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David Beckham

David Beckham was born on 2nd May, 1975, in the suburbs of London, at a place called Leytonstone. When he was a young boy, his greatest passion was football. He played it whenever he had the chance. Sometimes he would to and watch a game with his friends. When David Beckham was 12 years old, he won the Bobby Charlton Soccer Skill award. This was an important step forward for this young boy, and it led to him going for a visit to a football training camp in Spain. As a boy at secondary school he played for the schools of Essex and also for his county team.

On 8th July, 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under- 21 team. On 2nd April, 1995, he played his first major football league game against Leeds United. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both seasons , with David scoring many goals.

His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1997/7 season, he scored an amazing goal from beyond the halfway line. Seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, David sent the ball over the goalkeepers head and into the goal. It was a wonderful goal and Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially form free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157kph. He also had the ability to make the ball curl form left to fight, or fight to left, whenever he chose. He could made it glide high through the air, or dive down steeply. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.

Choose the best answer.

1.       When David Beckham was young …

A. he played football all the time.

B. his main interest was football.

C. one of his interests was football.

D. he watched football whenever he had the chance.

 
2.       When David won the Bobby Charlton Soccer award …

A. he stepped forward to receive his prize.

B. he went on to a training camp in Spain.

C. he decided to go abroad.

D. this meant he could play for his county team.

 
3.       During the 1995 and 1996 seasons, Beckham …

A. was normally a member of the Manchester United team.

B. played all the time.

C. won most of the matches for Manchester United.

D. was the winner in both years.

4.       The spectacular way that he scored goals …

A. made him popular in every home.

B. helped him to feel at home with the club.

C. made him infamous（声名狼藉的）in England.

D. made him famous.
 

5.       Beckham became famous because he showed that he had the ability …

A. to move the ball in any direction in the air.

B. to trick the goalkeepers and score goals.

C. to swing the ball through the air and score goals.

D. to kick the ball very hard and score goals.

 
6.       “His goals made him a household name” probably means …

A .he became very famous because of his goals.

B. his family became very popular.

C. many people started to come to see the house where he lived.

D. his name became popular in England.

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