Question

完形填空阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Every day I can watch a little girl   ________  basketball from my kitchen window. One day I asked her why she practised so ________ . She said: “I would like to go to college. The only way is   ________    a scholarship(奖学金). I like basketball and I want to be the ________    player in college. My dad told me: ‘If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.’ ” She  ________     changed her mind. I watched her through those junior high years and into senior high school.

One day before she graduated  ________     high school, I saw her sitting on the grass  ________  . I asked her what was wrong. She told me her coach said she was such a ________  girl that she couldn’t be a good basketball player, so she should    ________  dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it    ________  made me feel sad. Then she smiled and told me her father said that coach was wrong. He did not understand the power of dream. Her father said to her: “If you really want to  ________  the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you ________     can stop your dream.”

The next year, she and her team went to a big game. She  ________by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the ________   basketball team of their college. She was about to get the college education that she had dreamed ________ and worked towards for all those years.

“If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.

1.A. to play    B. plays        C. play        D. player

2.A. many       B. much         C. little       D. few

3.A. to get      B. to give      C. to provide   D. to offer

4.A. most       B. good         C. best        D. better

5.A. never      B. ever        C. always       D. already

6.A. in          B. to           C. from        D. into

7.A. sad         B. sadly      C. happily     D. happy

8.A. tall        B. short        C. strong       D. creative

9.A. stop        B. forget       C. go on        D. come on

10.A. as well   B. also        C. too          D. so

11.A. play for   B. play with    C. play against D. play

12.A. your       B. yourself     C. own          D. yours

13.A. was taught B. was refused C. was seen    D. was trained

14.A. women’s  B. woman’s     C. womans’     D. woman

15. A. to        B. on           C. of          D. for

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.A

15.C

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要介绍了一个女孩努力实现自己的梦想的故事。作者想通过这个故事告诉我们在实现梦想的路上，除了你自己没有任何事情能阻止你成功。

1.C考查动词及语境的理解。句意：每天我都可以从我家厨房的窗户看到一个小女孩打篮球。 See sb. do sth与see sb. doing sth表示“看见做某事”与“看见某人正在做某事”，动词原形或现在分词做宾语补足语。可知该选C。

2.B考查副词及语境理解。句意：有一天我问她为什么练习这么多。 many形容词，很多，修饰名词；much 形容词或副词，很多；little形容词，少的，修饰不可数名词；few形容词，少的，修饰可数名词。根据句意需要副词修饰动词，所以该选B。

3.A考查非谓语动词及语境理解。句意：唯一的方法是获得奖学金。to get 获得，得到；to give 给； to provide提供；to offer提供。根据句意可知该选A。

4.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：我喜欢篮球，我想成为大学里最棒的运动员。most 最多；good好的；best最好；better较好。根据句意结合语境可知该选C。

5.A考查副词及语境理解。句意：她从不改变她的想法。never从不；ever曾经；always总是；already已经。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。

6.C考查介词及语境理解。句意：在她中学毕业的前的一天，我见她正伤心地坐在草地上。in 在...里；to到；from从；into在……里面。根据句意结合语境可知该选C。

7.B考查副词及语境理解。句意：在她中学毕业的前一天，我见她正伤心地坐在草地上sad形容词，伤心的；sadly 副词，伤心地；happily副词，高兴地；happy高兴的。sadly修饰动词sit。根据句意可知该选B。

8.B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：她告诉我教练说她这么矮， 她不能成为一个好的篮球运动员，所以她应该停止梦想去上大学。tall 高的；short短的、矮的；strong强壮的；creative有创造力的。根据句意结合语境可知该选B。

9.A考查动词及语境理解。句意：她告诉我教练说她这么矮的女孩，不能成为一个好的篮球运动员，所以她应该停止梦想去上大学。stop停止；forget 忘记；go on继续；come on快点、加油。根据上文可知句意是她应该停止上大学的梦想。故选A。stop doing sth停止做某事。

10.B考查副词及语境理解。句意：她很伤心，也让我感到悲伤。as well 也，放在句末；also也，放在句中；too也，一般放在句末；so这么，那么。根据句意结合语境可知该选B。

11.A考查动词短语及语境理解。句意：如果你真的想为大学的奖学金打球， 只有你自己能阻止你的梦想。 play for 为...打；play with与...玩；play against同……比赛；play玩。根据句意结合语境可知该选A。

12.B考查反身代词及语境理解。句意：如果你真的想为大学的奖学金打球，只有你自己能阻止你的梦想。your你的；yourself你自己；own自己的；yours你的、你们的。反身代词yourself作为主语youd的同位语。根据句意结合语境可知该选B。

13.C考查谓语动词及语境理解。句意：她被一著名大学的教练看上， 并获得了授予大学女子篮球队的奖学金。was taught 被教；was refused 被拒绝；was seen被看到；was trained被训练。根据后文可知她被一个著名的大学的教练看上，故选C。

14.A考查名词所有格及语境理解。句意：她被一著名大学的教练看上， 并获得了授予大学女子篮球队的奖学金。women是woman的复数；women’s是woman复数的所有格。 所以选A。

15.C考查介词及语境理解。句意：她马上获得多年曾经梦想和为之努力多年的大学教育。to 到；on 在……上面； of的；for为。she had dreamed of 做前面名词的定语从句，dream of 梦想……。根据句意结合语境可知该选C。

考点：故事类短文。