I used to watch a little girl 36 basketball every day from my kitchen window. One day I asked her why she practised so 37 . She said: “I would like to go to college. The only way is 38 a scholarship（奖学金）. I like basketball and I want to be the 39 player in college. My dad told me: ‘If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.’ ” She 40 changed her mind. I watched her through those junior high years and into senior high school. One day before she graduated 41 high school, I saw her sitting on the grass 42 . I asked her what was wrong. She told me her coach said she was 43 a short girl that she couldn’t be a good basketball player, so she should 44 dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it 45 　made me feel sad. 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 really want to 46 the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you 47 can stop your dream.” The next year, she and her team went to a big game. She 48 by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the 49 basketball team of their college. She was about to get the college education 50 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.

(　 )36. A. to play　　　　 B. plays　　　　　 C. play

(　 )37. A. many　　　　　 B. much　　　　　 C. little

(　 )38. A. to get　　　　 B. get　　　 　　　C. got

(　 )39. A. most　　　　　 B. good　　　　　 C. best

(　 )40. A. never　　　　 B. ever　　　　 　　 C. always

(　 )41. A. in　　　　　 B. to　　　　　 　　 C. from

(　 )42. A. sad　　　　　 B. sadly　　　　　　 C. happily

(　 )43. A. too　　　　　 B. such　　　　　　 C. so

(　 )44. A. stop　　　　 B. forget　　　　　 C. go on

(　 )45. A. as well　　　 B. also　　　　　　 C. too

(　 )46. A. play for　　 B. play with　　　　 C. play against

(　 )47. A. your　　　　 B. yourself　　　　 C. own

(　 )48. A. saw　　　　　 B. was seeing　　　 C. was seen

(　 )49. A. women’s　　 B. woman’s　　　　 C. womans’

(　 )50. A. whom　　　　 B. who　　　　　　　 C. that

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　　 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（奖学金）. 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 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 toward for all those years.

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

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