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 crowed 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 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 walk ________ 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 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. small    B. upset    C. strong    D. determined

2.A. as    B. and    C. but    D. for

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

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

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

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

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

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

9.A. guided    B. watched    C. preferred    D. encouraged

10.A. faith    B. peace    C. victory    D. profession

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

12.A. up    B. away    C. back    D. around

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

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

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

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

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

18.A. really    B. entirely    C. gradually    D. naturally

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

20.A. joined in    B. gone through    C. benefited from    D. dreamed about