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，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
I had been playing hockey（冰球）for about 10 years. I was always the one sitting at the end of the bench, and       got into a game. I went to all the       and showed up even when it was so       that your ‘breath froze’ and when the other players had decided to stay home. I felt I had       enough and thought of quitting.
I finally decided to       the news to my mom that I was leaving the team. My mom may have looked like a tiny and quiet lady but on       my words, she said, “Remember, ‘A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.’ Your mother didn’t raise     , so think about yourself in a       way and see yourself as a winner!” So I worked harder than ever at getting in better shape,       my shot accuracy and changing my       . 
Once in a match, we      our first game badly. What’s worse, one of our best players got hurt. I was sitting at my       place, at the end of the bench, when the coach came over and told me I was going     , I was nervous, excited and terrified all at the same time.
The opposing team was fast and I had to admit I was a little      .  But my mom’s words       out in my head like a church bell. Instead of being afraid, I was “pumped” and I very quickly found that all my       work was paying off.  I was as fast a skater as anyone else on the ice, and I seemed to get the      to score. The crowd went quiet.  All the time I spent on the ice when everyone had gone home had _____ me for this moment.
Won! I won!
The lesson I learned from my mom’s       has stayed with me over the years. I hear them whenever I am faced with a challenge, or whenever I      myself.  

A．once B．seldom C．usually D．even

A．meeting B．shows C．matches D．practices

A．cloudy B．wet C．cold D．windy

A．suffered B．explained C．planned D．escaped

A．write B．tell C．read D．report

A．noticing B．gathering C．hearing D．analyzing

A．talkers B．dreamers C．attackers D．losers

A．positive B．familiar C．brief D．convenient

A．testing B．improving C．questioning D．affecting

A．aim B．taste C．habit D．attitude

A．lost B．controlled C．practiced D．continued

A．usual B．safe C．secret D．private

A．off B．in C．by D．up

A．annoyed B．nervous C．delighted D．bitter

A．ran B．gave C．stood D．rang

A．delicate B．extra C．creative D．casual

A．chance B．message C．order D．note

A．spared B．requested C．prepared D．sent

A．actions B．reasons C．words D．promises

A．judge B．express C．comfort D．doubt