Question

【題目】I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so ____ , but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her ______nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing ____. She practiced dribbling (運球）and ____ over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she ____ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a ____ . I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am ____ enough，I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough，the facts don’t _____. ”

I ____ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ____. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head ____ her arms. Slowly and quietly, I ____ and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh，nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short. ” The ____ told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team一still less she would be ____ a scholarship--so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely ____ . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were ____ . They didn’t understand the _____ of a dream.

The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was ___ offered a scholarship and ____ to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had ____ and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true： if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.

【1】A. silent B. small C. strong D. huge

【2】A. but B. and C. so D. for

【3】A. still B. again C. well D. alone

【4】A. passing B. running C. shooting D. struggling

【5】A. studied B. practiced C. expected D. improved

【6】A. title B. prize C. scholarship D. reward

【7】A. good B. brave C. careful D. active

【8】A. lack B. talk C. appear D. count

【9】A. encouraged B. respected C. watched D. helped

【10】A. victory B. confidence C. responsibility D. profession

【11】A. dropped B. buried C. covered D. sunk

【12】A. walked off B. walked out C. walked around D. walked up

【13】A. coach B. teacher C. captain D. leader

【14】A. suggested B. sent C. promised D. offered

【15】A. worried B. excited C. disappointed D. surprised

【16】A. great B. wrong C. strict D. cruel

【17】A. pressure B. value C. cause D. power

【18】A. exactly B. naturally C. really D. normally

【19】A. taken B. admitted C. introduced D. appointed

【20】A. dreamed of B. picked up C. benefited from D. carried out

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 A

【3】 D

【4】 C

【5】 B

【6】 C

【7】 A

【8】 D

【9】 C

【10】 A

【11】 B

【12】 D

【13】 A

【14】 D

【15】 C

【16】 B

【17】 D

【18】 C

【19】 B

【20】 A

【解析】

一個名叫Sally的女孩通過自己的艱苦的努力終于實現(xiàn)了自己多年來上大學(xué)的夢想。

【1】考查形容詞。A. silent 無聲的，安靜的 B. small 小的 C. strong 強壯的 D. huge巨大的。通過but這個關(guān)鍵詞，可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，意思是：她看起來如此的小，但是卻成功地在他們頭頂上跳投進筐，故選B。

【2】考查連詞。A. but 但是 B. and 并且 C. so 因此 D. for因為。男孩子們總是試圖阻止她，但是沒有人可以。前后句子間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but，A。

【3】考查副詞。A. still 仍然 B. again 再次 C. well 好的 D. alone孤單地。我看到她手上拿著球，孤獨地打著球。故選D。

【4】考查動詞。A. passing 經(jīng)過 B. running 跑步 C. shooting射擊，投籃 D. struggling掙扎。她在不停地訓(xùn)練運球和投籃，故選C。

【5】考查動詞。A. studied 學(xué)習(xí) B. practiced 訓(xùn)練 C. expected 期待 D. improved改善，提高。有一天我問Sally為什么她訓(xùn)練得這么多，根據(jù)意思選B。

【6】考查名詞。A. title 標題 B. prize 獎 C. scholarship 獎學(xué)金 D. reward報酬。Sally說她想上大學(xué)，唯一的方式就是獲得獎學(xué)金，故選C。

【7】考查形容詞。A. good 好的 B. brave 勇敢的 C. careful 小心的 D. active積極的。我相信如果我足夠好，我就會得到的。故選A。

【8】考查動詞。A. lack 缺乏 B. talk 說話 C. appear 出現(xiàn) D. count重要，要緊。我的爸爸告訴我如果夢想足夠大，事實就不重要了。故選D。

【9】考查動詞。A. encouraged 鼓勵 B. respected 尊敬 C. watched 觀看 D. helped幫助。從初中到高中我一直都在關(guān)注著她，強調(diào)觀察，動作的持續(xù)性，故選C。

【10】考查名詞。A. victory 勝利 B. confidence自信 C. responsibility責(zé)任 D. profession職業(yè)。每個星期她都帶著球隊贏得勝利，故選A。

【11】考查動詞。A. dropped 落下 B. buried 埋葬 C. covered 覆蓋 D. sunk下沉。我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在胳膊里，故選B。

【12】考查動詞短語。A. walked off 走開; 離開 B. walked out出走; 退場 C. walked around繞…而走 D. walked up向上走，沿…走去。我走向她并坐她邊上，故選D。

【13】考查名詞。A. coach 教練 B. teacher 老師 C. captain隊長 D. leader領(lǐng)導(dǎo)。教練告訴她，165cm永遠無法在頂尖球隊里打球，根據(jù)后文第16空所在那句話可知是教練說的，原詞復(fù)現(xiàn)，故選A。

【14】考查動詞。A. suggested 建議 B. sent 送 C. promised 承諾 D. offered提供。她被提供一份獎學(xué)金的機會就更少了，故選D。

【15】考查形容詞。A. worried 擔(dān)心的 B. excited 激動的 C. disappointed 失望的 D. surprised吃驚的。我感覺到她非常的失望，故選C。

【16】考查形容詞。A. great 偉大的 B. wrong 錯誤的 C. strict 嚴格的 D. cruel殘酷的。她的爸爸說那些教練是錯誤的，故選B。

【17】考查名詞。A. pressure 壓力 B. value 價值 C. cause 原因 D. power力量。她們不理解夢想的力量。故選D。

【18】考查副詞。A. exactly 確實 B. naturally 自然地 C. really 真正地 D. normally正常地; 通常地。她真地被提供了一份獎學(xué)金并且被大學(xué)的球隊錄取了。選C。

【19】考查動詞。A. taken 拿 B. admitted 允許 C. introduced介紹 D. appointed任命，委派。此處涉及到固定短語：be admitted to：加入；獲準做某事。題意見上題解釋。故選B。

【20】考查動詞短語。A. dreamed of夢想 B. picked up接 C. benefited from從……中獲益 D. carried out實施，執(zhí)行。她即將去獲得她一直夢想的大學(xué)教育。根據(jù)意思選A。