阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、 B、 C 和 D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played on the playground. She seemed so small as she pushed her way 1the crowd of boys on the playground. She 2from them all. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 3. She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until 4. One day I asked her 5she practiced so much. She looked 6in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “ I want to go to college. The only way I can 7is 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 8enough, the facts don’t count.”
Well, I had to give in to her—she was 9. One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 10in her arms. I walked toward her and 11asked what was the matter. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “ I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably 12get to play for a top ranked team, 13offered a scholarship. So she 14stop dreaming about college.
She was 15and 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 just did not 16the power of the dream. He told her 17she really wanted to pay for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 18could 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 19by a college recruiter(招聘人员). She was indeed offered a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had 20and worked for all those years.
1.A. through B. across C. over D. into
2.A. brought out B. showed out C. stood out D. worked out
3.A. friendly B. lonely C. simply D. alone
4.A. dark B. dawn C. midnight D. daybreak
5.A. how B. when C. why D. what
6.A. worriedly B. shyly C. quietly D. directly
7.A. go B. get C. enter D. attend
8.A. small B. big C. real D. false
9.A. determined B. encouraged C. fascinated D. struck
10.A. covered B. enclosed C. dropped D. buried
11.A. quietly B. excitedly C. angrily D. hurriedly
12.A. ever B. even C. once D. never
13.A. far more B. much less C. much fewer D. many more
14.A. should B. must C. can D. may
15.A. overjoyed B. satisfied C. embarrassed D. heartbroken
16.A. understand B. experience C. learn D. lose
17.A. even if B. as if C. that if D. only if
18.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
19.A. seen B. refused C. treated D. annoyed
20.A. dreamed of B. accepted C. thought of D. appreciated
We are invited to a party _________ in our club next Friday.
A. to be held B. held C. being held D. holding
So tired __________ after walking such a long way that I ___________ stand.
A. was I; could hardly B. did I ; could hardly
C. was I; couldn’t hardly D. I was; could hardly
Gun control is a subject __________ Americans have argued for a long time.
A. of which B. with which C. about which D. into which
It is obvious to the students _________ they should get well prepared for their future.
A. as B. which C. whether D. that
John may phone tonight. I don’t want to go out _______ he phones.
A. as long as B. in order that C. in case D. so that
