【2011·北京丰台高三统一练习】

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55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。

After winning a game, athletes are often asked how they achieved that success． Most say their  36_ is the result of hard practice．Usually athletes say how hard it is to win the big games．However, in my case,   37   the big games can be even harder．

For me, last year' s basketball _38_ for my high school team was nothing short of an embarrassment．Although losing every game is certainly nothing to be _39_ of, that season had a bigger effect on me than any other, and probably  40   than any season since．

As a team captain, I knew it might not be the  41_ year, but I didn't ever expect we would lose every game．Since six of our top players had graduated, we were a young team who would _42__．It began earlier than expected, though,   43   two key members decided to quit after two weeks．At this point, dropping out probably passed through every player' s mind．Most people   44   us a failure, but we never gave up on ourselves．Then it seemed that our own   45   had given up on us．Personally, I felt like it was no longer worth giving my all．I thought, if   46   the coach didn't believe in us, why should I?   47   there came a time when it all began to feel hopeless．But just as my __48__ began to fade, a teammate called a meeting．He said, " Nobody thinks we' re going to win, and we may not, but, as teammates and friends, we should give it our all every game．"

It was that moment that   49   me how to be a leader．It hit me that I didn’t   50   the role．As a leader you can never   51   on the team who looks up to you．It is one thing to be   52   as the captain and feel great．It is quite another to be a real captain and make sure everyone works to their   53   all the time．

I 54   the fact that my team lost every game last year．It may not help me to become a better basketball player, but it already has made me a better leader, and  55 ．

36．A．courage           B．decision             C．achievement                                 D．experience

37．A．losing              B．organizing          C．watching           D．starting

38．A．tour                B．season             C．incident                                     D．game

39．A．fond               B．proud               C．afraid                                      D．ashamed

40．A．greater            B．longer              C．less               D．worse

41．A．happiest            B．easiest             C．hardest            D．saddest

42．A．fail                B．struggle            C．fight               D．survive

43．A．so                 B．if                   C．as                D．till

44．A．made              B．allowed             C．counted                                    D．imagined

45．A．fans               B．coach               C．classmates                                 D．sponsor

46．A．always             B．still                 C．only               D．even

47．A．Gradually           B．Suddenly           C．Surprisingly        D．Finally

48．A．hope               B．belief                C．enthusiasm                                 D．influence

49．A．showed            B．instructed           C．taught             D．trained

50．A．act                 B．perform             C．deserve           D．take

51．A．quit                B．work                C．depend            D．focus

52．A．named             B．valued              C．admitted                                    D．considered

53．A．victory             B．future              C．honor             D．potential

54．A．ignore             B．treasure            C．accept            D．confirm

55．A．character          B．captain             C．figure             D．person

A school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids from my window as they played basketball. One day, among the children a girl attracted me. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys. Running circles around the other kids, she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net with no one to stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play alone. She would practice dribbling (带球) and shooting over and over again until dark.

One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without hesitation, she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is that I get a scholarship. If I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I like basketball. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” Then she smiled and ran towards the court to go on with practice.

I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head cradled (抱) in her arms. I went over there and sat down beside her. The coach told her that as a player as tall as 5’5” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked college team ― much less offered a scholarship ― so she should stop dreaming about college.

She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as 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 did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college and if she truly wanted a scholarship, nothing 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), and was offered a full scholarship, to a NCAA women’s basketball team. She was going to college, which she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years.

41. Which of the following is true about the girl according to the passage? 

A. She sometimes played alone because she was too short.

B. She played basketball so well that she could compete against some boys.

C. She believed girls had to pay more than boys to succeed.

D. She felt sad when her coach didn’t allow her to play for a college team.

42. What can we learn from the story? 

A. Follow your dream and you’ll make it sooner or later.

B. Take our teachers’ advice when making a decision.

C. Whoever wants to succeed must get a scholarship.

D. Failure is the mother of success.

43. What can we infer from the passage? 

A. Anyone who dreams every day will surely succeed.

B. Basketball players can go to college without studying well.

C. It’s not easy to become a member of NCAA basketball team.

D. Only if you have a good teacher can you succeed.

44. The coach advised the girl to quit because he thought ___________.  

A. she had lost confidence in her ability to play well

B. she had been good enough to get a scholarship

C. she couldn’t get along well with her teammates

D. she was too short to realize her dream                  

Once Dr. Mellinkoff invited me to join him at the hospital to discuss interesting cases（案例， 病例） with his  students．The case at hand was a Guatemalan man, aged 34, who had a fever and many other medical problems．His condition was not improving, and there was not much hope he would live．
Dr.: Mellinkoff asked to see the patient．He introduced himself in Spanish and, in a very gentle voice, asked how he felt．The patient smiled and said everything was all right．Then the doctor asked if he was able to eat．The patient said that he had no desire to eat．
"Are you getting food you like?"
The patient said nothing．
"Do you get the kind of food you have at home?"
The answer was no．
The doctor put his hand on the man's shoulder and his voice was very soft．
"If you had food that you liked, would you eat it?"
"Yes, yes," the patient said．
The change in the patient's appearance couldn't have been more obvious．Nothing was said, but it was easy to tell that a message had been sent and had also been received．
Later, the doctor asked why the Guatemalan man wasn't getting food he could eat．One of the students said, "We all know how difficult it is to get the kitchen to make special meals．"
"Suppose," the doctor replied, "you felt a certain medicine was absolutely necessary but that our hospital didn't carry it, would you accept defeat or would you insist the hospital meet your request?"
"I would probably insist," the student said．
"Very well," the doctor said．"You might want to try the same method in the kitchen．It won't be-easy, but I can help you．Meanwhile, let's get some food inside this man as fast as possible, and stay with it．Or he'll be killed by hunger．By the way, there must be someone among you who can speak Spanish．If we want to make real progress, we need to be able to talk with him．"
Three weeks later．Doctor Mellinkoff told me that the Guatemalan man had left the hospital under his own power．It takes more than medicine to help sick people; you also have to talk to them and make them comfortable．
【小题1】The patient had no desire to eat because __________________.

The examination was very easy. ________, our monitor didn’t pass it.

A．In other words                         B．What’s more

C．Believe it or not                        D．All the same

The examination was very easy. ________, our monitor didn’t pass it.