考研《英语一》武威市凉州区2023年高分冲刺试卷含解析.docVIP

考研《英语一》武威市凉州区2023年高分冲刺试卷 Section I Use of English Directions: Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on the ANSWER SHEET. (10 points) I used to watch her from my kitchen window when she played with boys on the playground. She seemed so small as she 1 her way through the crowd of boys. A sea of children，and yet to me，she 2 from them a11.She 3 to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net and no one could stop her. I began to notice her practicing dribbling and shooting alone over and over again， sometimes until dark. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without 4 ，she said. “I want to play college basketball. My father told me if I was good enough，I would get a 5 ，which was the only way for me to go to college. My Daddy said if the dream was big enough，the facts didn’t 6 .” Well，she was really 7 —I watched her practicing playing through those junior high years and into high schoo1.Every week，she 8 her school team to victory. One day in her senior year，I saw her 9 in the grass，head buried in her hands. I 10 her disappointment and I felt my own throat tighten. I sat down in the cool grass beside her and 11 asked what was wrong. “OH，nothing , ” came a soft 12 .“I am just too 13 .”The coach told her that at 5.5 feet she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team. She was heartbroken. But after a while，she 14 her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the 15 of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college，if she 16 wanted a scholarship，nothing could stop her except one thing—her own 17 . The next year，as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game，she was 18 by a college recruiter(招聘员)。She was indeed 19 a scholarship to a Division I，NCAA women’s ba