2020年高考英语复习《必修六 Unit 4 Global warming》：完形填空

2020年高考英语复习《必修六Unit 4 Global warming》：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 boys 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 is to get a 6 . I'm 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 don't 8 .”
I 9 her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team 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.“What's wrong？”I asked.“Oh, nothing，” came a soft reply，“I am just too short.” The 13 told her that at 165cm she would probably never play for a top team—still less she would be 14 a scholarship—so 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 didn't understand the 17 of a dream.
The next year, Sally was 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.
It's true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.
[语篇解读]本文主要讲述了Sally在自身条件不好的情况下不懈努力，最终实现梦想的故事。

1．A.silent B．small
C．strong D．huge
解析：根据but的转折意义并结合上文的“I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys”可推知，Sally个子很小，与下文的“I am just too short”呼应。

答案：B
2．A.but B．and
C．so D．for
解析：由空前的“The boys always tried to stop her”和空后的“nobody could”可知，前后表示逻辑上的转折关系。

答案：A
3．A.still B．again
C．well D．alone
解析：根据语境可知，作者经常看到Sally独自打球。

答案：D
4．A.passing B．running
C．shooting D．struggling
解析：由上文的“but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net”和空前的“dribbling(运球)”可知，Sally反复练习运球和投球(shooting)。

答案：C
5．A.studied B．practiced
C．expected D．improved
解析：由上文的“She practiced dribbling(运球)and 4 over and over.”可知，作者问Sally为什么要大量地练习球技。

答案：B
6．A.title B．prize
C．scholarship D．reward
解析：根据下文“she would probably never play for a top team—still less she would be 14 a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college”可知，Sally努力练球是想拿到奖学金去上大学。

答案：C
7．A.good B．brave
C．careful D．active
解析：由上文的“I want to be the best one”可知，Sally认为只有当自己的球技足够好的时候，才可以拿到奖学金。

答案：A
8．ck B．talk
C．appear D．count
解析：由下文的“It's true：if the dream is big enough，the facts don't count.”可知，当梦想足够强大的时候，事实并不那么重要。

count意为“重要”。

答案：D
9．A.encouraged B．respected
C．watched D．helped
解析：由上文的“I watched in wonder”和“I began to notice Sally at other times”可知，
作者一直关注着Sally。

答案：C
10．A.victory B．confidence
C．responsibility D．profession
解析：根据上文Sally成功投篮和反复练习球技可推知，她带领自己的球队获得了胜利。

答案：A
11．A.dropped B．buried
C．covered D．sunk
解析：结合下文的“‘What's wrong？’I asked.”及“I am just too short.”可推知，当时Sally情绪不高，把头埋在胳膊里。

答案：B
12．A.walked off B．walked out
C．walked around D．walked up
解析：根据“Slowly and quietly”和“and sat down beside her”可知，作者当时静静地走过去，坐在了Sally旁边。

walk up意为“走近”。

答案：D
13．A.coach B．teacher
C．captain D．leader
解析：根据下文的“She told me that her father said those coaches were 16 .”可知，教练告诉她，她太矮了。

答案：A
14．A.suggested B．sent
C．promised D．offered
解析：根据下文的“She was 18 offered a scholarship”可知，教练认为Sally不会获得奖学金。

答案：D
15．A.worried B．excited
C．disappointed D．surprised
解析：根据上文教练的话可知，Sally感到很失望。

答案：C
16．A.great B．wrong
C．strict D．cruel
解析：由上文的“My father has told me...the facts don't 8 .”可推知，Sally的父亲认
为教练是错的。

与下文的“They didn't understand the 17 of a dream.”相呼应。

答案：B
17．A.pressure B．value
C．cause D．power
解析：根据下文Sally拿到奖学金并接受大学教育可推知，此处表示“他们不明白梦想的力量”。

答案：D
18．A.exactly B．naturally
C．really D．normally
解析：结合下文的“She was going to get the college education”可知，Sally确实获得了奖学金。

答案：C
19．A.taken B．admitted
C．introduced D．appointed
解析：Sally获得了奖学金并且还加入了大学篮球队。

be admitted to 意为“考入，进入”。

答案：B
20．A.dreamed of B．picked up
C．benefited from D．carried out
解析：根据上文可知，Sally一直梦想上大学。

答案：A。