2014高考英语完形填空抓分练习（六）及答案.docVIP

2014高考英语完形填空抓分练习（6）及答案 (201*·桂林一模) I grew up poor—living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had __1__ money and few worldly goods，but plenty of love and attention. I was __2__ and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was，they could __3__ afford a dream. My dream was to be a __4__. When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball：throw a ninety-mile-per-hour baseball. I was also __5__ ：my high-school coach was Ollic Jarvis, who __6__ me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular __7__ with him changed my life forever. It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer __8__. This meant a chance for my first income—cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the __9__ of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to __10__ at it. Then I realized I would have to __11__ summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldnt be playing. I was __12__ about this. When I told Coach Jarvis，he was as __13__ as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work，” he said. “Your __14__ days are limited. You cant afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head __15__， 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 __16__ 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 __17__？” he asked. That __18__ laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to __19__ that summer, and within the year I was offered a $20,000-contract(合同). I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $1.7 million, and bought my mother the __20__ of my dreams. “拥有梦想和展示自己强烈的信念是不同的。”作者通过自身的经历验证了这一理念的正确性。 1．A. some B. little C. no D. much 答案：B。我们钱