1. (2017·杭州模拟) 通读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出一个最佳选项。
    I am sitting in an empty football field after my last high school football game that finished a few hours ago. I'm the midfield player on my team. But in fact that's not  1  now. I was the midfield player because, as I said, this was my   2  game. That's a good way to end a high school football career (生涯), especially if you win, but even though you don't, it's  3  to leave at a high point. 
    I was eight when I first started playing football. My dad   4  football, and he used to practice with me at home-passing, catching, running. We used to practice almost every evening     5  it got too dark. He tried to teach me everything he knew about the  6  . "Just remember: Don't ever   7 ." "Stay in the game. Don't lose your concentration (专注).""Go out there and give 110 percent every time." Well, that was a long time ago, but I still hear his words   8   in my ears. 
            I had a lot in my mind  9 the game today. I don't like things to end, I guess, and this was the last game. I was talking to myself and warning myself about what to do and not to do. I didn't sleep at all   10  , and when the sun came up this morning, I reached the point where   11  just wanted it all to be over. But then when the game started, my mind became  12 .
    I just lived in this game this moment. I didn't hear the crowd, I didn't feel the cold or the pain, I never felt tired. I just kept my eyes on the   13 , and it was just me and the ball and, inside, a soft, white light  14  me the way to the goal. It was a beautiful, empty feeling.
             It's all over now, and it's really getting cold here. It's starting to snow. The sun's almost gone, and I can  15 see the goal. Now it's dark and I'm sitting here all alone. Well, I guess it's time to say good-bye and move on.