Question

    I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so _________as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they_________during breaks. I remember the first day I saw her playing_________. She was the only girl playing with a group of boys. I watched _________as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to _________her but no one could. I began to_________her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.

One day I asked her_________she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation (犹豫)， she said "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship (奖学金). I like basketball. I think that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be _________. My daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't _________. " Then she smiled and ran back to the playground to continue the training. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week she led her school team to victory.

One day in her senior year, I saw her__________in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and also sat down in the cool grass beside her. __________I asked what was wrong. "Oh, nothing, " came a soft reply. "I am just too short. " The coaches told her that she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team —__________offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about __________. It’s out of reach for her. She was__________

and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. But I didn't know how to cheer her up. After both keep silent for quite a while, I asked her if she had__________her dad about it yet. She didn't say anything for another few minutes but then she__________her head with tears in her eyes and she told me firmly that her father said those coaches were __________. They just did not understand the power of the__________. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and then nothing could stop her __________one thing—her own attitude. Then she dried her eyes, stood up and ran towards the playground to repeat the routine.

The next year, __________she was still not tall enough, she was offered a full scholarship and on the college team as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked toward for all those years for free.

Just have a big dream and keep on chasing it. Maybe it will come true one day.

1.A.heavy B.tall C.small D.thin

2.A.chatted B.laughed C.shouted D.played

3.A.football B.basketball C.baseball D.volleyball

4.A.in fear B.in surprise C.in joy D.in peace

5.A.stop B.help C.push D.pull

6.A.feel B.know C.realize D.notice

7.A.where B.how C.why D.when

8.A.the quickest B.the youngest C.the strongest D.the best

9.A.trouble B.come C.stop D.matter

10.A.standing B.sitting C.lying D.running

11.A.Quickly B.Suddenly C.Carefully D.Quietly

12.A.much more B.much less C.much better D.much worse

13.A.college B.education C.fame D.money

14.A.strong-willed B.warm-hearted C.well-behaved D.heart-broken

15.A.listened to B.turned to C.talked to D.written to

16.A.lifted B.touched C.nodded D.lowered

17.A.wrong B.right C.strict D.stupid

18.A.magic B.dream C.hope D.luck

19.A.besides B.except C.including D.without

20.A.because B.when C.although D.since

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.A

6.D

7.C

8.D

9.D

10.B

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.D

15.C

16.A

17.A

18.B

19.B

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述一位身材矮小的女生通过自己的努力实现篮球之梦和大学之梦的故事，告诉读者梦想的力量的强大。

1.

句意：她看上去如此的小，她在操场上努力穿过一群男孩子。

heavy重的；tall高的；small小的；thin瘦的。根据后文“shoot jump shots just over their heads”以及“I am just too short”可知她比较矮小的，用形容词small。故选C。

2.

句意：学校在我家街对面，当孩子们在休息时，我经常看他们玩耍。

chatted闲谈；laughed大笑；shouted大叫；played玩耍。根据前文“on the playground”以及后文“during break”可知此处用动词played。故选D。

3.

句意：我记得第一次看到她打篮球。

football足球；basketball篮球；baseball棒球；volleyball网球。根据后文“basketball in hand”可知此处用名词basketball。故选B。

4.

句意：我吃惊地看着她，当她跑着绕过其他孩子的时候。

in fear害怕；in surprise惊讶；in joy开心；in peace和平。根据“She was the only girl playing with a group of boys”可知作者对她是一群男孩子里唯一一个女生打篮球很吃惊。故选B。

5.

句意：男孩子们都想阻止她，但是没人能。

stop停止；help帮助；push推；pull拉。根据“She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net”可知男孩子想阻止她的行为但是没能，此处用动词stop。故选A。

6.

句意：我开始在其他时候注意到她，她自己一个人拿着篮球练习。

feel感觉；know知道；realize意识到；notice注意到。此处用动词noticed表示“在其他时候注意到她”。故选D。

7.

句意：一天我问她为什么练习如此多的。

where哪儿；how怎样；why为什么；when什么时候。根据后文她说的话可知此处询问原因，用why。故选C。

8.

句意：我想要成为最好的。

the quickest最快的；the youngest最年轻的；the strongest最强壮的；the best最好的。根据前文“I think that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball”,她想自己如果足够好，她能拿到奖学金，此处用good的最高级the best表示“最好的”。故选D。

9.

句意：我爸爸告诉我如果梦想足够大，事实不起任何作用。

trouble麻烦；come来；stop停止；matter有关系，起作用。此处强调梦想的重要性，此处用doesn’t matter表示“不起作用”。故选D。

10.

句意：在她高中的一天，我看到她坐在草地上，头埋在胳膊里。

standing站；sitting坐； lying 躺；running跑。根据后文“sat down in the cool grass beside her”可知此处表达和“坐着”，用sitting。故选B。

11.

句意：我轻声地问她怎么了。

quickly快地；suddenly突然地；carefully小心地；quietly安静地，轻声地。根据“also sat down in the cool grass beside her”以及“a soft reply”可知此处表示二人坐在草地上，作者轻声询问她出了什么事。故选D。

12.

句意：教练告诉她她可能不能到顶级篮球队打篮球，更不用有奖学金。

much more更多；much less更不用说；much better更好；much worse更糟。“offered a scholarship”是“play for a top ranked team”的更进一步，此处用much less表示“更不用说”。故选B。

13.

句意：因此她应该停止关于大学的梦想。

college大学；education教育；fame名誉；money钱。根据前文“I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship”可知此处指的是大学的梦想。故选A。

14.

句意：她感觉心碎的。

strong-willed意志坚定的；warm-hearted热心肠的；well-behaved表现好的；heart-broken心碎的。根据前文讲述她应该停止大学的梦想，可知她心碎的，用形容词heart-broken。故选D。

15.

句意：我问她是否和父亲谈论过关于这件事。

listened to听；turned to向某人求助；talked to和某人谈话；written to写给某人。根据“her father said”以及“He told her”可知此处用talked to表示“和父亲谈论此事”。故选C。

16.

句意： 她接下来几分钟没说什么，但是接着她抬起她的头，眼睛里含着泪水。

lifted举起，升高；touched触摸；nodded点；lowered降低。根据前文“head in her arms”可知此处表达抬起头，用动词lifted。故选A。

17.

句意：她坚定地告诉我她父亲说那些教练是错误的。

wrong错误的；right正确的；strict严格的；stupid愚蠢的。根据后文“They just did not understand”可知父亲认为教练是错误的。故选A。

18.

句意：他们不明白梦想的力量。

magic魔法；dream梦想；hope希望；luck运气。根据前文“My daddy told me if the dream is big enough”可知此处用名词dream。故选B。

19.

句意：他告诉她如果真的想要奖学金，那么没有什么能阻止她除了一件事，那就是她自己的态度。

besides除了……之外还包括；except除了……；including包括；without没有。根据“her own attitude”可知此处排除掉后面提到的事物，表达“除了她自己的态度没有什么能阻止”。故选B。

20.

句意：第二年，尽管他仍然不是足够高大的，学校给了她全额奖学金，以及让她进入了大学篮球队。

because因为；when当……时候；although尽管；since自从。“she was still not tall enough”表示让步，用although引导让步状语从句。故选C。