In 1991, he became a trainee with Manchester United. This meant that he could practice football as much as he wanted to and play for the highly successful Manchester United Youth Cup team and Under-21 team. In April, 1995 he played his first football league game against Leeds Untied. During 1995 and 1996, David became a regular member of the team and Manchester United won in both football seasons, with David scoring many goals.

　　His goals made him a household name. In the first game of the 1996～1997 season, he scored an surprising goal from beyond the halfway line; seeing the goalkeeper a little way out of his goal, Beckham became famous overnight. He continued to score astonishing goals, especially from free-kicks. The speed of one of his shots was timed at 157 kph. He also had the ability to make the ball go from left to right, or right to left, whenever he chose. Goalkeepers were never sure where the ball was going, and it regularly ended up in the goal.

　　49. Which word can take the place of the underlined word “passion” in Paragraph 1?

　　A. success

　　B. interest

　　C. prize

　　D. skill

　　50. The unusually surprising way that he scored goals______.

　　A. helped him to gain many prizes for Essex

　　B. kept him playing for Leeds United

　　C. offered him the chance to become world famous

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