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　　When Spanish football club Barcelona paid US$35 million for Ronaldinho last summer, they weren't buying a pretty face. "I am （51）," admits the Brazilian superstar （超級明星）."But everyone has got a different kind of beauty. What I __________（52） have is charm."

　　Indeed he has. His buck teeth （齙牙）, flowing hair, big smile, and of course his __________（53） skills are always eye-catching on the pitch. The 23-year-old striker （中鋒） scored two goals in a 3-2 win over Deportivo La Coruna on March 1. It was Barcelona's sixth win in a row and, thanks to their Brazilian's 10-goal contribution, __________（54） looked like a poor season could now end a success.

　　Ronaldinho - full name Ronaldo De Assis Moreira - is one of many South Americans who learned their skills playing in the backstreets before __________（55） them off on the world stage.

　　Great things were __________（56） when Gremio signed him as a seven-year-old, and he soon became friends with Ronaldo, who was then the other young star of Brazilian football. It was Ronaldo who first called him Ronaldinho, which __________（57） Little Ronaldo.

　　He first __________（58） for his country in 1999 but it was at the 2002 World Cup where he showed his real worth, scoring an unbelievable free-kick in Brazil's quarter-final victory __________（59） England.

　　"1 have never failed to deliver in big matches," Ronaldinho says. "My game is based on improvisation （即興表演）. Often a forward does not have the time to decide whether to shoot or __________（60）. It is instinct that gives out the orders."

　　While he may not have David Beckham's good looks, Ronaldinho has a __________（61） reputation off the pitch. At former club Paris Saint Germain, which sold him to Barcelona, he broke __________（62） rules by going out and enjoying the city's nightlife.

　　Without doubt, Ronaldinho is the most __________（63） player I have ever come across," says former PSG coach Luis Ferdandez. "The main __________（64） for any coach is that one player without discipline can hurt the whole team."

　　But Ronaldinho doesn't think he has done anything wrong. "1 am just a young person who enjoys __________（65）," he says.

　　51 A handsome B good-looking C attractive D ugly

　　52 A do B must C will D could

　　53 A dangerous B frightening C brilliant D awful

　　54 A that B which C what D who

　　55 A demonstrating B showing C illustrating D displaying

　　56 A worked B hoped C expected D thought

　　57 A means B describes C explains D expresses

　　58 A kicked B served C acted D played

　　59 A at B over C on D above

　　60 A move B run C pass D throw

　　61 A cowboy B good boy C college boy D playboy

　　62 A group B class C club D college

　　63 A cooperative B difficult C diligent D helpful

　　64 A question B issue C point D problem

　　6S A life B him C herself D yourself

　　【參考答案】

　　51. D　　52. A　　53. C　　54. C　　55. B

　　56. C　　57. A　　58. D　　59. B　　60. C

　　61. D　　62. C　　63. B　　64. D　　65. A