1、【 精品教育资源文库】Unit 2 The Olympic Games单元加餐练.完形填空I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so _1_ , but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The bo
2、ys always tried to stop her _2_nobody could.I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing _3_ . She practiced dribbling (运球) and _4_over and over.One day I asked Sally why she _5_so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go i
3、s to get a _6_ . Im going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am _7_ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts dont _8_ .”I _9_her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her te
4、am to _10_ . One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head _11_ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I _12_and sat down beside her. “Whats wrong？” I asked. “Oh, nothing， ” came a soft reply. “I am just too short.” The_13_told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a
5、top teamstill less she would be_14_a scholarshipso she should stop dreaming about college.I felt she was extremely _15_ . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were _16_ . They didnt understand the_17_of a dream.The next year, Sally was
6、 seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was _18_offered a scholarship and _19_to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had _20_ and worked toward for all those years.Its true: if the dream is big enough, the facts dont count.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲叙了一位身材矮小
7、的女生通过自己的不懈努力实现篮球梦和大学梦的故事，告诉我们梦想的力量有多强大。1A.silent Bsmall Cstrong Dhuge答案：B 根据空后的 but 可知，此处表示转折关系，她身材显得如此矮小(small)，但是球能从他们的头顶越过进篮。故选 B 项。2A.but Band Cso Dfor答案：A 根据“nobody could”可知， “没人能阻止她”与“男生们总是试图阻止她”【 精品教育资源文库】之间是转折关系。故选 A 项。3A.still Bagain Cwell Dalone答案：D 根据下文的“She practiced dribbling (运球) and
8、_4_ over and over.”可知，萨莉一遍又一遍练习运球和投篮，并没有比赛。因此，此处指她总是独自(alone)打球。故选 D 项。4A.passing Brunning Cshooting Dstruggling答案：C 根据常识可知，运球动作的下一步应是投篮(shooting)。第 1 空后的句子也有提示。故选 C 项。5A.studied Bpracticed Cexpected Dimproved答案：B 根据上文中的“She practiced . over and over.”可知，此处指作者询问萨莉为什么要如此努力地练习(practiced)。故选 B 项。6A.tit
9、le Bprize Cscholarship Dreward答案：C 根据第四段最后一句中的 scholarship 可知，此处指萨莉上大学的唯一途径是获得奖学金(scholarship)。故选 C 项。7A.good Bbrave Ccareful Dactive答案：A 根据空前的“I want to be the best one”及空后的 get one(指前文的scholarship)可知，此处指她相信如果她足够优秀(good)，就能得到奖学金。故选 A 项。8A.lack Btalk Cappear Dcount答案：D 根据文章最后一段中的“if the dream is big
10、 enough, the facts dont count”可知，父亲告诉萨莉，如果梦想足够大，事实就不算什么(count)。故选 D 项。9A.encouraged Brespected Cwatched Dhelped答案：C 根据语境可知，作者一直在关注萨莉，故此处指作者关注着(watched)她从初中升到高中的这些年。故选 C 项。10A.victory Bconfidence Cresponsibility Dprofession答案：A 萨莉一直在刻苦练习，为了自己的梦想而努力。由此可推测，此处指她带领球队取得胜利(victory)，故 A 项符合语境。11A.dropped Bb
11、uried Ccovered Dsunk答案：B 根据下文及本段最后一句中的“so she should stop dreaming about college”可知，教练告诉萨莉她太矮了，无法进入顶尖球队，此时萨莉非常失落，因此应【 精品教育资源文库】是将头埋在(buried)臂弯里。故选 B 项。12A.walked off Bwalked out Cwalked around Dwalked up答案：D 根据空后的“sat down beside her”可知，此处指作者看到萨莉后，向她走去(walked up)，轻轻地坐到她旁边。故选 D 项。13A.coach Bteacher
12、Ccaptain Dleader答案：A 根据第 16 空前的“those coaches”可知，此处指篮球教练(coach)告诉她，以她的身高，几乎是没有机会到一流的球队去打球的，更不用说获得奖学金了。故选 A 项。14A.suggested Bsent Cpromised Doffered答案：D 根据第 18 空后的“offered a scholarship”可知答案为 offered。offer 本意为“(主动)提供” ，此处用 be offered 表达获得学校提供的奖学金，故选 D 项。15A.worried Bexcited Cdisappointed Dsurprised答案
13、：C 萨莉一直在为上大学的梦想而努力，如今被告知可能得不到奖学金，只能放弃上大学的梦想，萨莉应该是极度失望的(disappointed)。故选 C 项。16A.great Bwrong Cstrict Dcruel答案：B 根据下文“They didnt understand the _17_ of a dream.”可知，萨莉的父亲认为教练不懂梦想的力量，因此在否认教练说的话，认为那些教练是错误的(wrong)。故选 B 项。17A.pressure Bvalue Ccause Dpower答案：D 根据上文可知，萨莉的父亲说如果梦想足够大，现实中的困难也算不上什么，强调了梦想的力量(pow
14、er)。故选 D 项。18A.exactly Bnaturally Creally Dnormally答案：C 根据下文的“She was going to get the college education”可知，萨莉真的(really)获得了一份奖学金。故选 C 项。19A.taken Badmitted Cintroduced Dappointed答案：B 根据上文中的“Sally was seen by a college basketball coach”及“offered a scholarship”可知，此处指她进入了大学球队。故选 B 项。20A.dreamed of Bpic
15、ked up Cbenefited from Dcarried out答案：A 根据设空后的“worked toward for all those years”可知，为之努力多年的应是自己的大学梦。故选 A 项。【 精品教育资源文库】.阅读理解AThe Olympic flameThe Olympic flame is a symbol carried over from the ancient Olympics, where a flame burned at the altar (祭坛) of Zeus (宙斯) throughout competition. It was final
16、ly reintroduced at the 1924 Amsterdam (阿姆斯特丹) Games, and again burned in 1932.Carl Diem, chairman of the organizing committee for the 1936 Berlin Games, proposed that the flame be lit in Greece and transported to Berlin via a torch relay. The idea was adopted (采纳) and continued at every Olympic Game
17、s since 1952.The flame is lit at the ancient site of Olympia by the natural rays of the sun reflected (反射) off a carved (雕刻) mirror.Olympic motto“Citius, altius, fortius” is a Latin phrase meaning “swifter, higher, stronger”， which Baron de Coubertin borrowed from Father Henri Dideon of Paris. Dideo
18、n was the headmaster of Arcueil College, and used the phrase to describe the athletic achievements of students at the school. He had previously been at the Albert Le Grand School, where the Latin words were carved in the stone above the main entrance.Olympic oath“In the name of all competitors, I pr
19、omise that we shall take part in these Olympic Games, respecting and abiding (遵守) by the rules that govern them, in the true spirit of sportsmanship, for the glory (荣誉) of sport and the honor of our teams.”Written by Baron de Coubertin, the oath is taken by an athlete from the host nation while holding a corner of the Olympic flag. The athletes oath was first taken by Belgian fencer Victor Boin at the 1920 Antwerp Games. A judge from the host country also speaks the oath, with slightly
