2020-2021学年浙江省宁波市慈溪市九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版）

2020-2021学年浙江省宁波市慈溪市九年级（上）期末英语试卷

二、完形填空（共1小题；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项．

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1. ????I?used to watch her from my kitchen window． She looked so short and so small among the kids on the playground． But she was quick in action as she made her （1）_______ through the crowd of boys． Her school was just opposite to my home,? so I would often （2）_______ the kids playing basketball during the break． And （3）_______seemed so special and different from all the other kids．

????When?I saw her playing（4）_______ for the first time,? I felt amazed as she ran circles around the other kids and （5）_______ to score a basket just over their heads． The boys always tried to stop her shooting at the basket but （6）_______ could． She was so smart and quick! Then I began to notice her playing alone at other times,? sometimes until dark．

????One?day I asked her（7）_______she practiced so hard． She looked directly into my eyes and,?without （8）_______twice,? she said,? "I want to go to the college basketball team． The only way I can go is to get a scholarship （奖学金）．My dad always told me,? " If the dream is big enough,? the facts don't count．" I watched her through those junior high years and （9）_______senior high school． One day in her senior high years,? I saw her（10）_______ on the grass,? with her head down in her arms． I walked across the street and sat beside her． （11）_______ I asked what was wrong． "Oh,? nothing,?" came a soft reply． The coach told her she was too （12）_______ for a top team． She was heartbroken as she had to stop dreaming about （13）_______． I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet． She（14）_______her head and looked at me,?"My dad said those coaches just did not understand the power （力量）of a dream． He told me again,? "If the（15）_______ is big enough,?the facts don't count．"

（1）

A.plan B.decision C.way D.promise

（2）

A.watch B.keep C.stop D.feel

（3）

A.they B.we C.she D.you

（4）

A.basketball B.volleyball C.football D.baseball

（5）

A.feared B.managed C.offered D.failed

（6）

A.somebody B.anybody C.everybody D.nobody

（7）

A.why B.how C.where D.if