Question

What’s your dream? I remember when I was a child, someone would always come up and ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up ?

Well, it started out as being a cowboy or super hero. Later it was a fireman or an artist. My dreams of the future ______ as I grew older. When, at last , I was in college, I had my heart set on becoming a computer programmer. So I studied and ______ for that life.

Now, I’m designing software full-time and I’m ____ that I’ve realized my dream. _____, there’s a “thief” which goes around stealing our dreams and _____ us of the necessary mental state to _____ our goals. Sometimes, it will come as a parent, a friend or a co-worker, but the ______ one is just ourselves.

We find ourselves just about reaching the pinnacle(顶点), and this “small” voice says, “ You’ll never _____ it. Very few have ever done this ______.” And on and on the “small” voice predicts some kind of _______.

Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are realized. It is one of the most important tools we have ____ it teaches us good lessons. And, when we learn these lessons well, we are ready for success, ______ is probably just around the corner.

There is no “overnight” success, but with perseverance(毅力), it will ______.

So be _____ to your dream, and don’t let anyone _____ it from you—especially yourself.

1.A. achieved      B. disappeared  C. changed  D. combined

2.A. asked   B. looked   C. prepared  D. waited

3.A. shocked      B. curious   C. puzzled  D. content

4.A. However  B. Therefore   C. Besides  D. Finally

5.A. reminding  B. ridding   C.robbing  D. informing

6.A. record   B. find    C. set   D. reach

7.A. cleverest      B. greatest   C. strangest  D. bravest

8.A. make   B. understand  C. find   D. support

9.A. successfully B. sincerely   C. bravely  D. happily

10.A. pity   B. danger   C. failure  D. accident

11.A. when   B. because   C. before  D. although

12.A. what   B. which    C. that   D. it

13.A. develop  B. stay    C. come   D. return

14.A. equal   B. useful    C. true   D. polite

15.A. borrow   B. steal    C. separate  D. expect

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：作者写了我们每个人的梦想随时间的推移改变着，但是到最后，可能会放弃，放弃我们的梦想，放弃那成功的机会，作者想要告诉我们不要因为任何人任何事，尤其是自己放弃我们最初的梦想，要一直坚持，直至成功。

1. dreams of the future ______ as I grew older.可知我的梦想随着我年龄的增长不断改变，故选C。

2. I studied and ______ for that life.可知所以我学习并为那样的生活做准备，故选C。

3. designing software full-time and I’m _____ that I’ve realized my dream.可知我整天设计软件并且我很满足，因为我已经完成了我的梦想，故选D。

4.____, there’s a “thief” which goes around stealing our dreams可知然而，有一个小偷总是偷走我们的理想，故选A。

5._____ us of the necessary mental state to _____ our goals.可知小偷抢走了我们达到目标所必须的精神状态，故选C。

6.

7. the ______ one is just ourselves.可知但是最伟大的一个人还是我们自己，故选B。

8. never ____ it. 可知，有一个小声音在你心里说，你将永远不会达到预定目标，make it 达到预定目标，故选A。

9. few have ever done this ______.可知很少有人能成功，故选A。

10. And on and on the “small” voice predicts some kind of _______.可知心底的那个小声音预测了一些失败的例子，故选C。

11. is one of the most important tools we have _____ it teaches us good lessons. 可知它是最好的一个工具因为它教了我们很好的课程，故选B。

12. are ready for success, _____ is probably just around the corner.可知我们为成功做好准备，它也许就在我们周围的某个角落，句中的它指的是成功，这是个宾语从句，从句中缺主语，应该用which 指代成功。故选B。

13. perseverance(毅力), it will ______可知只要有毅力，就会成功，it will come ,意思就是成功就会来到，故选C。

14. be ______ to your dream可知忠实于你的梦想，忠实于是短语be true to ,故选C。

15. let anyone _____ it from you—especially yourself.可知不要让任何人偷走了你的梦想，尤其是你自己，还可结合第三段第二行，可知是偷排除其余答案，故选B。

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