题目内容：

Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied(羡慕) them. But as a girl, I once thought I could ___    play basketball.

I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball since I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one    when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.

At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were___   allowed to play volleyball or badminton.

My parents did not ___   me play basketball at home. "Basketball is not fit for girls," they said. However, I still went to play basketball with my friends even though the boys ___   at me on the court as if I were an alien.

I was feeling ___   and had lost hope of playing basketball. Unexpectedly, something changed my first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They ___     me to get back to the court.

One of them told me with a smile, "Go your own ___   , let others talk." This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about ___     with me almost every day.

I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, "Nothing is impossible." It is from an advertisement on TV. I have come to ___     that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an ___   . After that, just be confident and ___     going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.

1.A. always B. often C. ever D. never

2.A. struggled   B. interrupted  C. enjoyed     D. joined

3.A. only B. almost       C. hardly D. not

4.A. allow      B. agree C. let D. permit

5.A. looked B. glared C. glanced D. stared

6.A. up B. down C. excited D. satisfied

7.A. encouraged B. forbade C. ensured D. explored

8.A. effort B. way C. business D. direction

9.A. basketball  B. sports C. interests D. dreams

10.A. realize    B. decide C. grasp D. recognize

11.A. idea B. aim         C. opinion D. effort

12.A. insist B. remain      C. keep D. last