I was in (1) . There was a cat on his desk and he was stroking (2) , but he didn’t look happy. He said, ‘This is (3) . Right now we’re the best, but we’ve got to stay at the top. Our fans never want to be (4) . They want to win every game. Last year you were (5) . You scored (6) in the World Cup last summer. But in this sport you’re only as good as (7) and yesterday we lost and you missed a penalty.’ I defended myself. ‘But we’ve only lost one game. It’s not (8) !’ He looked at me. His eyes were cold. ‘Isn’t it’__2__(完形填空)
.the manager’s office
.the cat’s head
.Europe’s richest club
.last year’s champions
.the team’s star player
.the goal of the tournament
.yesterday’s result
.the end of the world

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