I grew up poor－living with my wonderful mo

题目内容：

I grew up poor－living with my wonderful mother. We had little money, but plenty of love and attention. I was and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still to have a dream.

My dream was . By the time I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball andanything that moved on the football field. I was also : My high school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught meto believe in myself. Heme the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular _with Coach John changed my life forever.

A friend recommended me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket-money for a new bike, new clothes and theof savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have toup summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn’t be playing.

When I told John, he was as as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” He said. “Your days are limited. You can’t afford to waste them.” I stood before him with my head , trying to think of theto explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing hisin me.

“How much are you going to make at this job?” He asked. “3.5 dollars an hour,” I replied.

“Well,” he asked, “is $3.5 an hour the price of a dream?”

That simple question madefor me the difference betweensomething right now and having a . I devoted myself to sports that summer and the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was a $20,000 contract. My baseball scholarship got me through university and in 1984 I signed with Denver Broncos for $1.7 million and bought my mother the house of her dreams.

小题1:

A．happy

B．polite

C．shy

D．honest小题2:

A．live

B．afford

C．make

D．need小题3:

A．athletics

B．music

C．business

D．money小题4:

A．throw

B．play

C．pass

D．hit小题5:

A．right

B．popular

C．lucky

D．wrong小题6:

A．how

B．why

C．when

D．whether小题7:

A．gave

B．taught

C．brought

D．asked小题8:

A．accident

B．matter

C．problem

D．experience小题9:

A．aim

B．idea

C．start

D．purpose小题10:

A．keep

B．end

C．give

D．pick小题11:

A．mad

B．puzzled

C．frightened

D．shameful小题12:

A．living

B．playing

C．working

D．learning小题13:

A．moving

B．nodding

C．shaking

D．hanging小题14:

A．answers

B．excuses

C．words

D．ways小题15:

A．sadness

B．regret

C．hopelessness

D．disappointment小题16:

A．direct

B．clear

C．straight

D．bare小题17:

A．wanting

B．changing

C．dreaming

D．living小题18:

A．wish

B．dream

C．score

D．desire小题19:

A．by

B．for

C．over

D．within小题20:

A．paid

B．got

C．offered

D．presented

最佳答案：

小题1:A

小题2:B

小题3:A

小题4:D

小题5:C

小题6:A

小题7:B

小题8:D

小题9:C

小题10:C

小题11:A

小题12:B

小题13:D

小题14:C

小题15:D

小题16:B

小题17:A

小题18:B

小题19:D

小题20:C

答案解析：

文章讲述一位棒球运动员的故事，告诉我们追求梦想和面对现实之间的区别。

小题1:考查形容词：A. happy快乐，B. polite礼貌，C. shy害羞，D. honest诚实，由上文plenty of love and attention 可以看出作者的生活是幸福的。选A

小题2:考查动词：A. live生活，B. afford负担得起，C. make制作，D. need需要，此处可理解为“有能力拥有”。选B

小题3:考查名词：A. athletics运动员，B. music音乐，C. business生意，D. money钱，由下文打棒球可知。athletics “体育;运动”。选A。

小题4:考查动词： A. throw扔，B. play玩，比赛，C. pass通过，D. hit击打，本句意思是“我能投出每小时90 英里时速的快球，并能击中球场上的任何东西”。选D

小题5:考查形容词：A. right正确的，B. popular 受欢迎的，C. lucky幸运的，D. wrong错误的，由下文可知，没有这位教练，我就不能实现梦想。所以作者认为自己是幸运的。选C。

小题6:考查疑问词：A. how怎么，B. why为什么，C. when什么D. whether是否，教练不但信任我，还教我怎么信任自己。选A。

小题7:. 考查动词：A. gave 给，B. taught教，C. brought 买，D. asked问，他教会我拥有梦想和实现梦想的区别。选B。

小题8:考查名词：A. accident事件，B. matter事情，麻烦，C. problem 问题，D. experience经验，经历，指与这位教练的一次特殊的经历。选D。

小题9:考查名词：A. aim目标，B. idea主意，C. start开始，D. purpose目的，买房子要花费许多钱，需要一段时间的积蓄。作者想把这次暑假打工作为积蓄的开始。选C。

小题10:考查动词：A. keep保持，B. end结束，C. give给，D. pick挑选，keep up 振作起来; end up 结束，终止; pick up 捡起。Give up放弃，指我不得不放弃夏季训练。选C。

小题11:考查形容词：A. mad疯狂的，生气的，B. puzzled困惑的，C. frightened感到害怕的，D. shameful可耻的，教练对他要放弃夏季棒球训练感到生气。选A。

小题12:考查动词：A. living生活，B. playing玩，打球，C. working工作，D. learning学习，本句意思:你打棒球的时间是有限的。选B。

小题13:考查动词：A. moving移动，B. nodding点头，C. shaking摇晃，D. hanging悬挂，with one’s head hanging 是习惯用法，表示“低下头;垂着头”。选D。

小题14:考查名词：A. answers回答，B. excuses借口，C. words话语，D. ways方法，words 表示“话语;言语”。 指我要想一些话来向他解释。选C。

小题15:考查名词：A. sadness悲伤，B. regret遗憾，C. hopelessness无望，D. disappointment失望，作者认为因挣钱而面对教练对他的失望是值得的。选D。

小题16:考查形容词：A. direct直接的，B. clear清楚的，C. straight直接的，D. bare秃的，make sth.clear“弄清楚”。这个简单的问题让我明白…，选B。

小题17:考查动词：A. wanting想要，B. changing改变，C. dreaming梦想，D. living生活，指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。选A。

小题18:考查名词：A. wish希望，B. dream梦想，C. score得分，D. desire愿望，指现在想要得到的东西和追求梦想的区别。选B。

小题19:考查介词：A. by通过，B. for 为了，C. over越过，D. within在…里面，这里指：在一年之内我被Pittsburgh Pirates选中，为这支球队打球。选D。

小题20:考查动词：A. paid付钱，B. got得到，C. offered提供，D. presented呈现，递交，本句意思:球队给我提供了一份价值20 000 美元的合同。钱数后面有contract，不能用paid。选C。

考点核心：

人物传记类文章的文体特征：

人物传记是记叙文体的一种，主要描写某人的生平事迹、趣闻轶事、生活背景、个性特征、成长奋斗历程等，包含记叙文的时间、地点、人物、事件等要素。其特点是以时间的先后或事件的发展为主线，空间或逻辑线索贯穿文章始终，脉络清楚，可读性较强。