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The Price of a Dream
I grew up poor, living with my wonderful mother. We had little money but plenty of love and attention. I was 36 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still 37 a dream.
My dream was to be a sportsman. 38 I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything that moved on the football field. I was also 39 . My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me 40 to believe in myself. He 41 me the difference between having a dream and realizing the dream. One particular 42 with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend recommended (推荐) me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike and new clothes, and the 43 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to 44 summer baseball to deal with the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 45 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your playing days are limited. You can’t 46 to waste them.” I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the 47 that would explain 48 him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his 49 in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” he asked. “Three twenty-five an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.25 an hour the 50 of a dream?”
That simple question made it 51 to me the difference between 52 something right now and following a dream. I 53 myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was 54 by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was 55 a $20,000 contract. In 2000, I bought my mother the house of my dream!
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阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays. On the way home, Dad _36_ stopped at the Dairy Queen for 10-cent ice creams. I couldn’t _37_ it, but I could pray from the _38_ we started heading home to that corner where we would either go straight for the ice cream or _39_ and go home empty-handed. That corner _40_ either mouth-watering excitement or _41_.
On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the _42_ sound of his offer. It _43_. “Would you like an ice cream today?” “That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said, “How would you like to _44_ today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震惊). I could afford it. I got a weekly allowance of 25 cents, plus some _45_ for odd jobs(零活). But _46_ it was my money, ice cream wasn’t a good use of it. In a fit of _47_, I said, “Well, in that case, I guess I’ll _48_.” My father just said, “Okay, Son.”
But as we headed home, I realized how wrong I was and begged him to _49_. But he just said, “That’s okay, we don’t really need one.” I felt _50_ for my selfishness and ungratefulness. He didn’t mind, or _51_ act disappointed.
I _52_ that generosity(慷慨)goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than “thank you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the _53_ ice cream I’d ever had.
I’ll tell you one more thing. We _54_ another trip the next week. As we _55_ the corner, I said, “Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”
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When I received my grade on my first writing assignment, I was very disappointed.I met with Dr.Caldwell to discuss my 41 and my work.She gave me lots of _42 and allowed me to rewrite my paper.My grade improved but I was 43 not completely satisfied.Dr.Caldwell decided to help me and 44 me into a good writer, Before each paper was due, I turned in a 45 draft and she corrected it for me, Her dedication to my success was very encouraging because she 46 _ the time to personally help me time and time again.
Dr.Caldwell was behind my dedication to the learning process.Not only did she help me, but also Dr.Caldwell 47 me to become a teacher and dedicate my life to helping children who struggle through school. My most memorable 48 as a teacher was when I tutored a fourth-grade boy, Darnell, in math.He was unable to add, minus, multiply, or divide.He was far 49 his classmates and needed personal 50 to help him work at the same level.
51 we first began our sessions, Darnell was very quiet and 52 _ in learning.I was becoming annoyed and impatient because after two weeks, it seemed as if we had not 53 a thing.To my surprise, Darnell finally _54 __ up to me and began to work hard at his lessons.His progress began to show through and his teacher told me his grades in class had 55 greatly, I was very happy with the progress that we had made and. became even more dedicated to Darnell's success, We had a lot of 56 learning math; we created many games and played them to make learning more 57 for Darnell. All that Darnell needed was the one-on-one attention that I was able to give him and once he 58 it, his improvement was evident almost 59 . I was able to work with Darnell and encourage him to learn the 60 Dr. Caldwell worked with me to become a better writer.
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It was not a good day today. Everything went wrong. First, I slept late and Mom shouted at me to wake up. When I went to the kitchen for breakfast, there was no cereal. I decided to have some toast instead, but I burned it. I had to eat it anyway because there was no more bread. There was no juice, either. I just had a glass of water.
When I was almost at the bus stop, I realized that I had forgotten my wallet, so I had to go back home and get it. Of course, I missed the bus and had to wait for the next bus.
I was late for school and the teacher told me to stay in the classroom at lunchtime to catch up on(弥补)the schoolwork I had missed.
After lunch, it was the time to give the teacher our homework. I reached into my bag to get it but it wasn’t there. I had left it at home. I was in trouble again.
When I got home, I went straight to my room to catch up on my homework. Mom cooked fish for dinner. She knows I don’t like fish, but she thinks it is good for her son. It was a horrible day. I hope tomorrow will be better.
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A.The writer argued with his parents. | B.The writer heard some terrible news. |
C.Many small things went wrong. | D.Part of the writer’s house was on fire. |
A.At night | B.In the morning. |
C.At lunchtime. | D.In the afternoon. |
A.He did some homework. | B.He made a telephone call. |
C.He made fun with his friend. | D.He was tired, so he went to bed. |
A.give it away | B.eat it too fast |
C.cook it too long | D.make it very well |
A.the writer fell off from his bike | B.the writer went to school |
C.the writer got up early in the morning | D.the writer doesn’t like eating fish |