Question

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

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

5.A

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.D

11.D

12.C

13.A

14.B

15.B   

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.C

【解析】略