1 . I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowed 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 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
________ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I walk
________ 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 -- 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 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．small | B．upset | C．strong | D．determined |
2. 3. | A．well | B．still | C．again | D．alone |
4. | A．running | B．passing | C．shooting | D．struggling |
5. | A．studied | B．expected | C．improved | D．practiced |
6. | A．title | B．prize | C．reward | D．scholarship |
7. | A．good | B．brave | C．active | D．careful |
8. | A．lack | B．block | C．count | D．appear |
9. | A．guided | B．watched | C．preferred | D．encouraged |
10. | A．faith | B．peace | C．victory | D．profession |
11. | A．sunk | B．buried | C．covered | D．dropped |
12. 13. | A．coach | B．judge | C．teacher | D．captain |
14. | A．sent | B．offered | C．promised | D．suggested |
15. | A．excited | B．worried | C．disappointed | D．frightened |
16. | A．cruel | B．strict | C．unfair | D．wrong |
17. | A．cause | B．power | C．value | D．pressure |
18. | A．really | B．entirely | C．gradually | D．naturally |
19. | A．voted | B．admitted | C．appointed | D．introduced |
20. | A．joined in | B．gone through | C．benefited from | D．dreamed about |
