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I used to watch him from my kitchen window. He seemed so small as he played through a  crowd of tall boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would

often watch the kids as they played during break.

I remember the first day when I saw him playing basketball. He ran circles around the other kids. He managed to shoot jump shots from their heads and into the net. The big boys always tried to stop him but no one could.

One day, I met him and asked him why he practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation he said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.

I watched him through those junior high school and into senior high school. Every week, he led his school team to victory

One day in his senior year, I saw him sitting in the grass with head in his arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside him. Quietly I asked what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply, "I am just too short." The coach told him that he would probably never get to play for a top ranked team-much less offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about college.

He was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed his disappointment. I asked him if he had talked to his dad about it yet. He told me that his father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told him that if he truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop him except one thing-his own attitude. He told him again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”

The next year, as he and his team went to the Northern California Championship game, he was offered a scholarship. Finally, he was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.

1.The little boy practiced playing basketball so much because __________.

A. he wanted to play basketball better than the big boys

B. he had great gift for playing basketball

C. he wanted to get the college education

D. he wanted to show off his basketball skills to the boys

2.The little boy was heartbroken because __________.

A. he was considered too short to be a top player

B. his father did wrong to him

C. he wouldn’t be offered a scholarship any more

D. his parents thought he spent too much time in playing basketball

3.The underlined sentence means _________.

A. every one of us should have a dream

B. if you have a dream, it must come true

C. the dream is more important than the facts

D. if you try your best, your dream will beat the facts

4.We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. the little boy stopped dreaming about because of the coach

B. the father always encourages the boy

C. a top basketball team can offer the player a scholarship

D. the little boy was much taller than the other boys

5.The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A. practice makes perfect    B. Rome was not built in one day

C. where there is a will, there is a way    D. pride comes before a fall

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

5.C

【解析】这篇短文作者给我们讲述了一个努力练习打篮球，希望能获得奖学金可以上大学的男孩，如何克服自己个子矮这个不利条件，为了实现梦想而努力奋斗，积极争取，最后获得成功的故事。

1.细节理解题。根据短文中One day, I met him and asked him why he practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation he said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship可知，这个男孩努力的练习打篮球为了能够获得奖学金去上大学。由此可知应选C。

2.细节理解题。根据短文中"Oh, nothing," came a soft reply, "I am just too short." The coach told him that he would probably never get to play for a top ranked team-much less offered a scholarship. So he should stop dreaming about college.可知，教练觉得这个男孩个子太矮了，不会为排名第一的球队效力，更不会得到奖学金，让他放弃上大学的梦想，这让这个男孩非常的伤心，由此可知应选A。

3.推理判断题。根据短文中He told him that if he truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop him except one thing-his own attitude. He told him again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.”可知，如果梦想足够强大，事实并不算数，意思就是如果你尽你的最大努力去实现你的梦想，那么梦想将会打败现实。由此可知D选项的意思是符合文意的。

4.细节理解题。根据短文中My daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.以及He told him that if he truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop him except one thing-his own attitude. He told him again, “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” 这两处可知，这个男孩的父亲总是鼓励他，让他为自己的梦想努力。故应选B。

5.主旨大意题。这篇短文作者给我们讲述了一个努力练习打篮球，希望能获得奖学金可以上大学的男孩，如何克服自己个子矮这个不利条件，为了实现梦想而努力奋斗，积极争取的故事。根据文意可知，作者通过这个小男孩的故事想要告诉我们的道理就是：有志者，事竟成。故应选C。A选项的意思是熟能生巧；B选项的意思是罗马不是一天建成的；D选项的意思是骄傲使人落后。

点睛：这篇短文给我们讲述了一个很励志的故事。短文内容贴近学生生活，这对于学生理解文意是很有帮助的。读这篇短文时，学生一定要抓住作者的写作意图，他是通过这个故事想要告诉我们什么道理，掌握了这一点对于解答第5题就比较容易了。其他题目设置以细节理解题为主，答案的依据都可以在原文找到。例如第2小题，题干中的关键词是heartbroken，我们在原文中找到这个男孩伤心的地方，He was heartbroken…，而让他伤心的原因是在这句话之前提到的，所以答案就在前面的这几句话中，结合选项可以知道A是正确的。