C．promised D．offered

　　答案：D　根据第18空后的"offered a scholarship"可知答案为offered。offer本意为"(主动)提供"，此处用be offered表达获得学校提供的奖学金，故选D项。

　　15．A.worried B．excited

　　C．disappointed D．surprised

　　答案：C　萨莉一直在为上大学的梦想而努力，如今被告知可能得不到奖学金，只能放弃上大学的梦想，萨莉应该是极度失望的(disappointed)。故选C项。

　　16．A.great B．wrong

　　C．strict D．cruel

　　答案：B　根据下文"They didn't understand the __17__ of a dream."可知，萨莉的父亲认为教练不懂梦想的力量，因此在否认教练说的话，认为那些教练是错误的(wrong)。故选B项。

　　17．A.pressure B．value

　　C．cause D．power

　　答案：D　根据上文可知，萨莉的父亲说如果梦想足够大，现实中的困难也算不上什么，强调了梦想的力量(power)。故选D项。

　　18．A.exactly B．naturally

　　C．really D．normally

　　答案：C　根据下文的"She was going to get the college education"可知，萨莉真的(really)获得了一份奖学金。故选C项。

　　19．A.taken B．admitted

　　C．introduced D．appointed

　　答案：B　根据上文中的"Sally was seen by a college basketball coach"及"offered a scholarship"可知，此处指她进入了大学球队。故选B项。

　　20．A.dreamed of B．picked up

　　C．benefited from D．carried out

　　答案：A　根据设空后的"worked toward for all those years"可知，为之努力多年的应是自己的大学梦。故选A项。

　　Ⅱ.阅读理解

　　A

　　The Olympic flame

　　The Olympic flame is a symbol carried over from the ancient Olympics, where a flame burned at the altar (祭坛) of Zeus (宙斯) throughout competition. It was finally reintroduced at the 1924 Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹) Games, and again burned in 1932.

　　Carl Diem, chairman of the organizing committee for the 1936 Berlin Games, proposed that the flame be lit in Greece and transported to Berlin via a torch relay. The idea was adopted (采纳) and continued at every Olympic Games since 1952.

　　The flame is lit at the ancient site of Olympia by the natural rays of the sun reflected (反射) off a carved (雕刻) mirror.

　　Olympic motto

"Citius, altius, fortius" is a Latin phrase meaning "swifter, higher, stronger"， which Baron