2015年高中英语 unit4 helping people arounitnd the world完形填空和阅读理解练习（7）牛津译林版选修6
完形填空。阅读下面短文.从短文后各题所给的四个选项a、b、c和d中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
i grew up poor – living with six brothers, my father and a wonderful mother. we had 1 money and few worldly goods, but plenty of love and attention. i was 2 and energetic. i understood that no matter how poor a person was, they could 3 afford a dream.
my dream was to be a 4 . when i was sixteen, i could crush a baseball, throw a ninety – mile – per – hour fastball. i was also 5 : my high – school coach was ollie jarvis, who 6 me the difference between having a dream and showing strong belief. one particular 7 with him changed my life forever.
it was a summer and a friend recommended me for a summer 8 . this meant a chance for my first income – cash for a new bike and new clothes, and the 9 of savings for a house for my mother. the opportunity was attracting, and i wanted to 10 at it.
then i realized i would have to 11 summer baseball to handle the work schedule, and that meant i would have to tell coach jarvis i wouldn’t be playing. i was 12 about this.
when i told coach jarvis, he was as 13 as i expected him to be. “you have your whole life to work,” he said. “your 14 days are limited. you can’t afford to waste them.”
i stood before him with my head 15 , trying to think of how to explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth 16 his disappointment in me.
“how much are you going to make at this job?” he demanded.
“$ 3.25 an hour,” i replied.
