阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

　　The school was across the street from my home and I could watch the kids as they played during the 　　1　　 A girl seemed so small that she pushed her way through the crowd of boys on the playground．She 　　2　　 from them all．

　　I began to notice her at other times, basketball 　　3　　, playing alone．She would practice dribbling(运球)and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark．One day I asked her 　　4　　 she practiced so much．She looked 　　5　　 in my eyes and without a moment of 　　6　　 she said,“I want to go to college．The only way I can go is if I get a(an)　　7　　, I am going to go to college to play basketball．My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't 　　8　　．”

　　Well, I had to 　　9　　 to her－she was determined．One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 　　10　　 in her arms．I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter．“Oh, nothing, "came a soft reply．”I am just too 　　11　　．”The coach told her that at her height it was 　　12　　 for her to get to play for a top ranked team much 　　13　　 offered a scholarship．So she should stop dreaming about college．

　　She was heartbroken and I 　　14　　 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 　　15　　．

　　They just did not understand the 　　16　　 of a dream．He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she really wanted a scholarship, 　　17　　 could stop her except one thing－her own 　　18　　．

　　The next year, when she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach．She was indeed 　　19　　 with a scholarship．She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked 　　20　　 it for all those years．

阅读理解

　　Why will we build to the sky, underground, and on the water?

　　It's a matter of practicality．Cities are places where a large number of people live closely in one environment．They have to be planned in a manageable way．For areas like Japan, preventing cities from earthquakes and practical concerns, such as how to house 120 million people efficiently(有效地)gave rise to these new city plans．

　　What will happen to the cities we live in today?

　　The cities of the future will not replace the cities we know today．Instead, mile-high cities(空中城市)will allow us to efficiently control and manage energy by using more efficient heating and cooling systems．They will enable residents(居民)to travel less, and thus create less pollution．“Old”cities may start to look at these new cities．Perhaps“minicities”will suddenly appear and begin to exist within the“old”cities and certain neighborhoods will be redesigned．This could mean a combination of aboveground and underground facilities(设施)．

　　What will the mile-high city be like?

　　You'd live in the middle of a city but within a small town．You could get on an elevator to go to the movies or even to another town and your mother or father wouldn't have to go with you．Inside the town, new, fun means of transportation－like a sky car－would allow you to go from your fifth floor to someone's fifth floor．The mile-high city is an environmentalists' dream．It will change the landscape．