题目内容：

Wayne Gretzky was about five when he first saw Gordie Howe, a Canadian professional ice hockey (曲棍球) player, on television. He immedi- ately became a  ___ of the Detroit Red Wings star. “I was really ____.” he said. “Not everybody gets to meet his hero and ____ when you meet them it isn’t as good as you think it’s going to be. I got so lucky that the guy I ____ happened to be so special.”

Howe joined the Red Wings in 1946 and spent most of his long career in Detroit. He won the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL’s top ____ on six occasions and also ____ the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player six times.

“He was a(n) ____ guy.” Gretzky said. “He never asked for anything from anybody, ____ he would do anything for anyone.” Gretzky added that it wouldn’t  ___ whether you were a server in a restaurant or the Prime Minister; Howe ____everyone the same. “He had a way to be able to ____ to anybody and put everybody at ease.” he said. “He was just a really ____ person.”

“When I was 10 he told me, ‘Make sure you ____ your backhand.’” Gretzky said. “So I always had a great ____ in and scored many goals with my backhand. A  ___ we had as players was that our backhand was ____ and solid (坚固的) and I think that’s the one thing I really ____ from him.”

“Howe said to me when I turned pro and signed with the Indianapolis Racers of the World Hockey Association at 17,‘You worked hard to get to the professional ___, but nowadays you’ve got to work much harder. So many guys who have turned pro sort of ____ about that.’ That was the one thing he told me that ____ stuck in my brain.”

1.A. helper    B. fan    C. visitor    D. servant

2.A. busy    B. wealthy    C. lucky    D. lonely

3.A. somehow    B. therefore    C. anyway    D. sometimes

4.A. chose    B. served    C. trained    D. challenged

5.A. scorer    B. model    C. expert    D. student

6.A. lost    B. presented    C. fought    D. won

7.A. happy    B. special    C. energetic    D. optimistic

8.A. unless    B. since    C. but    D. while

9.A. change    B. differ    C. appear    D. matter

10.A. tolerated    B. affected    C. treated    D. attracted

11.A. talk    B. agree    C. stick    D. reply

12.A. curious    B. good    C. healthy    D. common

13.A. depend on    B. insist on    C. act on    D. work on

14.A. pride    B. patience    C. kindness    D. honour

15.A. similarity    B. quality    C. possibility    D. difficulty

16.A. large    B. free    C. strong    D. rough

17.A. used up    B. divided up    C. picked up    D. set up

18.A. limit    B. gate    C. market    D. level

19.A. argue    B. forget    C. complain    D. worry

20.A. first    B. even    C. together    D. always