35.
I
don’t suppose Sabrina will volunteer, _______?
A.
do I B.
don’t I C.
will she D.
won’t she
SECTION
B
Directions:
For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,
B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.
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.
36was 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 37 from them all.
I 38 the first day I saw her playing
basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She 39
to shoot jump shots just over their heads
and into the net. The boys always tried to 40 her but no one could.
I began to notice her at other times,
basketball in hand, playing alone. She would 41 moving basketball and
shooting it over and over again, sometimes 42 dark. One day I asked her
why she practiced so much. She looked me in the eye and without a moment of 43
she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a
scholarship. I like 44 . I decided that if I were good enough, I would
get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be 45
. 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 46
.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 47
: If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.