I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. We had   36  money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. I was   37   and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could   38   afford a dream.

My dream was to be a   39  . When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball. I was also   40  : my high – school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who   41  me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. One particular   42  with him changed my life forever.

It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer   43  . This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the   44  of savings for a house for my mother. The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to   45   at it.

Then I realized I would have to   46   summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing. I was   47   about this.

When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as   48  as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your   49  days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.”

I stood before him with my head   50  , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth   51   his disappointment in me.

“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.

“$ 3.25 an hour,” I replied.

“Well, is $ 3.25 an hour the price of a   52  ?” he asked.

That   53  laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I devoted myself to   54   that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract. I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1.7 million, and bought my mother the   55  of my dreams.

1.A．some            B．little         C．no                  D．much

2.A．happy       B．lovely C．Angry      D．noisy

3.A．only     B．ever         C．still                D．almost

4.A．teacher    B．coach     C．doctor      D．sportsman

5.A．lucky     B．satisfied       C．hopeful            D．surprised

6.A．taught      B．asked        C．told              D．trained

7.A．match       B．Story    C．moment      D．incident

8.A．job       B．camp        C．holiday               D．course

9.A．cause           B．start         C．need             D．amount

10.A．stand            B．call          C．look               D．jump

11.A．take out B．cut off          C．put on               D．give up

12.A．excited  B．curious        C．anxious             D．disappointed

13.A．mad            B．puzzled         C．regretful          D．discouraged

14.A．working B．playing         C．learning            D．shining

15.A．shaking  B．hanging       C．holding           D．nodding

16.A．feeling   B．suffering     C．facing    D．expressing

17.A．dream    B．game      C．chance             D．life

18.A．offer             B．price       C．question          D．order

19.A．study          B．sports  C．homework     D．business

20.A．clothes  B．bike        C．house     D．goods

I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother．We had   26  money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention．I was   27   and energetic．I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could   28   afford a dream．

My dream was to be a   29 ．When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball．I was also   30  : my high – school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who   31  me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief．One particular   32  with him changed my life forever．

It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 33 ．This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the   34  of savings for a house for my mother．The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to   35   at it．

Then I realized I would have to   36   summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing．I was   37   about this．

When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as  38  as I expected him to be．“You have your whole life to work,” he said．“Your   39  days are limited．You can’t afford to waste them．”

I stood before him with my head   40  , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth  41   his disappointment in me．

“How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded．

“$ 3．25 an hour,” I replied．

“Well, is $ 3．25 an hour the price of a   42  ?” he asked．

That   43  laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal．I devoted myself to   44   that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract．I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1．7 million, and bought my mother the   45  of my dreams．

I grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother．We had　 16 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention．I was 　17 and energetic．I understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could　 18　 afford a dream．

　　　 My dream was to be a　 19 ．When I was sixteen, I could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball．I was also　 20 : my high – school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who　 21 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief．One particular　 22 with him changed my life forever．

　　　 It was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 23 ．This meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 　24 of savings for a house for my mother．The opportunity was attracting, and I wanted to 　25 at it．

　　　 Then I realized I would have to 26 　summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing．I was　 27　 about this．

　　　 When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as 28 as I expected him to be．“You have your whole life to work,” he said．“Your　 29 days are limited．You can’t afford to waste them．”

　　　 I stood before him with my head 　30 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 31　 his disappointment in me．

　　　 “How much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded．

　　　 “$ 3．25 an hour,” I replied．

　　　 “Well, is $ 3．25 an hour the price of a　 32 ?” he asked．

　　　 That　 33 laid bare for me the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal．I devoted myself to　 34 that summer, and within the year I was offered a $ 20,000 contract．I signed with the Denver Broncos in 1984 for $ 1．7 million, and bought my mother the　 35 of my dreams．

16．A．some B．little　 C．no　　 D．much

17．A．happy　　　 B．lovely　　　 C．angry　　　 D．noisy

18．A．only B．ever　 C．still　 D．almost

19．A．teacher　　 B．coach　　　 C．doctor　　 D．sportsman

20．A．lucky B．satisfied　 C．hopeful　　 D．surprised

21．A．taught　　　 B．asked C．told　 D．trained

22．A．match　　　 B．story C．moment　 D．incident

23．A．job　 B．camp C．holiday　　 D．course

24．A．cause　　　 B．start C．need D．amount

25．A．stand B．call　 C．look D．jump

26．A．take out　 B．cut off　　 C．put on　　 D．give up

27．A．excited　　 B．curious　　 C．anxious　　 D．disappointed

28．A．mad B．puzzled　　 C．regretful　 D．discouraged

29．A．working　 B．playing　　 C．learning　 D．shining

30．A．shaking　　 B．hanging　　 C．holding　　 D．nodding

31．A．feeling　　 B．suffering　 C．facing　　　 D．expressing

32．A．dream　　　 B．game C．chance　　 D．life

33．A．offer B．price C．question　 D．order

34．A．study B．sports　　　 C．homework　　　 D．business

35．A．clothes　　 B．bike　 C．house　　　 D．goods

We were about to gather up things and return to our car when a man came up. He looked very strong indeed and asked us angrily if we knew that these  1  were his own. Father looked troubled and the man  2  a notice. It said that camping was  3  forbidden. Poor Father explained that he had not seen the notice and did not  4  that camping was not allowed. Though father  5  , the man did not seem  6  .

He asked Father his name and   7  . All the way home, we were so  8  that hardly anyone spoke a word. This   9  thing had spoiled a wonderful day in the camp.

For the rest of the week, we   10  what would happen. The following Sunday, we stayed at home  11  it was a fine day. About noon, a large and very expensive car stopped outside our house. We were surprised when we saw several people  12  to have a picnic in our small garden. Father got very angry and went to ask them what they thought they were doing. You can imagine how  13  he was when he saw the man whom we had met the week before! Both men burst out   14  . Then Father welcomed the strangers into our  15  . We became good friends.

1．A．things                   B．grounds               C．trees                   D．camps

2．A．put on                   B．pointed to            C．took out              D．pointed out

3．A．firmly                   B．merely                 C．simply                 D．finally

4．A．remind                  B．refer                   C．remember            D．realize

5．A．argued                  B．agreed                 C．approved             D．apologized

6．A．happy                   B．satisfied               C．pleasant               D．delighted

7．A．address                 B．house                  C．family                 D．home

8．A．depressed              B．worried               C．unhappy              D．disappointed

9．A．uninteresting          B．unable                 C．unpleasant           D．unfortunate

10．A．expected             B．supposed             C．imagined             D．wondered

11．A．though                B．yet                      C．however              D．since

12．A．waiting                B．continuing           C．preparing             D．managing

13．A．surprised             B．funny                  C．acute                  D．considerate

14．A．crying                 B．shouting              C．screaming           D．laughing

15．A．address               B．garden                 C．house                  D．camp