三、完形填空  阅读短文，从每题所给选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。15分

I used to watch a little girl   41   basketball every day from my kitchen window. One day I asked her why she practised so   42  . She said: “I would like to go to college. The only way is   43    a scholarship. I like basketball and I want to be the   44     player in college. My dad told me: ‘If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.’ ” She    45     changed her mind. I watched her through those junior high years and into senior high school. One day before she graduated    46     high school, I saw her sitting on the grass    47   . I asked her what was wrong. She told me her coach said she was such a   48    girl that she couldn’t be a good basketball player, so she should    49    dreaming about going to college. She was heartbroken and it    50    made me feel sad. Then she smiled and told me her father said that coach was wrong. He did not understand the power of dream. Her father said to her: “If you really want to    51    the scholarship of a good college, nothing but you    52     can stop your dream.” The next year, she and her team went to a big game. She    53    by a coach of a famous college team and was offered a scholarship to the    54    basketball team of their college. She was about to get the college education that she had dreamed   55   and worked towards for all those years. “If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.” It is true.

41. A. to play  B. plays  C. play D. player

42. A. many  B. much  C. little D. few

43. A. to get  B. to give               C. to provide D. to offer

44. A. most  B. good  C. best D. better

45. A. never  B. ever                C. always D. already

46. A. in  B. to                  C. from D. into

47. A. sad  B. sadly   C. happily D. happy

48. A. tall  B. short  C. strong D. creative

49. A. stop  B. forget  C. go on  D. come on

50. A. as well  B. also  C. too D. so

51. A. play for  B. play with  C. play against D. play

52. A. your  B. yourself  C. own D. yours

53. A. was taught B. was refused C. was seen D. was trained

54. A. women’s  B. woman’s  C. womans’ D. woman

55. A. to  B. on  C. of D. for