Several years ago, my father took us to watch a World Series game. As we __1__ the stadium, we passed an open garage that led back into Yankee Stadium.I looked in and __2__ a bus.I stopped as my family __3__.When the garage door started going down __4__， I hit the ground, a notebook and a pen in hand, and rolled inside along with a few other kids.
As a stadium door opened, several __5__ came in the garage.They __6__ my notebook.I could feel my heart beat harder with each autograph. But where was Sandy, my favourite baseball player?
Finally, Sandy came in, __7__ he boarded the bus before I could get to him.So I climbed up the bus stairs and asked a player sitting in the front to pass my __8__ back to Sandy.It came back with his __9__.To my parents' great __10__， I was soon escorted (护送) out of the garage.I was floating in the air.The feeling of __11__ lasted for days.
With each new World Series season, I wonder what that day and those __12__ moments would have felt like if I hadn't been in it for __13__， but for the money that a sports star's signature might bring. I am so __14__ for that day, and for not knowing that an autograph could be worth anything more than a wonderful moment to be __15__ for a lifetime.
语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者在文中讲述了自己儿时的一次索要棒球运动员签名的经历。每当回忆起这次经历时，他都感到美妙如初。
1．A.entered B．left
C．returned to D．got around
解析：选B 根据下文向棒球运动员索要签名可知，应是比赛结束离开(left)棒球场时。
2．A.stopped B．caught
C．missed D．spotted
解析：选D 作者往车库里瞧了瞧，看到(spotted)一辆巴士。
3．A.complained B．talked
C．walked on D．set off
解析：选C 当家人继续往出口走(walked on)的时候作者停了下来。
4．A.suddenly B．eventually
C．repeatedly D．slowly
解析：选D 根据本空后“rolled inside”可判断，当车库门缓缓(slowly)落下的时候，作者躺倒在地，和其他几个小孩一起滚了进去，手里拿着一本手册和一支笔。
5．A.players B．parents
C．kids D．drivers
解析：选A 体育场的门打开了，几名运动员(players)进入车库。本段最后的player也是答案提示。
6．A.noticed B．signed
C．ignored D．selected
解析：选B 根据本空后“with each autograph”可判断，他们在作者的手册上签了名(signed)。
7．A.so B．but
C．for D．as
解析：选B 最后Sandy终于出现了，但是(but)他在作者走近他之前就上了巴士。
8．A.notebook B．ticket
C．present D．baseball
解析：选A 作者爬上了巴士，并让坐在前面的球员帮他把签名手册(notebook)传给Sandy。上文多处出现的“notebook”也是提示。
9．A.warning B．signature
C．note D．encouragement
解析：选B 根据下文中“I was floating in the air.”可判断，作者拿到了Sandy的签名(signature)。
10．A.delight B．shame
C．regret D．relief
解析：选D 作者进到车库的时候父母并不知情，所以令父母感到宽慰(relief)的是，作者被护送出了车库。
11．A.adventure B．surprise
C．satisfaction D．anxiety
解析：选C 根据上文的描述可判断，作者拿到了Sandy的签名后，仿佛感到自己在空中漂浮，那种满足感(satisfaction)持续了好几天。
12．A.precious B．critical
C．awkward D．historic
解析：选A 每一个新赛季的到来，作者都会回想起那一天和那些珍贵的(precious)时刻，若是那天他不是因为热爱(love)而是为了钱而去索要签名的话会是一种什么感觉？
13．A.memory B．love
C．inspiration D．curiosity
解析：选B 参见上题解析。
14．A.upset B．sorry
C．grateful D．hungry
解析：选C 根据上下文的语境可判断，作者很感激(grateful)那一天，很庆幸他当时还不明白签名还有一些其他的用途。
15．A.accumulated B．accounted
C．treated D．preserved
解析：选D 作者当时还不明白签名还有一些其他的用途，作者感激它让自己拥有了一个值得一生珍藏的(preserved)美妙瞬间。
