[冲刺中考]英语阅读与填空：5-Thursday 梦想 229词

5-Thursday 梦想 229词

题材： 梦想　 词数： 229　 建议阅读时间： 5分钟

根据短文内容，用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文意思完整。（有两项是多余的）

dream　　either　　get　　good　　happy　　you

many　real　sad　see　too　woman

I used to watch a little girl playing basketball every day from my kitchen window．One day I asked her why she practiced so　1　 ．She said：“I want to go to college．The only way I can go is　2　 a scholarship．I like basketball and I want to be the　3　 player in college．My dad told me：‘If the dream is big enough，the facts don't count.’”

She never changed her mind．I watched her through those junior high years and into senior high school．One day before she graduated from high school，I saw her sitting on the grass　4　 ．I asked her what was wrong．She told me that her coach said she was too short to be a good basketball player，so she should stop　5　 about going to college．She was heartbroken and it made me feel bad　6　 ．Then she smiled and told me her father said that coach was wrong．He did not understand the power of dream．Her father said to her：“If you　7　 want to play for the scholarship of a good college，nothing but you　8　 can stop your dream.”He told her again：“If the dream is big enough，the facts don't count.”

The next year，she and her team went to a big game．She　9　 by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the　10　 basketball team of their college．She was to get the college education that she had dreamed of and worked towards for all those years．

“If the dream is big enough，the facts don't count.”It is true．

1．________　　2．________　　3．________　　4．________　　5．________

6．________　　7．________　　8．________　　9．________　　10．________

生词

scholarship　n． 奖学金：Sophie was awarded a scholarship to attend Bryn Mawr College．索菲得到了就读布林莫尔学院的奖学金。

count　v． 有价值，有重要意义：Every vote counts in an election．在选举中，每一张选票都重要。

coach　n． 教练：Sampras has a new coach．桑普拉斯有了一名新教练。

参考译文

透过厨房的窗户，我经常能看见一个小女孩在打篮球。有一天，我问她为什么如此刻苦地练习。她说：“我想上大学。而上大学的唯一途径就是获得奖学金。我喜欢篮球，想成为大学最好的球手。我爸爸曾经告诉过我，‘如果梦想足够大，现实中的困境算不了什么。’”

她从未动摇过。我看着她从初中进入高中。在高中毕业前的一天，我看见她难过地坐在草地上。我问她怎么了。她告诉我说，她的教练认为她太矮，无法成为一名优秀的篮球选手，她不能再做上大学的梦了。她很痛苦，我也为她难过。然而她又笑了起来，她告诉我，父亲说这位教练错了：他不理解梦想的力量。父亲对她说：“如果你真的想为好大学的奖学金而拼搏，除了你自己，没有什么能阻止你实现梦想。”他再次告诉她：“如果梦想足够大，现实中的困境算不了什么。”

第二年，她和球队参加了一场大型比赛。并因此而被一所著名大学校队的教练看中，他们愿意提供奖学金，让她进入该校的女子篮球队。她就要进入她为之魂牵梦萦并付出多年努力的大学读书了。

“如果梦想足够大，现实中的困境算不了什么。”确实如此。

参考答案

Thursday 1．much　2．to get　3．best　4．sadly　5．dreaming　6．too　7．really　8．yourself　9．was seen　10．women's