The Price of a Dream
I grew up poor, living with my wonderful mother. We had little money but plenty of love and attention. I was
36 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still
37 a dream.My dream was to be a sportsman.
38 I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and hit anything that moved on the football field. I was also
39 . My high-school coach was Ollie Jarvis, who not only believed in me, but taught me
40 to believe in myself. He
41 me the difference between having a dream and realizing the dream. One particular
42 with Coach Jarvis changed my life forever.
It was the summer between my junior and senior years, and a friend recommended (推荐) me for a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket—money for a new bike and new clothes, and the
43 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to
44 summer baseball to deal with the work schedule, and that meant I would have to tell Coach Jarvis I wouldn’t be playing.
When I told Coach Jarvis, he was as
45 as I expected him to be. “You have your whole life to work,” he said. “Your playing days are limited. You can’t
46 to waste them.” I stood before him with my head hanging, trying to think of the
47 that would explain
48 him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his
49 in me. “How much are you going to make at this job, son?” he asked. “Three twenty-five an hour,” I replied.
“Well,” he asked, “is $3.25 an hour the
50 of a dream?”
That simple question made it
51 to me the difference between
52 something right now and following a dream. I
53 myself to sports that summer, and within the year I was
54 by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was
55 a $20,000 contract. In 2000, I bought my mother the house of my dream!| 小题1: | | A．happy | B．polite | C．shy | D．honest |
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| 小题3: | | A．By the time | B．The time | C．At one time | D．At a time |
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| 小题4: | | A．right | B．popular | C．lucky | D．confident |
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| 小题5: | | A．how | B．why | C．when | D．whether |
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| 小题6: | | A．gave | B．taught | C．brought | D．asked |
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| 小题7: | | A．accident | B．matter | C．problem | D．experience |
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| 小题8: | | A．aim | B．idea | C．start | D．purpose |
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| 小题9: | | A．keep up | B．put up |
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人生感悟类阅读的概念：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。 生活感悟类阅读解题指导：
一、文章特点：
生活感悟类的文章就是指能给人心灵以启迪，使人从中受到教育的文章。这类文章的体裁可以是记叙文，如生活中一些感人故事或情感故事，有点类似心灵鸡汤一样的短文。有时故事的结尾会有一句“点睛之笔”，点出全文的中心思想，就像《伊索寓言》里的寓言一样。还可能是夹叙夹议的哲理散文或生活随笔。散文随笔通常会阐述一种朴素易懂，耳熟能详的人生道理或宝贵品质。文章的结构和议论文类似，一般是总分总或总分结构。每段首句或尾句为主题句（论点），其它句子围绕主题展开论述（论据），论证方法多种多样，或举例，或引用名言，或正反对照等。
二、解题技巧：
针对生活感悟类文章的特点，做这类文章的完形填空时，要特别注意以下几点：
1、重点理解全文的首句。如果是记叙文，找出when，where，who，what等基本要素。如果是散文随笔，充分理解文章的中心句—全文的主题。
2、阅读全文的结尾段或结尾句，有助于理解文章所阐述或蕴含的哲理、感悟或忠告等。
3、调动自己的背景知识和情感。这类文章不会讲大道理也不会涉及到一些很专业的知识技术领域，而是谈一些小事和简单的道理，所以如果读者能和作者产生感情上的共鸣，读者会更好地把握作者的意图态度，从而提高做题的准确度。因此，考生在平时要做一个有心人，即用心去感悟生活中发生的小事，思考人生的一些基本道理，多阅读一些短小精悍的美文，多写写自己的心情故事和对生活学习的感悟。只有平时多用心，做题时才能调动自己的背景知识和情感。
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