Question

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (牧场).He has let me use his ranch to raise money for youth at risk programs.

The last time I was there he told me his story. When he was young, his family is too ___ to have a house to live in. When he was in high school, he was asked to write a paper about ____ he wanted to be and do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday ____ a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great ___ and he even drew a picture to show a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after class." Roberts went to see the teacher and asked, "Why did I receive an F?" His teacher said, "This is a(an) ____ dream for a young boy like you. Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There's no way you could ever do it." Then the teacher added, "If you will rewrite this paper with a more possible goal, I will reconsider your ____."

    The boy went home and thought about it for a ____ and hard time. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, "Look, son, you have to ____ your own mind on this." Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no ____ at all.  He told his teacher,"You could keep the F and I will ____ keep my dream."

    Monty tells me this story because I am sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch. He said kids' dreams can be stolen. Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

1.A.small B.busy C.poor D.lazy

2.A.what B.which C.whom D.why

3.A.renting B.donating C.owning D.raising

4.A.difficulty B.detail C.dialogue D.doubt

5.A.surprising B.wonderful C.terrible D.unrealistic

6.A.achievement B.grade C.family D.ability

7.A.happy B.long C.short D.hurry

8.A.take up B.open up C.make up D.give up

9.A.decisions B.reasons C.excuses D.changes

10.A.never B.still C.ever D.even

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.C

9.D

10.B

【解析】

文章大意：这篇短文通过一个故事告诉我们，不论做什么事，相信你自己，别让别人的一句话将你击倒，因为很多梦想的实现来自于你的坚持。

1.句意：当他年轻的时候，他家里太穷了，没有房子住。考查形容词及语境理解。A. small小的；B. busy繁忙的；C. poor贫穷的；D. lazy懒惰的。根据题干，可知是句型too…to…太…而不能，所以后半句是否定意义，也就是说没有房子住，推出太穷，故答案选C。

2.句意：他上高中的时候，他被要求写一篇关于长大后想做什么的论文。考查代词及语境理解。A. What什么；B. which哪一个；C. whom谁（提问宾格）；D. why为什么。根据后面的when he grew up，以及下文中的关键词dream，可推测此处老师是让他写一写长大后的理想，想做“什么”，所以A选项是正确的，故答案选 A。

3.句意：那天晚上，他写了一篇七页纸的论文，描述了他有朝一日拥有一个马场的目标。考查动词及语境理解。A. renting租；B. donating捐赠；C. owning拥有；D. raising升起、举起。根据第一段中第一句who owns a horse ranch谁拥有一个马牧场，可知他那时的目标是拥有一个大的牧马场，故答案选C。

4.句意：他详细地描述了他的梦想。考查名词及语境理解。A. difficulty 困难、困境；B. detail细节、详情；C. dialogue对话；D. doubt怀疑、疑问。根据下文he even drew a picture to show a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. 他甚至画了一幅图，画出一座4000平方英尺的房子，坐落在一个200英亩的梦幻农场上。可知是他他详细地描述了他的梦想，故答案选B。

5.句意：对你这样的小男孩来说，这是一个不切实际的梦想。考查形容词及语境理解。A. surprising吃惊的；B. wonderful精彩的、极好的；C. terrible可怕的、糟糕的； D. unrealistic不切实际的。根据下文Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money.拥有一个马场需要很多钱，可推测，老师认为他的梦想"不切实际"，故答案选D。

6.句意：如果你把这篇论文重新写得目标更有可能的话，我会重新考虑你的分数。考查名词及语境理解。A. achievement成就；B. grade成绩、分数；C. family家庭；D. ability能力。根据上文On the front page was a large red F，老师给了一个很低的分数"F"，可知老师认为如果他改变想法，可以考虑更改他的"成绩"，故答案选B。

7.句意：男孩回家后想了很长时间。考查形容词及语境理解。A. happy高兴的、幸福的；B. long长的；C. short短的；D. hurry匆忙的。由前文事件的严重性，可知Monty Roberts对这件事很重视，应是用了"很长的"时间思考，故答案选B。

8.句意：你必须在这件事上做出自己的决定。考查动词短语及语境理解。A. take up拿起、开始从事；B. open up打开、开发；C. make up组成、构成、形成；D. give up放弃。 由上下文语境可知，父亲认为他应该做出自己的决定，make up your own mind“自己做决定”，故答案选C。

9.句意：最后，男孩拿着那张纸坐了一个星期，他还是交了那张纸，一点也没有改变。考查名词及语境理解。A. decisions决策；B. reasons原因；C. excuses借口； D. changes改变、变化。根据上文the boy turned in the same paper,可知，他在描绘自己理想蓝图的纸上未作“更改”，故答案选D。

10.句意：他对老师说：“你可以保留你的不及格，我仍然保留我的梦想。”考查副词及语境理解。A. never从不；B. still仍然、仍旧；C. ever曾经；D. even甚至、即使。根据上文可知他没有更改自己的理想蓝图，可推测他"仍旧"坚持自己的梦想，故答案选B。