When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they werent buying a pretty face. I am _____1___, admits the Brazilian superstar. But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I ____2_____ have is charm.
Indeed he has. His buck teeth1, flowing hair2, big smile, and of course his ____3____ skills are always eye-catching3 on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker scored two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelonas sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilians 10-goal contribution, ____4____ looked like a poor season could now end a success.
Ronaldinhofull name Ronaldo De Assis Moreirais one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before_____5____ them off4 on the world stage.
Great things were ____6____ when Gremio signed, 署名~, 签署)him as a seven-year-old5, and he soon became friends with Ronaldo, who was then the other young star of Brazilian football. It was Ronaldo who first called him Ronaldinho, which _____7____ Little Ronaldo, and the name stuck.
He first _____8_____ for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real worth, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazils quarter-final victory ____9____ England.
I have never failed to deliver in big matches, Ronaldinho says. My game is based on _____10_____. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or pass. It is instinct that gives out the orders.
While he may not have David Beckhams good looks, Ronaldinho has a ____11____ reputation off the pitch At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke _____12___ rules by going out and enjoying the citys nightlife.7
Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most ______13____ player I have ever come across, says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. The main _____14____ for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team.
But Ronaldinho doesnt think he has done anything wrong. I am just a young person who enjoys _______15______, he says.
1. A) handsome B) good-looking C) attractive D) ugly
2. A) do B) must C) will D) could
3. A) dangerous B) frightening C) amazing D) awful
4. A) that B) which C) what D) who
5. A) demonstrating B) showing C) illustrating D) displaying
6. A) wanted B) hoped C) expected D) desired
7. A) means B) describes C) explains D) expresses
8. A) kicked B) worked C) acted D) played
9. A) at B) over C) on D) above
10. A) imagination B) hypotheses C) improvisation即席创作 D) assumptions
11. A) cowboy B) good boy C) college boy D) playboy
12. A) group B) team C) club D) association
13. A) talented B) difficult C) skillful D) notorious
14. A) question B) issue C) point D) problem
15. A) life B) himself C) herself D) yourself
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