题目内容：

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个

选项中，选择最佳选项。

My sister has always been a good friend to me. Thirteen years ago, she tried to

throw a blue plastic toy at my nose to see if it would hang on my face. Her first try was

unsuccessful. I giggled and laughed at her poor skills. Again, she threw it, and this time

it ________my nose. It hurts a little, but tears rolled down my face. Seeing this, my

mother rushed down the steps and took me to another room. I remember I cried for

hours, not because of the pain but because I was taken away from my sister who was

teaching me how to have _______ .

Growing up, my sister was the person I wanted to be. So I took up _______ in

Grade Three, just like her. I was a reasonably talented player, with the height and the

power to charge up and down the court. But by the middle of the season, I had found

myself _______ it. I didn’t like the girls, the coaches, or the competitiveness of the

game. I usually pretended (假装) to be sick so I couldn’t practise any more.

Finally my mom found this and told me that if I hated it so much, I should stop.

Was she _______ ? I couldn’t stop! My sister _______ gave up anything, and neither

would I. However, when I finished the season hating each and every moment, I knew I

couldn’t continue to play it any more.

I turned to my sister, telling her that the________ of stopping playing basketball

seemed crazy since it was the only thing I could do. I told her I was afraid of my future,

not knowing how to handle the rest of my life and that I needed her advice.

To my 13-year-old self, this seemed like a big problem, but to my 17-year-old sister,

the solution was simple: take a risk. She asked me to keep doing whatever _______ me

although there would be some trouble. So I did. In Grade Eight I succeeded in

basketball tryouts (选拔赛), and playing the part of the queen in the school play and

that brought me lots of fun.

1.A. trained    B. hit    C. moved    D. pulled

2.A. skills    B. fun    C. respect    D. promise

3.A. basketball    B. football    C. volleyball    D. baseball

4.A. fearing    B. improving    C. hating    D. developing

5.A. real    B. good    C. serious    D. strange

6.A. ever    B. never    C. just    D. always

7.A. promise    B. power    C. idea    D. meaning

8.A. interested    B. excited    C. surprised    D. bored