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few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was 37 and energetic. I understood that no matter
how poor a person was, they could 38 afford a dream.
My dream was to be a 39 . When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety - mile - per
- hour fastball. I was also 40 : my high - school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who 41 me the difference
between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular 42 with him changed my life forever.
It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 43 . This meant a chance for my first
income - cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 44 of savings for a house for my mother. The
opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 45 at it.
Then I realized I would have to 46 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I
would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn"t be playing. I was 47 about this.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 48 as I expected him to be. "You have your whole life to work," he said. "Your 49 days are limited. You can"t afford to waste them."
I stood before him with my head 50 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying
my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 51 his disappointment in me.
"How much are you going to make at this job?" he demanded.
"$ 3.25 an hour," I replied.
"Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a 52 ?" he asked.
That 53 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I
devoted myself to 54 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with
the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the 55 of my dreams.
( )2．A．happy
( )3．A．only
( )4．A．teacher
( )5．A．lucky
( )6．A．taught
( )7．A．match
( )8．A．job
( )9．A．cause
( )10．A．stand
( )11．A．take out
( )12．A．excited
( )13．A．mad
( )14．A．working
( )15．A．shaking
( )16．A．feeling
( )17．A．dream
( )18．A．offer
( )19．A．study
( )20．A．clothes
B．lovely
B．ever
B．coach
B．satisfied
B．asked
B．story
B．camp
B．start
B．call
B．cut off
B．curious
B．puzzled
B．playing
B．hanging
B．suffering
B．game
B．price
B．sports
B．bike
C．angry
C．still
C．doctor
C．hopeful
C．told
C．momen t
C．holiday
C．need
C．look
C．put on
C．anxious
C．regretful
C．learning
C．holding
C．facing
C．chance
C．question
C．homework
C．house
D．noisy
D．almost
D．sportsman
D．surprised
D．trained
D．incident
D．course
D．amount
D．jump
D．give up
D．disappointed
D．discouraged
D．shining
D．nodding
D．expressing
D．life
D．order
D．business
D．goods
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试题【完形填空 I grew up poor - living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mo】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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I was born disabled．A difficult birth, feet first, my head stuck．By my first birthday, I couldn"t stand
or walk．
When I was three, the doctor told dad I had cerebral palsy (脑瘫)．A loss of oxygen to my brain had
destroyed bra
in signals to the right side of my body．But no son of my dad" s was going to be disabled．Every morning before breakfast and every evening
before bed, my dad placed me on the bedroom floor to exercise my right leg．The muscles were shrunk
and twisted together．Back and forth up and down, my dad pushed and pulled the muscles into shape．
But my dad" s exercise of passion didn"t stop there．For my 13th birthday, he threw me a special
party．When everybody was gone, he brought me to open a large box, it was a-set of boxing gloves．
We put them on．My dad kept on beating me mercilessly．Each time I tried to get up, leather kissed
my nose, eyes and jaw．I "begged him to stop. He said he beat me to get me ready for the tough world.
That same year, I was the only kid in my neighborhood that wasn"t picked for Little League. Two weeks
later．Dad started the Shedd Park Minor League, and every kid played．Dad coached us and made me
a pitcher (棒球投手)．
The power of my
dad" s love guaranteed I 
walked and more．In high school, I becam
e a football star．In 1997, a brain surgeon in San Jose told me I didn"t t have cerebral palsy after all．He explained how
and where the doctor" s forceps
(镊子) at birth had damaged my brain. My da
d never knew the whole truth since he passed away years ago．But all that counts is the bottomline．After all his madness, on this Father" s Day, like every Father" s Day, I" m no longer disabled．
B．The doctor"s forceps．
C．An accident in a game．
D．Shrunken and twisted muscles．
B．The author achieved a lot thanks to his father" s love．
C．The author became a baseball star with the help of his father．
D．The author doesn"t think his father should be so strict with him．
B．believed his son was a normal child
C．blamed the doctors for his son" s disability
D．couldn"t accept the truth that his son was disabled
B．encourage disabled children
C．show the difficulty the disabled face
D．give advice to the parents of disabled children
attractive, fun - filled place are happier than others．If so you have some mistaken ideas about the nature
of happiness．
Many intelligent people still think fun equals happiness．The truth is that fun and happiness have little or
nothing in common．Fun is what we experience during an act．Happiness is what we experience after an
act．It is a deep, long-lasting emotion．
Going to an amusement park or a ball game, watching a movie or television are fun activities that help
us relax, temporally forget our problems and maybe even laugh．But they do not bring happiness, because
their positive effects end when the fun ends．
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has
nothing to do with fun．They have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes,
everything that spells "happiness" But in memoir(回忆录) after memoir, they expose Ac unhappiness
hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages and loneliness．
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying．If he
is honest, he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment．For commitment is in fact quite
painful．The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement．Marriage has such moments, but they
are not its most distinguishing features．
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful
happiness．They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they want．Couples with babies
are lucky to get a whole night" s sleep．I don"t know any parent who would choose the word fun to
describe raising children．
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating
realizations we can ever come to．It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can
truly increase our happiness．It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do
nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless．And it frees us from envy: we now understand
that all those rich and famous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much
fun actually may not be happy at all．
B．Success and satisfaction．
C．Marriage and commitment．
D．Entertainment and responsibility．
B．long - standing fun may lead to happiness
C．fun is short-lived while happiness is long-lasting
D．fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness
B．It means commitment．
C．It affords greater fun．
D．It leads to raising children．
B．won" t place too much value on money
C．will seek for freedom
D．won"t devote himself to his family
when I was ready to quit (退出)a political campaign (运动) I was losing,and wrote about it in my
diary.
Tired,feeling the many months of__2__,I went up to my study to make some notes.I was looking
for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer.When I__3__ up one of Dad"s old business cards that he
was so proud of:Andrea Cuomo,Italian American Groceries Fine Imported Products.Then I thought
about how he__4__with difficult situations,A lot of pictures appeared into my__5__,but one scene
came sharply into view.We had just__6__to Holliswood,New York,we had our own house for the
first time；it had some land around it,even__7__.One,in particular,was a great blue spruce (云杉)that
must have been 40 feet tall.
Less than a week after we moved in,there was a terrible__8__.We came home from the store that
night to find the spruce__9__almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street.When my brother
Frankie and I saw the spruce,our hearts___10__ .But not Dad"s.
The rain was__11__.Then he announced,"OK,we"re going to push him up !""What are you talking
about,Dad?The roots are out of the ground!""Shut up,we"re going to push him up,he"s going to__12__
again."We couldn"t say__13__to him.So we followed him into the house and we got what rope there
was and we__14__the rope around the top of the tree that__15__on the street,and he stood up by the
house,with me__16__on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain,helping to__17__up the great blue
spruce.In no time at all.We had it standing up straight again!Dad drove stakes(桩)in the ground,tied rope
from the__18__to the stakes,and said,"Don"t worry,he"s going to grow again..."
I looked at the__19__and wanted to cry,I couldn"t__20__to get back into the campaign.
( )2.A.struggle
( )3.A.turned
( )4.A.kept
( )5.A.heart
( )6.A.came
( )7.A.yard
( )8.A.storm
( )9.A.pushed
( )10.A.fell
( )11.A.stopping
( )12.A.stand
( )13.A.no
( )14.A.made
( )15.A.put
( )16.A.pulling
( )17.A.take
( )18.A.leaves
( )19.A.picture
( )20.A.wait
B．working
B．took
B．worked
B．mind
B．left
B．field
B．rain
B．pulled
B．rose
B．falling
B．plant
B．yes
B．gave
B．left
B．pushing
B．put
B．roots
B．card
B．stop
C．battle
C．came
C．dealt
C．head
C．got
C．flowers
C．snow
C．put
C．sank
C．coming
C．die
C．it
C．tied
C．placed
C．holding
C．pull
C．trunk
C．tree
C．leave
D．defence
D．picked
D．helped
D．book
D．moved
D．trees
D．wind
D．struck
D．dropped
D．going
D．grow
D．nothing
D．kept
D．lay
D．fixing
D．push
D．branches
D．rain
D．stay
celebrating.I once asked my readers in the Chicago SunTimes,where I took the place of Ann
Landers,to name the person to whom they would say"I owe you one."Victor La Porte,45,wrote
to me from his hospital bed about his kid brother,Tony.
For three years,Victor had been terribly sick,His arms were black and blue.He often passed
out.His kidneys(肾) had failed,and dialysis(肾透析) wasn"t working.Victor was dying.
Doctors said a transplant(移植) would help,and Tony kept offering his kidney,but Victor
refused.He didn"t want to put his brother through the pain or the risk of living with one kidney.
Tony insisted."Hey,I love you,"he kept saying.Transplant doctors explained the reason God
gave us two kidneys is that we can offer one.It took a long time to persuade Victor,but finally
he agreed.Several times the brothers went to the hospital,only to have the operation put off
because of Victor"s infections(感染)．But Tony never thought of backing out.After each
disappointment,he announced,"We"re coming back!"He even got Victor a Tshirt that read I"M
NO QUITTER.
Finally the operations were arranged.The one on Tony was harder.Doctors had to remove
part of his rib to get the kidney out.His recover took longer than Victor"s, and he had more pain.
Victor wrote:"Because of Tony"s unselfishness,I have a chance to see my four children grow
up.I"ll never know my brother"s pain,fears and feelings.All I know is the love we share.How can
I tell him thanks?Maybe by letting everyone know I have the greatest brother in the world."
B．listen to the radio
C．travel around America
D．watch TV
B．A transplant may be the only way to save Victor.
C．Tony gave his life to his brother.
D．Victor knew his brother"s pain was not much more than his.
B．God gives us each one kidney
C．a person can hardly live with one kidney
D．a person can live with one kidney
B．I won"t agree
C．I won"t back out
D．I"m coming back
"No,that"s Christine.I"m Katie."I said.
We were not identical twins；we looked quite different.She could defeat Snow White in a beauty
contest!Compared to Christine,I felt like one of Cinderella"s stepsisters.
One Saturday Christine gave me a painting lesson because I was always attempting to be artistic too.
But I knocked over the vase of flowers,spilling water onto Christine"s painting.Instead of becoming angry,
though,she turned the whole mess into a dreamy masterpiece(杰作)．You could look at it five different
ways and see five different things.With this brilliant creation,she won First Prize in the art competition.I
really envied her,but I knew it wasn"t her fault and I was the one with wild,unmanageable hair and no talent.
Joining Christine"s basketball team was my latest effort to be like her.
On the way to the gym,I"d made up my mind to give my best performance in that day"s game.I made
preparations with great enthusiasm."Christine,here!"I tossed her a ball.But it was too high,she leapt for it,it slipped through her fingers and crashed into the tape recorder that was used to play the national anthem
before each game.
I muttered apologies as I picked up the broken pieces of the recorder.Coach looked at the mess and
asked,"How are we going to play the song now?"
Christine suggested,"Let Katie sing it!She"s always singing at home."
Coach asked."Would you?"I found myself nodding.
Coach announced the national anthem and everyone stood.Standing before a microphone,I looked up
to the flag.The notes seemed to flow from deep inside me,and my voice was steady and clear.When I
finished,the gym was silent Then it was filled with applause.As the game started.teammates patted my back and gave me the"thumbs up"sign.Laura Jamison said."You should try out for the school musical!"I Nodded and said that I might.
The next morning Hillary Barnes stopped me in the hallway and asked,"Are you the twin who sings?"
"Yes,that"s me,"I answered,grining(露齿笑)as I walked to class.
1．The authur uses"Snow White"and"Cinderella"s stepsisters"to show
A．how dissimilar the twins were in appearanee
B．why Christine could win the art competition
C．who was the most popular girl at school
D．what the twins characters were like
2．What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A．Christine was unpleasant to her sister.
B．Katie showed a lot of ability in painting too.
C．The masterpiece was painted by the two sisters.
D．Katie took a reasonably balanced view of her sister.
3．Christine recommended Katie for the national anthem because _____.
A．she knew perfectly well what Katie had a gift for.
B．she wanted to repair the damage she had caused.
C．she thought Katie should be punished.
D．she would like to help the coach.
4．What is the message of the story?
A．Bad situations help become popular.
B．People are talented in different ways.
C．People should always be nice to others.
D．Unsuccessful attempts are well worth the effort.
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