Question

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

I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing . She would practice dribbling (运球) and shooting over and over again, sometimes until . One day I asked her she practiced so much. She looked in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can is if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. I want to be . My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

Well, I had to give it in to her—she was . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably get to play for a top ranked team, offered a scholarship. So she stop dreaming about college.

She was and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not the power of a dream. He told her she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, could stop her except one thing — her own attitude. He told her again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter (招聘人员). She was indeed offered a . She was going to get the college education that she had and worked toward it for all those years.

1.A. through B. across 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. meet C. enter D. attend

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

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

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

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

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

13.A. far more B. much less C. more less 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. relied on C. thought of D. looked forward

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了一个身材矮小的学生一直希望能够通过打篮球进入大学得到奖学金，但是教练告诉她因为她的身高问题，她可能无法实现梦想。但在父亲的鼓励之下，她最终实现了自己的梦想。

1.A 介词辨析。A 从内部穿过；B 从表面越过；C 跨过；D 进入。此处是说她在一群男孩中穿来穿去；push one’s way through......在......中挤出一条道。故选A。

2.C 短语辨析。A拿出来；B 带领某人出去；C突出，截然不同；D锻炼。句意：她和其他的孩子截然不同。选C。

3.D 词义辨析。A仅仅；B 寂寞的，孤独的；C简单地；D单独地。此处是说她有时候一个人练球。

4.A 名词辨析。A天黑；B黎明；C午夜；D天亮 。句意：她一遍遍地练习运球和投篮，有时直到天黑。选A。

5.C 连词辨析。A 如何；B何时；C为什么；D什么。有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练习。选C。

6.6】D 副词辨析。A担忧地；B害羞地；C安静地；D直接地她直视着我的眼睛，不加思索地说，“我想上大学。......”。选D。

7.7】A 动词辨析。A走；B得到；C进入；D参加。我能够走的唯一的道路就得到奖学金，进入大学。选A。

8.8】C 词义辨析。 A更糟糕；B更好；C最好；D最差。她想做最好的篮球队员。选C。

9.9】A 形容词辨析。A有决心的；B受到鼓励的；C确定的，固定的；D着迷的。句意：嘿，我服了她了——她是下定了决心了。选A。

10.10】D 动词辨析。A覆盖；B包围；C落下；D埋。此处是指她把脸埋在了胳膊里在哭泣。选D。

11.1】D 固定搭配。 What is the matter?怎么了？我看见她坐在草地上，头埋在臂弯里，就问她发生了什么事情。选D。

12.12】D 副词辨析。A曾经；B甚至；C一旦；D未能，从不。原来篮球教练告诉她，以她的身高，她几乎是没有机会到一流的球队去打球的。选D。

13.13】B 短语辨析。A更加；B更不要说；C…得多；D更多。没有机会到一流的球队去打球——更不用说会获得奖学金了。选B。

14.14】A考查情态动词。should应该；must 一定，必须；can能够，可以；may或许，可能。所以她应该放弃想上大学的梦想。选A。

15.15】D形容词辨析。A过于高兴的；B感动的；C尴尬的；D心碎的。因为梦想破灭了，她的心都碎了。选D。

16.6】A动词辨析。A理解；B经历；C学会；D相信。此处是说，他们根本不懂得梦想的力量。选A。

17.17】C句法分析。even if 尽管，即使；as if 仿佛，好像；only if 只有。在本句中， 用that引导宾语从句，该宾语从句中又用if引导条件句。选C。

18.18】B不定代词辨析。A任何事情；B没有什么；C某事；D一切。他告诉她，如果她真的想到一所好大学去打篮球，如果她真的想获得奖学金，任何事情也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。选B。

19.19】C上下文呼应。根据上文可知她一直都想拿到奖学金，这里指一所大学真的给她奖学金。选C。

20.20】A 动词短语辨析。A 梦想；B依靠，依赖；C思考；D盼望，期盼。她将接受她曾梦想并为之奋斗多年的大学教育。选A。

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