The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids

The school was across the street from our home and Iwould often watch the kids as they played during the break .She seemed so smallas she pushed her way __36__ the crowd of boys on the playground . She___37__from them all.

I began to notice her at other times, basketball inhand, playing __38__.She would practice dribbling（运球）andshooting over and over again, sometimes until __39__. One day I asked her__40__ she practiced so much. She looked __41__in my eyes and without a momentof hesitation she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can__42__ is that if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. Iwant to be __43__. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don'tcount."

Well, I had to give it in to her--- she was __44__.Oneday in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head __45_ in her arms.I walked toward her and quietly asked what was _46___. "Oh, nothing,"came a soft reply. "I'm just too short." The coach told her that ather height she would probably __47__get to play for a top rankedteam,__48__offered a scholarship. So she _49___stop dreaming about college.

She was __50___ and I sensed her disappointment. Iasked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that herfather said those coaches were wrong. They just didn't __51__ the power of adream. He told her __52__she really wanted to play for a good college, if shetruly wanted a scholarship, __53___could stop her except one thing-- her ownattitude. He told her again," if the dream is big enough, the facts don'tcount."

The next year, as she and her team went to theNorthern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter（招聘人员）. She was indeed offered a __54__ .She was going toget the college education that she had __55___and worked toward for all thoseyears.

1.                A．across          B．through         C．over     D．into

2.                A．brought out     B．showed out      C．stood out D．worked out

3.                A．only           B．lonely          C．simply    D．alone

4.                A．dark           B．dawn           C．midnight D．daybreak

5.                A．how           B．when           C．why D．what

6.                A．worriedly       B．shyly           C．quietly   D．directly

7.                A．go             B．get            C．enter    D．attend

8.                A．worse          B．better          C．the best D．the worst

9.                A．encouraged     B．determined      C．fixed     D．fascinated

10.               A．covered        B．enclosed        C．dropped   D．buried

11.               A．the affair       B．the matter      C．matter    D．the wrong

12.               A．ever           B．even           C．once D．never

13.               A．far more        B．much less       C．much fewer    D．many more

14.               A．should         B．must           C．can   D．may

15.               A．overjoyed      B．moved         C．embarrassed   D．heartbroken

16.               A．understand     B．experience      C．learn D．believe

17.               A．even if         B．as if            C．that if     D．only if

18.               A．anything        B．nothing         C．something D．everything

19.               A．prize           B．medal          C．scholarship     D．position

20.               A．dreamed of     B．accepted       C．thought of D．appreciated

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1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.D

11.B

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.A

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