第二节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)
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 __38____. By the time I was sixteen, I started playing
baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and ___39____anything
that moved on the football field. I was also __40___: My high school coach was
John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me ___41___ to believe in
myself. He __42___.me the difference between having a dream and remaining true
to that dream. One particular __43___with Coach John changed my life forever.
A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money
in my pocket--- money for a new bike, new clothes and the ___44___ of saving
for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to __45___ up summer
baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John
I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told John, he was __46____ as I expected him to be. “You have
your whole life to work,” he said “Your __47__days are limited. You can’t
afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head __48___, trying to think
of the __49___ that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house
and having money in my pocket was worth facing his __50__ in me.
“How much are you going to make at this job, son?” he asked.”3.5 dollars
an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” He asked, “ is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”
That simple question made ___51___ for me the difference between ___52___
something right now and having a ___53___. I decided myself to play sports that
summer and ___54___ the year I was hired by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play
baseball, and was __55__a $20000 contact (agreement). In 1999, I bought my
mother the house of my dream!
36.
A. happy B. polite C. shy
D. honest
37.A. live
B .afford C. make D. need
38. A. athletics B. music C. business D. money
39. A .kick
B. play C. pass D.
hit
40. A. right B. popular C. lucky D.
confident
41. A. how B. why C .when D.
whether
42. A. gave B. taught C. brought D. asked
43. A. accident B. matter C. problem D. experience
44. A. aim B. idea C. start
D. purpose
45. A. keep B. end
C. give D.
pick
46. A. mad B. mournful C. frightened D. shameful
47. A. living B. playing C. working D. learning
48. A. moving B. nodding C. shaking D. hanging
49. A. answers B .excuse C. words D.
ways
50. A. sadness B. regret C. hopelessness D. disappointment
51. A. direct B. clear C. straight D.
bare
52. A. wanting B. changing C. dreaming D. enjoying
53. A. wish B. goal C. score D. desire
54. A. by B. for C. over D. with
55. A . paid B. got C. offered D. presented
