I grew up poor---living in the housing projects (住房) with six brothers, three sisters, a varying assortment (各式各樣?xùn)|西的混合) of foster kids (養(yǎng)子), my father, and a wonderful mother, Scarlette Hunley. We had little money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was  36  and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still  37  a dream.

My dream was  38 . By the time I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, and hit anything that moved on the baseball field. I was also  39 : My high school coach Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me how to believe in myself. He  40  me the difference between having a dream and showing conviction (信念). One particular incident with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.

It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend  41  me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—cash for dates with girls, certainly, money for a new bike and new clothes, and the  42  of savings for a house for my mother. The prospect of a summer job was attractive and interesting, and I wanted to jump at the opportunity. Then I realized I would have to  43  summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing.

When I told Coach Jarvis, he was  44  as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your  45  days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”

I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the words that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his  46  to me.

“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” He demanded.

“3.5 dollars an hour.” I replied.

“Well,” he asked, “Is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”

That question, the plainness of it, laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I delicated myself to sports that summer and with the year I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was  47  a $20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1998 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the house of my dreams.

.A. happy          B. polite               C. shy              D. honest

A. live           B. afford               C. make             D. need

A.athletics           B. music                C. business         D. money

A. right          B. popular          C. lucky                D. confident

A. persuaded      B. taught               C. brought          D. asked

A. sent           B. advised          C. gave             D. recommended

A. aim            B. idea             C. start                D. purpose

A. give in         B. give up          C. give away            D. give off

A. disappointed       B. mad              C. frightened           D. shameful

A. living         B. playing          C. working          D. learning

A.sadness         B. regret               C. hopelessness     D. disappointment

A.paid            B. got              C. offered          D. presented

【小題1】A【小題1】B【小題1】A【小題1】C【小題1】B

【小題1】 D【小題1】C【小題1】B【小題1】A【小題1】D 【小題1】 D【小題1】C


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