完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑k+s-5#u 
When I passed boys who were playing basketball, I always stopped to silently watch them. I really envied them. __36__ as a girl, I once thought that I could never play basketball.
I am __37__ playing basketball though I don’t play it well. I've had a basketball since I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one __38__ when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.
At school, __39__ was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were only allowed to play volleyball or badminton.
My parents did not __40__ me play basketball at home. "Basketball is not fit for girls," they said. Even I went to play basketball with my friends, boys__41__ at me on the __42__ as if I were an alien.
I was feeling __43__ and had lost hope of playing basketball. __44__, something changed the first day of high school. I made some friends who also __45__ playing basketball. They encouraged me to get back on the court.
One of them told me with a smile, "Go your own __46__, let others talk." This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about __47__   with me almost every day.
I was inspired by them. Confidence and passion __48__ to my heart. I am ready to stand up and play. I will play as well as I can, and for me, even the sky is boundless （无垠的）.
Basketball has become an important part of my __49__. I am interested in it. I watch matches and enjoy playing almost every day. Through basketball, not only __50__happy and confident, but also __51__ a lot.
I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, "Nothing is impossible." It is from an advertisement on TV. I have __52__ to realize that life is just like playing basketball. You __53__ have an aim. After that, just be confident and __54__ going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.
I love the motto of the NBA．It can __55__ my strong feelings for basketball, "I love this game!"
36．A．Therefore            B．So                      C．But                     D．And
37．A．into              B．onto             C．out of          D．for
38．A．complained     B．cared           C．enjoyed              D．explained
39．A．they             B．this               C．that           D．it k+s-5#u 
40．A．encourage        B．forbid          C．let                D．permit                     
41．A．looked           B．glared           C．glanced          D．stared         
42．A．field                   B．court                   C．course                 D．campus
43．A．up              B．down           C．excited         D．satisfied
44．A．Unexpectedly   B．Naturally        C．Unluckily            D．Clearly
45．A．disliked            B．minded          C．enjoyed         D．hated
46．A．effort           B．way            C．business            D．direction
47．A．basketball        B．sports           C．interests            D．dreams    
48．A．stuck            B．referred         C．turned              D．returned
49．A．dream           B．life                        C．work                D．study     
50．A．I feel                  B．I felt                   C．do I feel              D．did I feel
51．A．experience        B．grow            C．learn              D．play
52．A．come             B．turned          C．refused         D．happened
53．A．may           B．should         C．will            D．can
54．A, insist           B．remain         C．keep            D．last      
55．A．inform         B．express         C．ignore          D．connect