The school was across the street from my home and I could watch the kids as they played during the 1 .A girl seemed so small that she pushed her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She 2 from them all. ’
I began to notice her at other times, basketball 3 , playing alone . She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until dark. One day I asked her 4 she practiced so much. She looked 5 in my eyes and without a moment of 6 she said, ‘‘I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a（an） 7 ,I am going to go to college to play basketball. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t 8 . ”
Well, I had to 9 to her.—she was determined. One day, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 10 in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter. ‘‘Oh, nothing, "came a soft reply. ‘‘I am just too 11 . ”The coach told her that at her height it was 12 for her to get to play for a top ranked team much 13 offered a scholarship. So she should stop dreaming about college.
She was heartbroken and I 14 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 15 .
They just did not understand the 16 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, if she really wanted a scholarship, 17 could stop her except one thing—her own 18 .
The next year, when she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach. She was indeed 19 _ with a scholarship. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked 20 it for all those years.
1. A.training B. match C. test D. break
2. A. turned up B. stood out C. made out D. picked out
3. A. at hand B. in hand C n the hand D. by hand
4. A. that B. how C. why D. whether
5. A. impatiently B. bitterly C. casually D. directly
6. A. hesitation B. glance C. fear D. argument
7. A. job B. reputation C. scholarship D. occupation
8. A. disappear B. happen C. matter D. exist
9. A. give up B. give in C. give out D.give away
10. A. showed B. buried C. turned D nodded
11. A. short B. flexible C. unique D. tall
12. A. important B. necessary C. possible D. impossible
13. A. too B. more C. less D. as
14. A. imagined B. doubted C. sensed D. removed
15. A. incorrect B. cautious C. strict D. serious
16. A. nature B. power C. result D. benefit
17. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
18. A. skill B. thought C. champion D. award
19. A. provided B. requested C. offered D. gained
20. A. in B. with C. to D. for