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(chǎng)). 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 .”
小題1:
A．speechB．paperC．noticeD．diary
小題2:
A．paintB．winC．ownD．sell
小題3:
A．justB．a(chǎn)lmostC．everD．even
小題4:
A．heartB．lifeC．a(chǎn)dviceD．trust
小題5:
A．toB．withC．fromD．for
小題6:
A．wordB．letterC．noteD．post
小題7:
A．HowB．WhyC．When D．Where
小題8:
A．unusualB．unforgettableC．unimportantD．unrealistic
小題9:
A．moneyB．timeC．spaceD．effort
小題10:
A．wonderB．wayC．problemD．matter
小題11:
A．ThoughB．sinceC．UntilD．If
小題12:
A．himselfB．himC．itD．itself
小題13:
A．changeB．giftC．messageD．decision
小題14:
A．longB．thickC．sameD．correct
小題15:
A．gradeB．dreamC．dutyD．secret

小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:D
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小題1:A
小題1:C
小題1:B
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小題1:A
小題1:B
小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:D
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小題1:B

本篇短文講述的Monty是一位馴馬師的兒子,他的作業(yè)是長(zhǎng)大后的夢(mèng)想寫成一張紙。老師認(rèn)為他的家庭貧窮，他的夢(mèng)想不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)。讓他重寫一張。而在父親的影響下，Monty仍然堅(jiān)持自己的夢(mèng)想，還是把原來(lái)那張紙交給了老師。
小題1:B根據(jù)下文可知，老師要求寫一張紙，故選B。
小題1: C根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及文中句子“owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__”，可以推斷選項(xiàng)B。
小題1:D聯(lián)系上下句，分析四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，可以推斷他即寫了還畫了一個(gè)牧場(chǎng)，故選D。
小題1:A根據(jù)題意可知他用心做作業(yè)，故選A。
小題1:A固定詞組的考察，把什么上交給誰(shuí)，用hand in to sb，故選C。
小題1:C根據(jù)題意，并區(qū)別四個(gè)選項(xiàng)應(yīng)是一張紙條，故選C。
小題1:B 結(jié)合上下文應(yīng)是詢問(wèn)得F的原因，故選B。
小題1:D根據(jù)下文的意思，可推斷出老師認(rèn)為他的夢(mèng)想是不現(xiàn)實(shí)的，故選D。
小題1:A根據(jù)下文意思，應(yīng)是需要錢，故選A。
小題1:B根據(jù)題意應(yīng)是“方法，方式”。
小題1:D連詞的用法。結(jié)合下一句，可知應(yīng)選D。
小題1:C根據(jù)上下文，分析可知“他在考慮重寫夢(mèng)想的這件事”，故選C。
小題1:D詞意辨析。根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容及四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中各詞的不同意思，可推斷出答案D。
小題1:C依據(jù)下句的意思，可以推斷出男孩上交的還是原來(lái)那張紙。故選C。
小題1:B根據(jù)上句的意思，可以得知男孩讓老師堅(jiān)持原來(lái)的F，而自己還是堅(jiān)持自己的夢(mèng)想，故選B。
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