1 . 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 so _______ , but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her _______nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing _______. She practiced dribbling (运球）and _______ over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she _______ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a _______ . I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am _______ enough，I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough，the facts don’t _______. ”

I _______ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ________. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ________ her arms. Slowly and quietly, I ________ and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh，nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short. ” The ________ told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team一still less she would be ________ a scholarship--so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely ________ . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were ________ . They didn’t understand the ________ of a dream.

The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was   ________ offered a scholarship and ________ to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had ________ and 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．but

B．and

C．so

D．for

3.

A．still

B．again

C．well

D．alone

4.

A．passing

B．running

C．shooting

D．struggling

5.

A．studied

B．practiced

C．expected

D．improved

6.

A．title

B．prize

C．scholarship

D．reward

7.

A．good

B．brave

C．careful

D．active

8.

A．lack

B．talk

C．appear

D．count

9.

A．encouraged

B．respected

C．watched

D．helped

10.

A．victory

B．confidence

C．responsibility

D．profession

11.

A．dropped

B．buried

C．covered

D．sunk

12.

A．walked off

B．walked out

C．walked around

D．walked up

13.

A．coach

B．teacher

C．captain

D．leader

14.

A．suggested

B．sent

C．promised

D．offered

15.

A．worried

B．excited

C．disappointed

D．surprised

16.

A．great

B．wrong

C．strict

D．cruel

17.

A．pressure

B．value

C．cause

D．power

18.

A．exactly

B．naturally

C．really

D．normally

19.

A．taken

B．admitted

C．introduced

D．appointed

20.

A．dreamed of

B．picked up

C．benefited from

D．carried out

2 . 完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My father was a self-taught mandolin (曼陀铃) player. He was one of the best string _____ players in our town. He could not _____ music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he could play it.
Dad loved to play the mandolin for his _____ for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, _____ his time and efforts to making sure that his family had enough in their life. I had grown into a man and had children of my own _____ I realized how much he had sacrificed.
I joined the United States Air________ in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home _____, I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could _____ your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his ____ in his ability to play so well for his family.
In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was _____ in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand _____ by the machine. _____ he didn’t lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, it did _____ his ability to play the mandolin. After the accident, every time we asked him to play, he would make ____ for why he couldn’t play. Eventually, we could persuade him and he would say, “Okay. But I can’t hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it didn’t make any _____
In August of 1993, my father was discovered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life _____ dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said “okay”. He knew it would probably be the _____ time he would play for us. He tuned up the old mandolin and played a few _____ When I looked around, there was not a _____ eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, _____ As sick as he was, he was still pleasing others. Dad surely could play that Mandolin!1.

A．equipment

B．musical

C．instrument

D．musician

2.

A．copy

B．see

C．look at

D．read

3.

A．family

B．employer

C．friends

D．audience

4.

A．applying

B．paying

C．devoting

D．attaching

5.

A．since

B．while

C．before

D．after

6.

A．Force

B．Energy

C．Power

D．Strength

7.

A．on duty

B．on leave

C．on holiday

D．on vacation

8.

A．touch

B．contact

C．feel

D．keep

9.

A．proud

B．praise

C．please

D．pride

10.

A．took part

B．participated

C．joined

D．involved

11.

A．cut in

B．cut off

C．cut up

D．cut out

12.

A．Although

B．If

C．Whether

D．Because

13.

A．destroy

B．affect

C．effect

D．injure

14.

A．uses

B．preparations

C．impressions

D．excuses

15.

A．comment

B．sense

C．difference

D．decision

16.

A．at

B．on

C．with

D．off

17.

A．first

B．latest

C．last

D．longest

18.

A．bills

B．notes

C．symbols

D．signs

19.

A．wet

B．dry

C．cried

D．crying

20.

A．sponsoring

B．giving

C．distributing

D．taking

3 . 完型填空（共20小题；
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
Tom was a middle-aged leather trader (皮货商) whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often __1_ that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so __2__ with the city that he had to leave.
So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Tom and his wife were busily _3_ up their new home, the light suddenly __4_. Tom was regretful to have forgotten to bring along 5__ and had to wait _6_ in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant 27_ on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the __8__ night.
“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Tom was a _9__ to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be __10__, so he went to the door and opened it __11_. At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Tom in anger and shut the door __12__. “What a nuisance (麻烦事)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to _13__ things.”
After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside. __14_ this time she was _15__ two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She _16_ me here to give you these.” Tom was very _17__ by what he saw. At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his _18__ in life. It was his _19_ and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was _20__ nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic （无同情心的）mind.1.

A．complaining

B．telling

C．hoping

D．pretending

2.

A．pleased          B disappointed

B．exhausted

C．encouraged

3.

A．looking

B．turning

C．coming

D．tidying

4.

A．went on

B．went down

C．went out

D．went through

5.

A．candles

B．matches

C．lights

D．flashlights

6.

A．happily

B．patiently

C．hopefully

D．helplessly

7.

A．steps

B．words

C．knocks

D．screams

8.

A．dark

B．quiet

C．noisy

D．crowded

9.

A．newcomer

B．stranger

C．guest

D．settler

10.

A．called

B．disturbed

C．watched

D．offered

11.

A．surprisingly

B．delightedly

C．impatiently

D．willingly

12.

A．gently

B．kindly

C．politely

D．violently

13.

A．lend

B．sell

C．harness

D．borrow

14.

A．And

B．But

C．So

D．For

15.

A．holding

B．hiding

C．fetching

D．lifting

16.

A．suggested

B．commanded

C．sent

D．forced

17.

A．frightened

B．pleased

C．puzzled

D．surprised

18.

A．failure

B．success

C．complaint

D．determination

19.

A．warmth

B．coldness

C．kindness

D．sympathy

20.

A．doubtfully

B．hardly

C．actually

D．nearly