5．在此后的两个小时里，她在专心看电影，因而没有注意到周围所发生的事情。

　　For the next two hours she was_absorbed_in the film, so she didn't notice what happened around her.

Ⅳ.完形填空

　　Pain is important. I learned the lesson at 12 through a child­directed sandlot football (沙地橄榄球) game.

　　We planned a __1__ with a similar team from a nearby town. It never __2__ to us to practice or __3__ for the game except to do what we had done for years - run around, pass the football and yell. __4__，our opponents (对手) were prepared. At the beginning they defeated us.

　　If we were to __5__，we had to prepare and learn the discipline of practice and be __6__. At that moment one of my teammates volunteered to be the captain. His voice is loud and __7__. He focused my attention on the importance of __8__ and the reaction to it. We had been pushed around unmercifully by a larger and __9__ opponent. On our five­yard line, he told the team he would take the ball on every play __10__ we lost it. But from the __11__ in his eye, we all knew we'd better not lose it. He ran into the center of the line __12__ pads (护具) or helmet to protect him.

　　The first rush caught the other team by __13__，and he went for 10 yards. On the second rush, they defended, but we still moved. For 60 yards, we __14__ forward. By the time we had __15__ to their 30­yard­line, our captain was covered with __16__ and blood, but still giving the same __17__： "Pass the ball to me on three." Finally we defeated our opponents surprisingly.

　　I have never forgotten that day and that __18__ I learned. The fear of pain could be __19__ and learning to live with pain can give one __20__ to overcome difficulties of all sorts.

语篇解读：12岁的时候在一次沙地橄榄球联谊赛中，由于我队对比赛的认识和准备不足，开始时，节节败退。这时，一个队友挺身而出，充当队长。面对强大的对手，我们克服了对身心痛苦的恐惧，最终赢得了比赛。这次比赛使我认识到了痛苦是很重要的，学会承受痛苦能赋予一个人克服困难的力量。

　　1．A.party　　　　　　　　 B．game

　　 C．trip D．visit

　　解析：选B　从文章开头可以得知我们经历了一场沙地橄榄球比赛， 这里开始叙述事情的始末。因此我们策划的是比赛。

2．A.struck B．thought