2017--2018学年人教版必修四Unit 2 Working the land using language课时作业(1)
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  Unit 2 Working the land using language课时作业

I. 完形填空

  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 __1__ , but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her __2__nobody could.

  I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing __3__ . She practiced dribbling (运球) and __4__over and over.

  One day I asked Sally why she __5__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 __6__ . I'm going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am __7__ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don't __8__ ."

  I __9__her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to __10__ . One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head __11__ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I __12__and sat down beside her. "What's wrong?" I asked. "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I am just too short." The__13__told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team-still less she would be__14__a scholarship-so she should stop dreaming about college.

  I felt she was extremely __15__ . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were __16__ . They didn't understand the__17__of a dream.

  The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was __18__offered a scholarship and __19__to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had __20__ and worked toward for all those years.

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

  篇章导读:本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲叙了一位身材矮小的女生通过自己的不懈努力实现篮球梦和大学梦的故事,告诉我们梦想的力量有多强大。

  1.A.silent B.small

  C.strong D.huge

  答案:B 根据空后的but可知,此处表示转折关系,她身材显得如此矮小(small),但是球能从他们的头顶越过进篮。故选B项。

  2.A.but B.and

  C.so D.for

  答案:A 根据"nobody could"可知,"没人能阻止她"与"男生们总是试图阻止她"之间是转折关系。故选A项。

  3.A.still B.again

  C.well D.alone

  答案:D 根据下文的"She practiced dribbling (运球) and __4__ over and over."可知,萨莉一遍又一遍练习运球和投篮,并没有比赛。因此,此处指她总是独自(alone)打球。故选D项。

  4.A.passing B.running

  C.shooting D.struggling

答案:C 根据常识可知,运球动作的下一步应是投篮(shooting)。第1空后的句子也