词汇：
middleweight / midlweit/ n. 中量级拳击手
convincing /k nvinsi / a.有说服力的，令人信服的
furious /fju：ri s/ a. 暴怒的，强烈的
macho / mɑ：t u/ a. 雄壮的，男子气概的
confess / k nfes/ v. 承认，坦白
注释：
1. ... plays the part of a middleweight boxer alongside ... ：……与……并肩，扮演一个中量级拳击 手……
2. ... was reminded of the time ... ：......想起……的时候……
练习：
1. A) practising B) making C) doing D) losing
2. A) plays B) does C) gives D) fights
3. A) When B) As C) While D) During
4. A) kept B) continued C) carried D) insisted
5. A) actions B) matches C) scenes D) stages
6. A) interested B) keen C) enthusiastic D) happy
7. A) lastly B) eventually C) at the end D) after
8. A) competitor B) contender C) opponent D) participant
9. A) very B) more C) such D) so
10. A) take B) make C) have D) get
11. A) remembered B) reminded C) recorded D) replayed
12. A) hoped B) pretended C) dreamed D) looked forward
13. A) up B) on C) to D) over
14. A) further B) additional C) different D) another
15. A) match B) pitch C) court D) course