A school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids from my window as they played basketball. One day, a little girl caught my 32 . She seemed so small as she made her way through the crowd of boys. Running circles around the other kids, 33 managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net with no one to stop her. Sometimes, I saw her play 34 . She would practice by herself until dark.
One day I asked her 35 she practiced so much. Without hesitation, she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship（奖学金）. I like to play basketball. If I can play 36 well enough, I can get a scholarship. My Daddy told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count." Then she smiled and ran towards the court to go practice.
I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.
One day in her senior year, I saw her 37 in the grass, gently holding her head in her arms. I went over there and sat down beside her. Quietly I asked her what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," she replied softly, "I am just too short." The coach（教练） told her that at 5.5 feet she would probably never get to play for a top ranked college team，so she should 38 dreaming about college.
She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat dry as I sensed her disappointment(失望). I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 39 . They did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, and if she truly wanted a scholarship, 40 could stop her except one thing —her own attitude（态度）. He told her again, "If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t 41 ."
The next year, as she and her 42 went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter（招生官员） and was offered a full scholarship to a NCAA3 women’s basketball team. She was going to college, which she had 43 of and worked toward for all those years.
32. A. hand B. cold C. attention D. bus
33. A. they B. she C. he D. it
One day I asked her 35 she practiced so much. Without hesitation, she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship（奖学金）. I like to play basketball. If I can play 36 well enough, I can get a scholarship. My Daddy told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count." Then she smiled and ran towards the court to go practice.
I watched her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.
One day in her senior year, I saw her 37 in the grass, gently holding her head in her arms. I went over there and sat down beside her. Quietly I asked her what was wrong. "Oh, nothing," she replied softly, "I am just too short." The coach（教练） told her that at 5.5 feet she would probably never get to play for a top ranked college team，so she should 38 dreaming about college.
She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat dry as I sensed her disappointment(失望). I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 39 . They did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she really wanted to play for a good college, and if she truly wanted a scholarship, 40 could stop her except one thing —her own attitude（态度）. He told her again, "If the dream is big enough, the facts don’t 41 ."
The next year, as she and her 42 went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter（招生官员） and was offered a full scholarship to a NCAA3 women’s basketball team. She was going to college, which she had 43 of and worked toward for all those years.
32. A. hand B. cold C. attention D. bus
33. A. they B. she C. he D. it
