通读下面的短文, 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。

    A school was near my home and I often watched the kids from my window when they played basketball. One day, I saw a little girl playing with boys. __1__played very well and no one could stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play __2__. She often practiced by herself until dark.

    One day I asked her __3___she practiced so much. She said, “I want to go to university. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship（奖学金）. I like to play basketball. If I play well, I can get a scholarship. My father told me that if the __4__is big enough and work hard for it, I can be successful.” Then she smiled and ran to go practice.

    I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she and her school team won（赢）in the basketball matches.

    One day, I saw her ___5___in the grass. I went over there and sat down beside her. I asked her what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” she answered, “I am just too short.” The coach（教练） told her that she would probably never play for a university team, so she should ___6__her dream about university.

    She was sad, but she told me that her father said those coaches were not _7__. They did not understand the power（力量） of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good university, and wanted a scholarship, _8_could stop her.

    The next year, when she and her ___9_went to the Northern California match, a university recruiter（招生官员） noticed her and __10___her a full scholarship. Her dream finally came true.

1 A. They                     B. She                        C. He                        D. It

2 A. slowly                   B. happily                   C. safely                    D. alone

3 A. why                      B. how                       C. where                   D. when

4 A. dream                    B. cause                     C. advice                   D. matter

5A. playing                    B. crying                    C. standing                D. sitting

6 A. forget                    B. leave                      C. think                     D. throw

7A. happy                     B. strange                   C. right                      D. wrong

8 A. anything                 B. something               C. nothing                  D. everything

9A. teacher                   B. mother                   C. team                     D. father

10A. bought                  B. offered                   C. found                    D. brought

  I still remember the day I was driving to the supermarket I own. When I came out, I found a boy cleaning my car with a brush. I went over and patted (拍) him  31  the shoulder, which surprised him very much. In no time he began to   32   at me, so I was sure he  33  some money. From the shoes he was wearing I could hardly imagine how poor he was. So I offered him a $100 bill. To my great surprise, he  34   to take it. When I was wondering what he was doing, he said,“I was waiting here for 4 hours, waiting for you. Your  35  is so beautiful and I like it. But I don’t need that.” I knew he was mentioning the  36 .

   As he refused the money, I offered to drive him around the town. The boy became so  37  that he got into the car at once,“Would you please drive me office? It is only about 3miles.” What the boy wanted to do was to show off to his friends and his family.  38  I stopped, he jumped out and ran into an old building, telling me to wait there for some time. Very soon he came out, Saying to a little girl on his back,“Look at this beautiful car, I will buy you  39  some day.”

I noticed his sister had a pale (苍白的) face,  40  ,her legs were too thin, and she was unable to  41.

After that day, I went to his home several times. And I got to know more about him and his family. Poor as they were, the boy  42  refused my money, and said,“I can  43  money by myself, thank you.”

Soon I told my manager of the supermarket that a boy would go to 44   here the next day.

No matter how poor we are, we would 55  give in (屈服) to ourselves.

31 A. over    B. off    C. in     D. on

32 A. shout   B. cry    C. smile   D. throw

33 A. lost     B. got    C. received   D. needed

34 A. begged      B. agreed     C. allowed   D. refused

35 A. car         B. shoes       C. suitcase   D. clothes

36 A. box        B. wheel      C. paper     D. bill  

37 A. unhappy     B. scared      C. excited   D. unfriendly

38 A. As soon as  B. As long as   C. as well as  D. So far as

39 A. one         B. it          C. this      D. that

40 A. So         B. However    C. What’s worse   D. In general

41 A. run         B. jump       C. climb        D. walk

42 A. no longer    B. at last       C. at first     D. once again

43 A. spend       B. save        C. make      D. borrow

44 A. shop        B. work       C. sleep       D. buy

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

I went over to see ________ over there.

1. A.
   what was happening
2. B.
   what has happened
3. C.
   what had happened
4. D.
   what is happened

　　My phone rings a lot, but most of the time it’s for my cat, Stoop！ Well, the caller doesn’t want to talk to my cat. He wants to talk about him.

　　You see, my cat really walks around. I wanted to make sure that Stoop could always come home. I bought a little collar with a tag (标签). The tag said, “I have home. If I look lost, phone Fred Sparks 86689889.”

　　And then my phone began to ring. One call was from a man I hadn’t seen for years.

　　“Hello,” he said, “I see you are back in the town. I stopped to pet(抱) a car the other day. And there on his collar was your phone number！ You borrowed me $20. How about paying me back？ It’s been a long time, you know？”

　　That wasn’t the only time Stoop cost me money. Another caller was a taxi(出租车) driver. He said, “I find a cat in my car. A cat with a phone number！ I have sent him home.”I gave him my address, and had to pay $2.5 for the help.

　　Another time, the phone rang late at night. A woman shouted at me, “Come and get your cat. He is making a mess of (弄乱)my room. He is running after my cat.”I tried to quiet her. She told my her name was Helen Burns, and gave me her address. She lived in the next street. I went over to get Stoop.“I’m sorry,”I said. Helen did not want to listen to me. She closed the door at once.

　　Two days later, Stoop did it again. But this time I took along a box of sweets for Helen and a doll for her cat. Helen liked that, and we went out to dinner together.

　　Now when the phone rings, I think, “Maybe it’s for me！” Why do I think so？ Because sometimes Helen calls.And when she does, she doesn’t want to talk about my cat. She wants to talk about us.

Question：

1．Why did the writer have so many phone calls？

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2．What trouble did the writer have because of the cat？ Please write down.

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