题目内容：

I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball.I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground.She seemed so_____,but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net.The boys always tried to stop her______nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times,basketball in hand,playing_____.She practiced dribbling(运球) and______over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she______so much.Without a moment of hesitation she said,“I want to go to college.The only way I can go is to get a ____.I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one.I believe that if I am______enough,I will get one.My father has told me that if the dream is big enough,the facts don’t ____.”

I _____her through those junior high years and into high school.Every week,she led her team to_____.One day in her senior year,I saw her sitting on the grass,her head______in her arms.Slowly and quietly,I____and sat down beside her.“What’s wrong?”I asked.“Oh,nothing,”came a soft reply,“I am just too short.”The______told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team—still less she would be______a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely_____.I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet.She told me that her father said those coaches were ____.They didn’t understand the ____ of a dream.

The next year,Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game.She was____　 offered a scholarship and _____to the college team.She was going to get the college education that she had ____and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true:if the dream is big enough,the facts don’t count.

1.A. silent    B. small    C. strong    D. huge

2.A. but    B. and    C. so    D. for

3.A. still    B. again    C. well    D. alone

4.A. passing    B. running    C. shooting    D. struggling

5.A. studied    B. practiced    C. expected    D. improved

6.A. title    B. prize    C. scholarship    D. reward

7.A. good    B. brave    C. careful    D. active

8.A. lack    B. talk    C. appear    D. count

9.A. encouraged    B. respected    C. watched    D. helped

10.A. victory    B. confidence    C. responsibility    D. profession

11.A. dropped    B. buried    C. covered    D. sunk

12.A. walked off    B. walked out    C. walked around    D. walked up

13.A. coach    B. teacher    C. captain    D. leader

14.A. suggested    B. sent    C. promised    D. offered

15.A. worried    B. excited    C. disappointed    D. surprised

16.A. great    B. wrong    C. strict    D. cruel

17.A. pressure    B. value    C. cause    D. power

18.A. exactly    B. naturally    C. really    D. normally

19.A. taken    B. admitted    C. introduced    D. appointed

20.A. dreamed of    B. picked up    C. benefited from    D. carried out