Question

The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during the break. She seemed so small as she pushed her way the crowd of boys on the playground. She from them all.

I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing . She would practice dribbling (運球) and shooting over and over again, sometimes until . One day I asked her she practiced so much. She looked in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can is if I 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 count.”

Well, I had to give it in to her—she was . One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably get to play for a top ranked team, offered a scholarship. So she stop dreaming about college.

She was and 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 the power of a dream. He told her she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, could 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 seen by a college recruiter (招聘人員). She was indeed offered a . She was going to get the college education that she had and worked toward it 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. only 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. meet C. enter D. attend

8.A. worse B. better C. the best D. the worst

9.A. determined B. encouraged C. fixed D. fascinated

10.A. covered B. enclosed C. dropped D. buried

11.A. the affair B. wrong with C. the thing D. the matter

12.A. ever B. even C. once D. never

13.A. far more B. much less C. more less D. many more

14.A. should B. must C. can D. may

15.A. overjoyed B. moved C. embarrassed D. heartbroken

16.A. understand B. experience C. learn D. believe

17.A. even if B. as if C. that if D. only if

18.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything

19.A. prize B. medal C. scholarship D. position

20.A. dreamed of B. relied on C. thought of D. looked forward

Answer 1

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.D

12.D

13.B

14.A

15.D

16.A

17.C

18.B

19.C

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹了一個身材矮小的學(xué)生一直希望能夠通過打籃球進入大學(xué)得到獎學(xué)金，但是教練告訴她因為她的身高問題，她可能無法實現(xiàn)夢想。但在父親的鼓勵之下，她最終實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想。

1.A 介詞辨析。A 從內(nèi)部穿過；B 從表面越過；C 跨過；D 進入。此處是說她在一群男孩中穿來穿去；push one’s way through......在......中擠出一條道。故選A。

2.C 短語辨析。A拿出來；B 帶領(lǐng)某人出去；C突出，截然不同；D鍛煉。句意：她和其他的孩子截然不同。選C。

3.D 詞義辨析。A僅僅；B 寂寞的，孤獨的；C簡單地；D單獨地。此處是說她有時候一個人練球。

4.A 名詞辨析。A天黑；B黎明；C午夜；D天亮 。句意：她一遍遍地練習(xí)運球和投籃，有時直到天黑。選A。

5.C 連詞辨析。A 如何；B何時；C為什么；D什么。有一天我問她為什么這么刻苦地練習(xí)。選C。

6.6】D 副詞辨析。A擔(dān)憂地；B害羞地；C安靜地；D直接地她直視著我的眼睛，不加思索地說，“我想上大學(xué)。......”。選D。

7.7】A 動詞辨析。A走；B得到；C進入；D參加。我能夠走的唯一的道路就得到獎學(xué)金，進入大學(xué)。選A。

8.8】C 詞義辨析。 A更糟糕；B更好；C最好；D最差。她想做最好的籃球隊員。選C。

9.9】A 形容詞辨析。A有決心的；B受到鼓勵的；C確定的，固定的；D著迷的。句意：嘿，我服了她了——她是下定了決心了。選A。

10.10】D 動詞辨析。A覆蓋；B包圍；C落下；D埋。此處是指她把臉埋在了胳膊里在哭泣。選D。

11.1】D 固定搭配。 What is the matter?怎么了？我看見她坐在草地上，頭埋在臂彎里，就問她發(fā)生了什么事情。選D。

12.12】D 副詞辨析。A曾經(jīng)；B甚至；C一旦；D未能，從不。原來籃球教練告訴她，以她的身高，她幾乎是沒有機會到一流的球隊去打球的。選D。

13.13】B 短語辨析。A更加；B更不要說；C…得多；D更多。沒有機會到一流的球隊去打球——更不用說會獲得獎學(xué)金了。選B。

14.14】A考查情態(tài)動詞。should應(yīng)該；must 一定，必須；can能夠，可以；may或許，可能。所以她應(yīng)該放棄想上大學(xué)的夢想。選A。

15.15】D形容詞辨析。A過于高興的；B感動的；C尷尬的；D心碎的。因為夢想破滅了，她的心都碎了。選D。

16.6】A動詞辨析。A理解；B經(jīng)歷；C學(xué)會；D相信。此處是說，他們根本不懂得夢想的力量。選A。

17.17】C句法分析。even if 盡管，即使；as if 仿佛，好像；only if 只有。在本句中， 用that引導(dǎo)賓語從句，該賓語從句中又用if引導(dǎo)條件句。選C。

18.18】B不定代詞辨析。A任何事情；B沒有什么；C某事；D一切。他告訴她，如果她真的想到一所好大學(xué)去打籃球，如果她真的想獲得獎學(xué)金，任何事情也不能阻止她，除非她自己不愿意。選B。

19.19】C上下文呼應(yīng)。根據(jù)上文可知她一直都想拿到獎學(xué)金，這里指一所大學(xué)真的給她獎學(xué)金。選C。

20.20】A 動詞短語辨析。A 夢想；B依靠，依賴；C思考；D盼望，期盼。她將接受她曾夢想并為之奮斗多年的大學(xué)教育。選A。

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