Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was as
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Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a __31__ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d __32__ a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he __33__ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his __34__ into the project and the next day he handed it in __35__ his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a __36__ that read, “See me after class.”
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “__37__ did I receive an F?”
The teacher said, “This is an __38__ dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no__40__ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “__41__ you rewrite this paper with a more realisticgoal, I will reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about __42__ long 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 a very important __43__ for you.”
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the __44__ paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my 45 .”
| 小题1: | | A．speech | B．paper | C．notice | D．diary |
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| 小题3: | | A．just | B．almost | C．ever | D．even |
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| 小题4: | | A．heart | B．life | C．advice | D．trust |
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| 小题6: | | A．word | B．letter | C．note | D．post |
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| 小题8: | | A．unusual | B．unforgettable | C．unimportant | D．unrealistic |
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| 小题9: | | A．money | B．time | C．space | D．effort |
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| 小题10: | | A．wonder | B．way | C．problem | D．matter |
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| 小题11: | | A．Though | B．since | C．Until | D．If |
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| 小题12: | | A．himself | B．him | C．it | D．itself |
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| 小题13: | | A．change | B．gift | C．message | D．decision |
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| 小题14: | | A．long | B．thick | C．same | D．correct |
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| 小题15: | | A．grade | B．dream | C．duty | D．secret |
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答案
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:B |
解析
本篇短文讲述的Monty是一位驯马师的儿子,他的作业是长大后的梦想写成一张纸。老师认为他的家庭贫穷，他的梦想不可能实现。让他重写一张。而在父亲的影响下，Monty仍然坚持自己的梦想，还是把原来那张纸交给了老师。
小题1:B根据下文可知，老师要求写一张纸，故选B。
小题1: C根据短文内容及文中句子“owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__”，可以推断选项B。
小题1:D联系上下句，分析四个选项，可以推断他即写了还画了一个牧场，故选D。
小题1:A根据题意可知他用心做作业，故选A。
小题1:A固定词组的考察，把什么上交给谁，用hand in to sb，故选C。
小题1:C根据题意，并区别四个选项应是一张纸条，故选C。
小题1:B 结合上下文应是询问得F的原因，故选B。
小题1:D根据下文的意思，可推断出老师认为他的梦想是不现实的，故选D。
小题1:A根据下文意思，应是需要钱，故选A。
小题1:B根据题意应是“方法，方式”。
小题1:D连词的用法。结合下一句，可知应选D。
小题1:C根据上下文，分析可知“他在考虑重写梦想的这件事”，故选C。
小题1:D词意辨析。根据短文内容及四个选项中各词的不同意思，可推断出答案D。
小题1:C依据下句的意思，可以推断出男孩上交的还是原来那张纸。故选C。
小题1:B根据上句的意思，可以得知男孩让老师坚持原来的F，而自己还是坚持自己的梦想，故选B。 |
举一反三
Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
小题1: When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going| A．to have a basketball game | B．to his classroom | C．to see Mark | D．back home |
小题2:From what Bill was carrying, we can know that he .| A．was a good student | | B．liked sports and music | | C．liked all the subjects in school | | D．was a g |
小题3:Mark and Bill . | A．were in the same middle school and high school | | B．were in the same middle school but not in the same high school | | C．of ten had lunch together at school | | D．had known each other before they began to study in middle school |
小题4: In this passage, the phrase "break up" means" ". 小题5: When Mark helped Bill to pick up some of his things, he. . | A．knew he could save Bill’s life | | B．knew who Bill was and wanted to help him | | C．didn’t know why he was going to help him | | D．didn’t know what he was doing was very important to Bill |
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How do you usually get to school? Buy bus? On foot? Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little 36__________---he goes by horse (马).
Burch has been riding his white horse 4 miles to and from school 37 __________the beginning of the semester. “Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I’m on my way at 6 am.” Burch says, “The streets are mostly 38__________ at this time of morning. It’s a nice way to start the day.”
The idea was his 39__________. His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer, “My dad just said, ‘Roby, you 40__________ ride your horse to school every day.’” says Burch. He thought it really was a good idea.
When they got back home, Burch asked for permission from the headmaster (校长), Joe Cox, and surprisingly, he got the green light. Cox even 41__________ Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster’s house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route to school. It is along back streets and has 42__________cars than the others.
For the return trip every afternoon, Burch leaves school at 5:45 pm. Even now, as the days grow shorter and colder, he 43__________ to ride his horse. “ I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather.” he says.
Burch says the first time he sat on a horse as a four-year-old boy he was afraid. 44__________ now, “it’s what I do best.” It’s no surprise that he wants to be a cowboy (牛仔) when he grows up. “I love riding horses more than 45 __________ else.” He says, “It’s really a guy thing.”
| 小题1: | | A．normally | B．casually | C．differently | D．actually |
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| 小题2: | | A．for | B．since | C．before | D．after |
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| 小题3: | | A．empty | B．crowded | C．busy | D．awful |
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| 小题4: | | A．sister’s | B．brother’s | C．mom’s | D．dad’s |
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| 小题5: | | A．will | B．won’t | C．should | D．shouldn’t |
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| 小题6: | | A．invited | B．allowed | C．taught | D．urged |
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| 小题8: | | A．begins | B．stops | C．continues | D．refuses |
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| 小题10: | | A．anything | B．nothing | C．everybody | D．somebody |
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Greg Woodburn, a university student, spends a lot of time cleaning sports shoes. Some of them once belonged to him; some belonged to his friends. But soon the shoes will have new owners, poor children in the USA and 20 other countries, thanks to Greg’s Share Our Soles(鞋底) (S.O.S) charity.
Greg was a high school running star in a small town in California. He had to stop running for months because his knee was injured. “I started thinking about all the things I got from running, the health, the friendships and the confidence.” he says. And I realized there are children who don’t even have shoes.
Greg collected his own sports shoes and then called his friends and the town. His aim was to have 100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When the number climbed to more than 500 pairs. Greg know that he could collect sports shoes all year round.
Now he has set up collection boxes in his town. So far, S.O.S has collected and donated more than 3,000 pairs of shoes. And Greg has cleaned almost all of them. “People think of it as duty work,” he says, “but I like doing it, because I feel happy when I’m doing it. It’s not work I want to pass on to someone else.”
In just three years, Greg has started three branches(分部) of S.O.S and there are more and more sports shoes.
For many poor children who have received the shoes mean opportunity. Two young boys in southern California used to go to school on alternate days(隔日) because they both shared a pair of shoes. They were too big for one boy and too small for the other. Thanks to S.O.S, each brother received his own pair of shoes. The boys now go to school every day. When they graduate, they say they will help others, just as Greg helped them.
小题1:Who will Greg donate these sports shoes to?
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小题2:From running Greg got health, friendships and confidence, and what did he realize?
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小题3:How many pairs of shoes has S.O.S collected and donated so far?
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小题4:Why does Greg like to clean the donated shoes?
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小题5:What did the two boys in southern California learn from Greg?
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Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Alps in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb 31 highest peak (山峰) in the Alps. 32 mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop 33 and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not 34 his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber 35 was planning to climb the highest peak.
Franz was very angry when he found out 36 Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing, too. Franz also didn’t want to see Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, got to the top 37 him.
Rudi turned out to be a very good climber, 38 as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and couldn’t go on farther. Franz 39 behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the 40 to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to 41 him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was 42 and hurt. Rudi must decide whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.
He thought Saxo’s life was more 43 than his dream and helped him down. During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally 44 reached the top. Later, the villagers 45 knew Rudi was the real conqueror (征服者) of the mountain.
| 小题2: | | A．Rudi | B．The Rudi’s | C．Rudis’ | D．Rudi’s |
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| 小题3: | | A．climbing | B．climb | C．to climb | D．climbed |
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| 小题4: | | A．try out | B．give up | C．go over | D．work out |
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| 小题6: | | A．which | B．what | C．that | D．where |
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| 小题7: | | A．after | B．behind | C．before | D．over |
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| 小题8: | | A．but | B．so | C．or | D．for |
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| 小题9: | | A．walked | B．rested | C．stayed | D．watched |
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| 小题10: | | A．first | B．second | C．third | D．last |
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| 小题12: | | A．helpful | B．helping | C．helps | D．helpless |
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| 小题13: | | A．popular | B．successful | C．important | D．interesting |
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| 小题15: | | A．both | B．none | C．either | D．all |
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Michael Essany is the young star of his own TV talk show. When he was 14, he bought some 36 machines and asked a local television station to air (播放) his show. Michael contacted 500 famous people but only three of them 37 to be on his show. However, now many well-known people want to be on his show. In 2003, the Michael Essany Show became so 38 that even the E! network made a show about his show!
Michael’s show is 39 from the living room of his family’s house. Before the show starts, his parents 40 the guests at the airport and make them comfortable. While the show is 41 , Michael tells jokes and interviews the guests, and his parents 42 the video machines. After Michael finished the show, the guests eat dinner with Michael and his 43 in the dining room.
Michael’s fame (名气) is 44 , but he still has plans and goals. “I would like to be the host of The Tonight Show. That is my 45 , and it’s a dream I intend to realize one day.”
小题1: A. radio B. video C. Internet
小题2: A. forgot B. refused C. agreed
小题3:A. strange B. popular C. serious
小题4: A. recorded B. discovered C.introduced
小题5: A. help out B. look after C. pick up
小题6: A. on B. off C. up
小题7: A. mend B. run C. sell
小题8:A. family B. audience C. boss
小题9: A. falling B. disappearing C. growing
小题10: A. advice B. dream C. story |
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