Unit 4 Earthquakes grammar课时作业

第一节 完形填空

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

　　I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowed 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 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 walk ____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 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.

1. A. small B. upset C. strong D. determined

2. A. as B. and C. but D. for

3. A. well B. still C. again D. alone

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