35．From the second example we can infer that the parents of the two daughters ________.

A．pay no attention to them

B．are too busy to look after them

C．have come to hate them

D．feel helpless to do much about them

36．What is the author's opinion about the sudden change in teenage children?

A．Parents have no choice but to try to accept it.

B．Parents should pay still more attention to the change.

C．Parents should work more closely with school teachers.

D．Parents are at fault for the change in their children.

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阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。

I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so 41 ， but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her 42 nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand，playing 3 . She practiced dribbling (运球) and 44 over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she 45 so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a 46 . I'm going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am 47 enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don't 48 ."

I 49 her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to 50 .One day, in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head 51 in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I 52 and sat down beside her. "What's wrong？" I asked. "Oh, nothing，" came a soft reply，"I am just too short." The 53 told her that at 165cm she would probably never play for a top team-still less she would be 54 a scholarship-so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely 55 . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 56 .They didn't understand the 57 of a dream.

The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was 58 offered a scholarship and 59 to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had 60 and worked toward for all those years.

It's true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.

41．A. silent　　　　　　 B．small

C．strong D．huge

42．A. but B．and

C．so D．for