一个很难解释的英语完形填空,只有一个空 -------------务必高手 有耐心者 进

一个很难解释的英语完形填空,只有一个空 -------------务必高手 有耐心者 进
Well,I had to give in to her—she was determined.One day,I saw her sitting in the grass,head buried in her arms.I walked toward her and quietly asked what was the matter.“Oh,nothing,” came a soft reply,“I am just too short.” The coach told her that at her height she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team,much less offered a scholarship.So she should stop dreaming about college.
She was heartbroken and I sensed her disappointment.I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet.She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong.They just did not understand the power of the dream.He told her（17）________ she really wanted to pay for a good college,if she truly wanted a scholarship,nothing could stop her except one thing—her own attitude.He told her again,“If the dream is big enough,the facts don’t count.”
17、A：even if B：as if C：that if D：only if