第二节：完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I have a friend named Monty Roberts who possesses a horse ranch (大牧场). He was the son of a horse trainer who would go from ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school career was continually 21 . When he was a senior, he was 22 to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he 23 .
“That night he wrote a seven –page paper, describing his goal of someday 24 a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail. He put his 25 into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he 26 his paper back. On the front page was a large F with a 27 that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class.
The teacher said, “This is a(n) 28 dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. Owning a horse ranch 29 a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “ 30 you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will
31 your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about it 32 and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is very important 33 for you.” Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the 34 paper. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my 35 .”
Sitting in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch, he told me he 36 had that school paper. He added, “Two summers ago that same schoolteacher 37 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week.” When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was 38 of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dream. Fortunately you had 39 enough not give up yours.”
Don’t let anyone 40 your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
21. A. started B. interrupted C. made D. ended
22. A. taught B. guided C. asked D. forced
23. A. grew up B. brought up C. took up D. went up
24. A. working B. making C. owing D. owning
25. A. action B. heart C. explanation D. words
26. A. received B. accepted C. returned D. offered
27. A. note B. letter C. saying D. information
28. A. unusual B. unique C. unnatural D. unrealistic
29. A. raises B. makes C. requires D. saves
30. A. Although B. If C. When D. While
31. A. reconsider B. award C. recover D. acknowledge
32. A. soon B. wide C. long D. enough
33. A. composition B. decision C. lesson D. grade
34. A. rewritten B. vivid C. same D. printed
35. A. dream B. word C. promise D. impression
36. A. even B. rather C. ever D. still
37. A. fetched B. brought C. assess D. recite
38. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
39. A. opportunity B. occasion C. courage D. intelligence
40. A. starve B. accuse C. submit D. steal
Wouldn’t it be _______ for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport?
A. appropriate B. universal C. handy D. convenient
They had planned to go for a picnic, but because of the rain they had to stay home_______.
A. instead B. really C. however D. though
. Many people are quite at a loss as to what to do _______ a real fire.
A. in honor of B. in need of C. in case of D. in form of
---- I haven’t got the ticket for the opening ceremony of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
---- Don’t worry. It’ll be broadcast_______ on April 30. Don’t miss it.
A. lively B. alive C. live D. living
The government should protect the old valuable buildings_______ they are not in harmony with the modern ones nearby.
A. even though B. as if C. so that D. now that
