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 __36__ the crowd of boys on the playground . She___37__ from them all. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing __38__.She would practice dribbling（运球）and shooting over and over again, sometimes until __39__. One day I asked her __40__ she practiced so much. She looked __41__in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can __42__ is that if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball. I want to be __43__. 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 __44__.One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head __45_ in her arms. I walked toward her and quietly asked what was _46___. "Oh, nothing," came a soft reply. "I'm just too short." The coach told her that at her height she would probably __47__get to play for a top ranked team,__48__offered a scholarship. So she _49___stop dreaming about college. She was __50___ 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 didn't __51__ the power of a dream. He told her __52__she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, __53___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（招聘人员）. She was indeed offered a __54__ .She was going to get the college education that she had __55___and worked toward for all those years.
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小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:C
小题6:D
小题7:A
小题8:C
小题9:B
小题10:D
小题11:B
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:A
小题15:D
小题16:A
小题17:C
小题18:B
小题19:C
小题20:A
题目分析：本文介绍了一个身材矮小的学生一直希望自己能够通过打篮球进入大学得到奖学金，但是教练告诉她因为她的身高问题，她可能无法实现梦想。但在父亲的鼓励之下，她最终实现了自己的梦想。
小题1:B 介词辨析。Through从内部穿过；本句是指她从人群中穿过来。Cross指从表面越过。
小题2:C 短语辨析。A爆发B出示C突出D锻炼；与别人相比，她在人群中很突出。
小题3:D 副词辨析。A仅仅B寂寞C只是D独自；指她独自一个人训练，。一个人在练习投篮。
小题4:A 名词辨析。A天黑B黎明C午夜D天亮；有时候她一直在训练直到天黑。
小题5:C 连词辨析。我问她为什么要训练如此刻苦。
小题6:D 副词辨析。A担忧地B害羞C安静D直接；她直接地盯着我的眼睛看着。
小题7:A 动词辨析。A走B得到C进入D参加；我能够走的唯一的路就得到奖学金，进入大学。
小题8:C 词义辨析。A更糟糕C更好C最好D最差；她想做最好的篮球队员。
小题9:B 形容词辨析。A激烈的B有决心的C确定的D着迷的；指她很有决心，意志坚定。
小题10:D 动词辨析。A覆盖B包围C落下D埋；指她把脸埋在了胳膊里在哭泣。
小题11:B 固定搭配。What is the matter?怎么了？我问她发生了什么事情。
小题12:D 副词辨析。A曾经B甚至C一旦D未能；教练告诉她因为身高，可能无法上场比赛。
小题13:B 词义辨析。A更加B更不要说C…得多D更多；不能比赛更不要所得到奖学金。
小题14:A 情态动词辨析。Should应该；所以教练建议她应该放弃篮球。
小题15:D 形容词辨析。A非常高兴B感动C尴尬D心碎；因为梦想破灭，她很失望，心都碎了。
小题16:A 动词辨析。A理解B经历C学会D相信；他们不理解梦想的力量。
小题17:C 语法分析。That引导的是宾语从句，if引导的是宾语从句中的条件句。
小题18:B 句意分析；如果她真想上大学真想拿奖学金，没有什么可以阻止她这样做。
小题19:C 上下文串联。根据上文可知她一直都想拿到奖学金，这里指一所大学真的给她奖学金。
小题20:A 短语辨析。A梦想B接受C思考D欣赏；她即将得到她梦想中的大学教育。
点评：本文介绍了一个学生通过自己的努力实现人生理想的故事。本文要求考生具有扎实的英语词组、短语、习惯用法等英语搭配的知识，这对于理解文章的逻辑关系特别有利。文章的逻辑关系不外乎列举、原因、结果、让步、对照、补充、目的、条件等关系。解题时应联系上下文寻找相关线索，如某一个词的原词、指代词、同义词、近义词、上义词、下义词和概括词等。但由于我们在做题时不可能总是重复地阅读文章，因此，在做完形填空时要培养一种捕捉并记忆相关信息的能力。