8、The boy was 1．7 meters tall when he just started his third year at primary school． As his feet had  1  even his father’s shoes, his parents had to look up and down the streets for size-46 shoes． At 16, he  2  to a height of 2．2 meters, and no store or market in the whole of China has stock of size -53 shoes for his big  3 ．The parents watched rather disturbingly their son shooting up  4  like a young tree．

The young giant felt  5  for his troubled parents, who needed to take extra care of him for his food,  6  and traveling． Time and again he  7  his “great desire” to his good friend, teammate and roommate Liu Wei, “I will do my best． Once I enter the Shanghai No．1 Team, I won’t have to worry about my  8 ．”

That boy was Yao Ming．

    Today’s Yao is a great basketball star． Back then, however, his  9  was not championship, NBA, or stardom． He trained like mad, struggled hard, all for a pair of shoes that would  10  his feet, merely to relieve his  11  of their worry about his shoes． Such a simple 12  may seem completely unimaginable for a star like Yao． 13  it was exactly this very simple stimulus（激勵(lì)） that urged Yao to achieve today’s  14 ．He earnestly and realistically sets the goal for every stage of his life and spare no  15  to reach it, and to surpass （超越）it．

       It is not a（n） 16  thing for anyone to set a goal． The tough part is to know how to pursue and 17  it． Many people leave their aspirations in blueprints  18 ．If we take a look at those abandoned causes and goals along many people’s life  19 , we should remind ourselves of Yao Ming: travelers first need a fitting pair of shoes, and then  20  one firm step at a time towards their goals．

1． A．forbade                   B．outgrown                C．matched                 D．a(chǎn)ffected

2． A．measured             B．raised                     C．shot                       D．stretched

3． A．height                     B．size                        C．length                    D．feet

4． A．wildly                     B．immediately             C．gradually               D．sharply

5． A．upset                   B．a(chǎn)nxious                   C．sorry                      D．responsible

6． A．growth                   B．study                      C．clothing                  D．future

7． A．expressed            B．a(chǎn)pplied                    C．suggested               D．contributed

8． A ．jeans                     B．shoes                      C．future                     D．wages

9． A．dream                     B．a(chǎn)chievement            C．recreation               D．prejudice

10． A．meet                     B．protect                    C．fit                          D．hold

11． A．friends                  B．teammates               C．parents                   D．coaches

12． A ．goal                    B．demand                   C．incident                  D．task

13． A．Though                 B．Yet                         C．Because                  D．As

14． A．recreation              B．harmony                 C．a(chǎn)ccess                    D．glory

15． A．mind                     B．time                        C．effort                            D．benefit

16． A．easy                            B．difficult                   C．common                 D．normal

17． A．recognize              B．grasp                      C．a(chǎn)pproach                D．reach

18． A．once                     B．soon                       C．forever                   D．sometimes

19． A．travel                    B．trip                         C．journey                   D．tour

20． A．miss                     B．leap                        C．gain                        D．take