I used to watch her from my kitchen window．She seemed so small as she forced her way through the crowd of boys on the playground．
1 6was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break time．There are so many children, and yet to me, she 2 from them all．
I 3 the first day I saw her playing basketball．I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids．She 4 to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net．The boys always tried to 5 her but no one could．
I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone．She would 6 moving basketball and shooting it over and over again, sometimes 7 dark．One day I asked her why she practiced so much．She looked me in the eye and without a moment of 8 she said, “I want to go to college．The only way I can go is to get a scholarship．I like 9 ．I decided that if I were good enough, I would get a scholarship．I am going to play college basketball．I want to be 10 ．My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count．” Then she smiled and ran towards the court to repeat the routine I had seen over and over again．
Well, I had to give it to her－she was 11 ．I watched her through those junior high years and into high school．Every week, she led her team to victory．
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach．She was indeed offered a scholarship, a full ride, to a Division I, NCAA women's basketball team．It's 12 ：If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count．
Recently, a professor of philosophy in the U.S．has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life．He has discovered that how we 1 money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think．One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to 2 every penny they spend for a week． 3 they spend their money, they can see what they really 4 in life．
He says our relation with others often becomes clearly 5 when money enters the picture．You might have wonderful 6 with somebody and you think that you are very good friends．But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money．If he does, it brings 7 to the friendship that seems stronger than ever before．Or it can suddenly 8 the friendship it he doesn't．
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it 9 very important．The author interviewed some millionaires for his book．Questions：What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man? Answer：What makes me surprised most is how people give me 10 I am nothing．I don't know much．
(1)
[ ]
A．
get through
B．
deal with
C．
give away
D．
look after
(2)
[ ]
A．
keep a record of
B．
run out or
C．
keep up with
D．
use up
(3)
[ ]
A．
In this way
B．
By this means
C．
By the way
D．
From the way
(4)
[ ]
A．
insist
B．
value
C．
dream
D．
offer
(5)
[ ]
A．
doubtful
B．
uncertain
C．
definite
D．
distrustful
(6)
[ ]
A．
communication
B．
quarrel
C．
words
D．
friendship
(7)
[ ]
A．
everything
B．
nothing
C．
anything
D．
something
(8)
[ ]
A．
strengthen
B．
weaken
C．
threaten
D．
protect
(9)
[ ]
A．
is
B．
to be
C．
being
D．
is to be
(10)
[ ]
A．
so less respect
B．
so much respect
C．
so much money
D．
so much envy
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As a physician who travels quite a lot, I spend a lot of time on planes listening for that dreaded “Is there a doctor on board?” announcement．I've been 1 only once-for a woman who had merely fainted．But the 2 made me quite curious about how 3 this kind of thing happens．I wondered what I would do if 4 with a real mid-air medical emergency-without access 5 a hospital staff and the usual emergency equipment．So 6 the New England Journal of Medicine last week 7 a study about in-flight medical events, I 8 it with interest．
The study estimated that there are a(n) 9 of 30 in-flight medical emergencies on U．S．flights every day．Most of them are not 10 ; fainting and dizziness are the most frequent complaints． 11 13％ of them-roughly four a day-are serious enough to 12 a pilot to change course．The most common of the serious emergencies 13 heart trouble, strokes, and difficult breathing．
Let's face it：plane rides are 14 ．For starters, cabin pressures at high altitudes are set at roughly 15 they would be if you lived at 5,000 to 8,000 feet above sea level．Most people can tolerate these pressures pretty 16 , but passengers with heart disease 17 experience chest pains as a result of the reduced amount of oxygen flowing through their blood． 18 common in-flight problem is deep venous thrombosis(血栓)-the so-called economy class syndrome(综合症)． 19 happens, don't panic．Things are getting better on the in-flight emergency front．Thanks to more recent legislation(立法), flights with at 20 one attendant are starting to install emergency medical equipments to treat heart attacks．
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