阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he’s standing on, the heritage he’s been given. That’s what happened              a young man, the son of a(n)       baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams. Hard as he tried, his first season was        , and by midseason he expected to be removed           day. The coaches were          by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb athlete, but he seemed to have become      from his potential.
His              seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat. Then he stepped up to the batter’s box again and quickly ran up two strikes. The catcher called a        and ran for a conference to discuss strategies. While they were busy, the        , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy.
Then play      , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park. That was the turning        . From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly      the attention of the parent team, and he was called      to the majors.
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround. The young man replied it was the      remark the judge had        that day when his baseball career had seemed     .
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood        my dad in the batter’s box,” the boy explained. “He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it.       he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father’s        .’ After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just         I was using Dad’s arms instead of my own.”

A．as B．since C．while D．when

A．star B．average C．amateur D．old

A．embarrassing B．disappointing C．satisfying D．rewarding

A．some B．a C．one D．any

A．amazed B．impressed C．puzzled D．ashamed

A．separated B．different C．inconsistent D．divided

A．hope B．future C．dream D．ambition

A．break B．rest C．pause D．stop

A．catcher B．coach C．batter D．judge

A．began B．lasted C．restarted D．moved

A．part B．point C．place D．spot

A．drew B．fixed C．focused D．took

A．in B．for C．up D．out

A．encouraging B．casual C．demanding D．wise

A．said B．made C．given D．pointed

A．hopeless B．useless C．endless D．helpless

A．on theright B．on the left C．before D．behind

A．And B．So C．Thus D．Therefore

A．strength B．arms C．body D．talent

A．supposed B．pretended C．imagined D．expected