1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. How the author dislikes the game of football.
B. When the author began to play football.
C. How the author has changed his attitude to football.
D. What sport the author likes best.
B. When the author began to play football.
C. How the author has changed his attitude to football.
D. What sport the author likes best.
2. In the third paragraph, the underlined phrase "getting in shape " probably means"_____ ".
A. becoming healthy
B. designing the playground
C. losing weight
D. measuring the track
B. designing the playground
C. losing weight
D. measuring the track
3. From the text we can infer _____.
A. the author joined the football team with a clear aim
B. football only brought the author certain assignments
C. the author never lost heart when he met with difficulty
D. the author worked all summer to get ready for the season
B. football only brought the author certain assignments
C. the author never lost heart when he met with difficulty
D. the author worked all summer to get ready for the season
4. What did the author get from his season-ending injury?
A. A good chance on the team.
B. A good lesson about life.
C. A good relationship with his partners.
D. A good rest as he expected.
B. A good lesson about life.
C. A good relationship with his partners.
D. A good rest as he expected.
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| Across the street from our home was a school and I would often watch the kids as they played basketball during the break. I often noticed a small 1 playing with boys. I watched in 2 as she ran circles around the other kids. She 3 to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. At other times I saw her playing alone, sometimes until 4 . One day I asked her way she 5 so much. She looked 6 in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, "The only way I can go to 7 is to get a scholarship. I believe that I would get it if I were good enough at 8 . My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't 9 ." Then with a determined smile she ran towards the court, I watched her 10 those junior high school years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to victory. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 11 in her arms. The coach told her that at 5 feet 5 inches she would 12 never get to play for a top ranked team--much less offered a scholarship-so she should 13 dreaming about college. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She 14 her head from her hands and told me that her father said those coaches just did not understand the 15 of a dream. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship, 16 could stop her except one thing-her own attitude. The next year, 17 she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college coach. She was indeed 18 a scholarship, a full one. She was going to get the college education that she had 19 and worked toward for all those years. It's 20 : If the dream is big enough, the facts don't count. | ||||
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| I grew up in a community called Estepona. I was seventeen when one morning Dad told me I could 1 him to a distant village, and then take the car to a 2 garage. I readily accepted. When we got to the village, I 3 to pick him up at 4 pm, then dropped off the ear at the garage. With several hours to 4 , I went to a theater. However, when the last movie 5 , it was six. I was two hours late! I knew Dad would be 6 if he found out rd been watching movies. So I decided not to tell him the 7 . when I hurried there I. apologized for being late, and told him I'd come as quickly as I could, 8 that the car had needed some major repairs. I'll never forget the 9 he gave me. "I'm disappointed you feel you have to 10 to me, Jason." Dad looked at me again. "When you didn't turn up'. called the garage to ask if there were any 11 , and they told me you hadn't yet picked up the car." I felt 12 as I weakly told him the real reason. 13 passed through Dad as he listened attentively. "I'm angry with 14 . I realize I've failed as a father. I'm going to walk home now and think seriously about 15 I've gone wrong all these years." "But Dad, it's eighteen miles!" My apologies were 16 . Dad walked home that day. I drove behind him, 17 him all the way, but he walked 18 . Seeing Dad in so much physical and emotional 19 was my most unforgettable experience. However, it was also the most 20 lesson. I have never lied since. | ||||
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| I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eyes: Queen City Casket Company. "What is it?" I wondered. I 1 it over. There, in faded ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 . Immediately my mind traveled 3 many years. I was nine years old, walking down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of 4 on my shoulder. On my rounds that day, I came to that company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always taken me there to ask his workers 5 they wanted any magazines. Shaking off the 6 like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader's office. After a quick glance he 7 me over to the fireplace. Noticing the 8 in the top of my shoe,he said."Come with me!" Pulling me into his pick-up 9 , he pulled to a stop before a 10 store. Inside, a salesman fitted me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had 11 seen. I 12 about 100 feet tall when I stood up 13 them."We'd like a pair of new 14 too." Mr Rader said. Back in his office, Mr Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." He said affectionately (深情地), "Jimmy, I want you to 17 I love you." I said goodbye, and for the first time I sensed a hope that somehow things would be 18 . With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, 19 and love,and that would always make a 20 . | ||||
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