Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. But as a girl, I once thought that I could 16 play basketball.
I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball 17 I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one 18 when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.
At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were 19 allowed to play volleyball or badminton.
My parents did not 20 me play basketball at home. Basketball is not fit for girls, they said. 21 I went to play basketball with my friends, boys 22 at me on the court as if I were an alien.
I was feeling 23 and had lost hope of playing basketball. 24 , something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They 25 me to get back on the court.
One of them told me with a smile, Go your own 26 , let others talk. This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about 27 with me almost every day.
I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion 28 to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can, 29 for me, even the sky is boundless (无垠的).
Basketball has bee an important part of my 30 . I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only do I feel happy and confident, but also 31 a lot.
I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, Nothing is impossible. It is from an advertisement on TV. I have 32 to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an 33 . After that, just be confident and 34 going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.
I love the motto of the NBA. It can 35 my strong feelings for basketball, I love this game!
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(答案→)C
解析：本文叙述了作者作为一名女生，虽然喜欢打篮球，但是因被父母阻止，男生笑话，曾经放弃过打篮球的想法，但是上高中时在一些爱好打篮球的朋友的鼓励下，作者又回到了篮球场，因此找到了自信和幸福，并且还学到了其他的东西，坚信世上无难事，只要自己不放弃。
【小题1】上文silently watch和really envied暗示了该空应填never．下文介绍的成长过程中“我”无法享受对篮球的爱也是选择线索。故选C。
【小题2】根据本句的时态可以判断应用since，因为它与现在完成时连用，故选D。
【小题3】一开始“我”可以自由打篮球，因为我只是个小孩，没有人会介意。故选B。
【小题4】与上文it was always the boys who played basketball形成对照，应填only，表示人们对男女生学校活动的性别刻板化印象。故选A。
【小题5】在家里父母也不让“我”打篮球．A项搭配不对。故选C。
【小题6】与Basketball is not fit for girls,相对应，不仅父母不同意“我”打篮球，就连一些男生也有这种想法，把“我”看成外星人，故选D。
【小题7】甚至当“我”去和朋友们打篮球时，男孩们也盯着“我”看(不理解)，就好像“我”是个外星人似的。用stare at表示“盯着”。glare指“怒视”，不妥。glance指“瞥一眼”。根据语境，文中要表达的意思应是其他男孩不解地盯着自己。故选D。
【小题8】学校不谁、家庭不让、男孩不理解使“我”打篮球的梦想根本无法实现，“我”感到心情沮丧。feel down引申为“感觉沮丧的”。故选B。
【小题9】下文交待“我”新交的朋友鼓励“我”重新回到篮球场，这一转机在当时是无法预料的，故填Unexpectedly．故选C。
【小题10】他们鼓励“我’回到篮球场。故选A。
【小题11】走你自己的路，让别人去说吧。故选B。
【小题12】本文话题是篮球与女生，因此该空应填basketball。故选A。
【小题13】在朋友们的鼓励与引导下，自信、激情又回到“我”心中。故选D。
【小题14】and表递进或顺承关系，根据I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can,前后意思一致，故选C。
【小题15】篮球已变成“我”生命的一部分。故选B。
【小题16】通过篮球，我不但感到幸福、自信，而且还学到很多东西。故选C。
【小题17】“我”逐渐意识到生活就像打篮球。故选A。
【小题18】根据Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.不能放弃要坚持的是自己的目标，故选B。
【小题19】你首先应该有一个目标，然后应自信，并且不停地走下去。故选C。
【小题20】这个格言能够表达“我”对篮球的强烈感情。故选B。