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必修三 Unit 4 astronomy-the science of the stars Reading课时训练 Ⅰ.完形填空 I remember clearly the last time I cried. I was 12 years old，in the seventh grade，and I had 1 for the junior high school basketball team. I walked into the 2 ；there was a piece of paper on the wall. It was a cut list. The boys whose names were on the list were 3 to keep on coming to 4 .The boys whose names were not on the list had been 5 ；their presence was no longer 6 . I had not known the cut was coming that day. I stood and 7 at the list. The list had not been made with a great deal of 8 ：the names of the very 9 players were at the top，and the other members of the team were listed in what appeared to be a descending (下降) order of basketball skills. I kept looking at the 10 of the list， 11 that my name would appear if I looked hard enough. I 12 myself together as I walked out，but when I got home I began to 13 .For the first time in my life，I had been told 14 that I wasn’t good enough. Sports meant 15 to athletic people at that age；if you were on the team，it put you in the desirable group. If you were not，you 16 as well not be alive. All these years later，I remember it 17 I were still standing right there in the gym. I don’t know how the 18 works in matters like this；I don’t know what went on in my head following that day. But I know that my 19 has been so strong ever since then；I know that for all of my life since that day，I have done more work than I had to be doing，and 20 more hours than I had to be spending. I don’t know if all of that came from a determination never to allow myself to be cut again—but I know it’s there. And clearly it’s there in a lot of other successful people too. 1.A.picked up B. picked out C. tried out D. took up 答案　C 解析　根据第一段中的“there was a piece of paper on the wall”和第二段中的“It was a cut list.”可知，我参加了高中学校篮球队的选拔考试。try out for竞争，报名参加……的选拔，故选C。 2.A.classroom B.gym C.hall D.office 答案　B 解析　根据最后一段首句“