Question

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 (牧場). 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 realistic goal, 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   14  .”

31. A. speech               B. paper                C. notice               D. diary

32. A. paint                B. win              C. own              D. sell

33. A. just             B. almost               C. ever             D. even

34. A. heart                B. life             C. advice               D. trust

35. A. to                   B. with             C. from             D. for

36. A. word             B. letter               C. note             D. post

37. A. How              B. Why              C. When             D. Where

38. A. unusual              B. unforgettable        C. unimportant      D. unrealistic

39. A. money                B. time             C. space                D. effort

40. A. wonder               B. way              C. problem          D. matter

41. A. Though               B. since                C. Until                D. If

42. A. himself              B. him              C. it                   D. itself

43. A. change               B. gift             C. message          D. decision

44. A. long             B. thick                C. same             D. correct

45. A. grade                B. dream                C. duty             D. secret

Answer 1

【主旨大意】本篇短文講述的Monty是一位馴馬師的兒子,他的作業是長大后的夢想寫成一張紙。老師認為他的家庭貧窮，他的夢想不可能實現。讓他重寫一張。而在父親的影響下，Monty仍然堅持自己的夢想，還是把原來那張紙交給了老師。

31. B 根據下文可知，老師要求寫一張紙，故選B。

32. C 根據短文內容及文中句子“owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__”，可以推斷選項B。

33. D聯系上下句，分析四個選項，可以推斷他即寫了還畫了一個牧場，故選D。

34. A根據題意可知他用心做作業，故選A。

35. A固定詞組的考察，把什么上交給誰，用hand in to sb，故選C。

36. C 根據題意，并區別四個選項應是一張紙條，故選C。

37. B 結合上下文應是詢問得F的原因，故選B。

38. D 根據下文的意思，可推斷出老師認為他的夢想是不現實的，故選D。

39. A根據下文意思，應是需要錢，故選A。

40. B根據題意應是“方法，方式”。

41. D連詞的用法。 結合下一句，可知應選D。

42. C 根據上下文，分析可知“他在考慮重寫夢想的這件事”，故選C。

43. D詞意辨析。根據短文內容及四個選項中各詞的不同意思，可推斷出答案D。

44. C依據下句的意思，可以推斷出男孩上交的還是原來那張紙。故選C。

45. B根據上句的意思，可以得知男孩讓老師堅持原來的F，而自己還是堅持自己的夢想，故選B。