One of the misconceptions about elite sport is that great athletes have nothing in common with normal human beings.【C1】______they are seen as supermen who have【C2】______above the flaws and anxieties that【C3】______the lives of others. The superman misconception also【C4】______how we think about teams.【C5】______a team establishes a dynastic supremacy, instead of【C6】______that it is always in a state of constant change, we pretend it has a【C7】______collective personality. We turn the team into a superman. A winning team does not, in【C8】______, require everyone to play well all the time—or even any of the time. Sir Alex Ferguson【C9】______a deep truth when he said that in football you only need eight players to【C10】______well to win. The reality of team dynamics is much more【C11】______and interesting than superman theory allows. All teams, even the greatest, 【C12】______a range of characters, not all of them 【C13】______bulletproof. There are those who surf the wave as well as those who【C14】______the tide. From a【C15】______perspective, the challenge is to establish two【C16】______but overlapping majorities: a majority of strong characters who have the ability to【C17】______people with them, and a majority of players in form on any【C18】______day. Seen in that light, winning becomes partly a matter of【C19】______If you have a higher proportion of excellent players, who are likely to be in form more often, then the odds of eight playing well next Saturday【C20】______improve.
【答案解析】解析：空格前面有superman，后面有above the flaws and anxieties，从上下文语义中可推断此处应选表“超越”或“克服”等含义的动词，C项risen为正确答案，rise above表示“战胜，超越，克服(困难)”。
单选题
【C3】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：上文说到人们会错误地把伟大的运动员看作是异于常人的超人，而常人跟超人的区别应该是常人会有缺点和焦虑，超人则没有。据此推断空格处应选择能说明flaws and anxieties专属于常人的词，故选A项define“定义，界定；是……的特性”。
单选题
【C4】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析：空格前面的主语是misconception“误解”，同时用到also表示与上文类似的做法，宾语是how we think about teams．上文说到人们误把伟大的运动员看作是超人，据此推断，同样是这种错觉使得人们把具有王者地位的团队“错看”成超人。故选C项distorts“曲解”。