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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
1 and energetic. I understood that no matter how poor a person was, he could still
2 to have a
dream.
My dream was
3 . By the time I was sixteen, I had started playing baseball. I could throw a
ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and
4 anything that moved on the football field. I was also
5 : My high
school coach was John, who not only believed in me, but also taught me
6 to believe in myself. He
7 me
the difference between having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One particular
8 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 the
9 of savings for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to
10 up 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
11 as I expected him to be."You have your whole life to work," He said.
"Your
12 days are limited. You can't afford to waste them." I stood before him with my head
13 , trying to
think of the
14 to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket
was worth facing his
15 in 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 made
16 for me the difference between
17 something right now and having a
18 . I devoted myself to sports that summer and
19 the year I was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates to
play baseball, and was
20 a $20,000 contract(合同). 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.
( )1. A. happy
( )2. A. live
( )3. A. athletics
( )4. A. throw
( )5. A. right
( )6. A. how
( )7. A. gave
( )8. A. accident
( )9. A. aim
( )10. A. keep
( )11. A. mad
( )12. A. living
( )13. A. moving
( )14. A. answers
( )15. A. sadness
( )16. A. direct
( )17. A. wanting
( )18. A. wish
( )19. A. by
( )20. A. paid |
B. polite
B. afford
B. music
B. play
B. popular
B. why
B. taught
B. matter
B. idea
B. end
B. puzzled
B. playing
B. nodding
B. excuses
B. regret
B. clear
B. changing
B. dream
B. for
B. got |
C. shy
C. make
C. business
C. pass
C. lucky
C. when
C. brought
C. problem
C. start
C. give
C. frightened
C. working
C. shaking
C. words
C. hopelessness
C. straight
C. dreaming
C. score
C. over
C. offered |
D. honest
D. need
D. money
D. hit
D. wrong
D. whether
D. asked
D. experience
D. purpose
D. pick
D. shameful
D. learning
D. hanging
D. ways
D. disappointment
D. bare
D. living
D. desire
D. within
D. presented |