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I
remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder
as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She
seemed so1, but she managed to shoot jump shots
just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her2nobody
could.
I
began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing3.
She practiced dribbling(运球) and4over
and over.
One
day I asked Sally why she5so much. Without a moment of hesitation
she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a 6.
I'm going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe
that if I am7enough, I will get one. My father has
told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don't 8.
"
I
9her through those junior high years and into high school. Every
week, she led her team to10. One day in her senior year, I saw her
sitting on the grass, her head11in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I12and
sat down beside her. "What's wrong? "I asked. "Oh, nothing,
"came a soft reply, "I am just too short. "The13told
her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team—still less she
would be14a scholarship—so she should stop
dreaming about college.
I
felt she was extremely15. I asked her if she had talked to her
dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 16.
They didn't understand the 17 of a dream.
The
next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She
was18offered a scholarship and 19to
the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had 20and
worked toward for all those years.
It's
true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.
(1)
A .
silent
B .
small
C .
strong
D .
huge
(2)
A .
for
B .
and
C .
so
D .
but
(3)
A .
still
B .
again
C .
alone
D .
well
(4)
A .
passing
B .
shooting
C .
running
D .
struggling
(5)
A .
practiced
B .
studied
C .
expected
D .
improved
(6)
A .
title
B .
scholarship
C .
prize
D .
reward
(7)
A .
active
B .
brave
C .
careful
D .
good
(8)
A .
count
B .
talk
C .
appear
D .
lack
(9)
A .
encouraged
B .
respected
C .
helped
D .
watched
(10)
A .
responsibility
B .
confidence
C .
victory
D .
profession
(11)
A .
dropped
B .
covered
C .
buried
D .
sunk
(12)
A .
walked up
B .
walked out
C .
walked around
D .
walked off
(13)
A .
leader
B .
teacher
C .
captain
D .
coach
(14)
A .
suggested
B .
sent
C .
offered
D .
promised
(15)
A .
disappointed
B .
excited
C .
worried
D .
surprised
(16)
A .
great
B .
wrong
C .
strict
D .
cruel
(17)
A .
power
B .
value
C .
cause
D .
pressure
(18)
A .
exactly
B .
naturally
C .
normally
D .
really
(19)
A .
taken
B .
introduced
C .
admitted
D .
appointed
(20)
A .
picked up
B .
dreamed of
C .
benefited from
D .
carried out
答案:(1)B;(2)D;(3)C;(4)B;(5)A;(6)B;(7)D;(8)A;(9)D;(10)C;(11)C;(12)A;(13)D;(14)C;(15)A;(16)B;(17)A;(18)D;(19)C;(20)B;