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 __1__ the crowd of boys on the playground. She __2__ from them all.

I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing __3__. She would practice dribbling (运球) and shooting over and over again, sometimes until __4__. One day I asked her __5__ she practiced so much. She looked __6__ in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can __7__ is if I get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be __8__. 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 __9__. One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head __10__ in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was __11__ “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably __12__ get to play for a top ranked team, __13__ offered a scholarship. So she __14__ stop dreaming about college.

She was __15__ 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 __16__ the power of a dream. He told her __17__ she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, __18__ 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 __19__. She was going to get the college education that she had __20__ 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. work 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. determined B. encouraged 　 C. fixed 　　　　 D. fascinated

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

1. A push one’s way through 挤出一条道来。此处可译成：穿梭于操场上的一群男孩子中间。

2. C 但我觉得她跟其他的孩子截然不同。stood out 突出，杰出；brought out 拿出来； showed out领某人出去； work out算出。

3. D 她有时候一个人打球。alone 单独地；only仅仅；lonely寂寞的，孤独的；simply简单地。

4. A 她一遍遍地练习运球和投篮，有时直到天黑。

5. C 有一天我问她为什么这么刻苦地练习。

6. D 她直视着我的眼睛。由下文without a moment of hesitation可知，此处该用副词directly“直接地”。

7.A 只有获得奖学金我才能上大学。此处的go 是go to college。上文有暗示。

8. C 我要到大学去打篮球。我想成为最棒的球员。

9. A 我服了她了—— 她是下定了决心了。determined 决定，决心；encouraged 鼓励的； fixed固定的；fascinated迷住的，着迷的。

10. D 有一天，我看见她坐在草地上，头埋在臂弯里。此处是独立主格结构。

11. D 我轻轻地问出什么事了。the matter麻烦事，毛病；wrong是形容词，不用冠词。

12. D 原来篮球教练告诉她，以她那样的身高，她几乎是没有机会到一流的球队去打球的。

13. B 更不用说会获得奖学金了。表示希望更小，不能使用much fewer。

14. A 所以她应该放弃想上大学的梦想。此处用should来表示建议。

15. D 既然教练这么说，很自然她很伤心。

16. A 爸爸说那些教练错了。他们根本不懂得梦想的力量。understand理解，理会；. experience经历；learn学会；believe相信。

17. C 如果她真的想获得奖学金。that if 中that是连词，引导宾语从句，if 引导从句作宾语从句里的状语。

18. B 任何东西也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。用nothing表示“没有任何东西”。

19. C 由上下文可知：她真的获得了奖学金。文中没有提到奖金、奖牌及工作岗位。

20. A 她将接受她曾梦想的大学教育。dream of与此意义相符。