Monty Robert’s father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to another with his father. Sometimes they didn’t have money to pay for food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a horse farm.
When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper about his dream. He wrote a seven-page（頁）paper. He wanted to have a horse farm one day. He even drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper.
The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” with the words “See me after class”. So the boy did and asked his teacher, “Why did I get an F?” The teacher said, “This dream will not come true for a young boy like you. You need a lot of money to own a horse farm. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “If you write this paper again with a simpler dream, I will give you a good grade.”
After school he thought hard about it. At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”
Many years later, Monty had his own large horse farm. His dream came true.
So don’t let anyone take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are.
小題1:From Paragraph 1, we learn that _________.
A．Monty’s family was poor
B．Monty’s father didn’t support him
C．Monty hoped to be a horse trainer
D．Monty changed his mind all the time
小題2:What was Monty’s attitude towards his paper?
A．Careless. B．Serious.C．Joking. D．Funny.
小題3:Monty’s teacher gave him a red “F” because he thought _________.
A．Monty’s handwriting was too bad
B．Monty copied from another student
C．Monty’s dream was too hard for him to achieve
D．Monty was not working hard to realize his dream
小題4:What does the story want to tell us?
A．Don’t take away others’ dreams.
B．Follow a realistic dream.
C．Never give up your dream.
D．Anyone with a dream will succeed.

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:C

試題分析：短文大意：閱讀短文可知，這篇短文中蒙蒂堅持自己的夢想，即使老師給差評也不改變自己的夢想，最終他實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想。告訴我們要勇于堅持自己的夢想。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Sometimes they didn’t have money to pay for food, 描述，可知蒙蒂家很窮。故選A。
小題2:推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段描述，可知蒙蒂對于這個篇文章很認真。故選B。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段描述，可知老師認為這樣的夢想對于一個孩子來說很難實現(xiàn)，所以給了他一個差。故選C。
小題4:主旨大意題。閱讀短文可知，這篇短文中蒙蒂堅持自己的夢想，即使老師給差評也不改變自己的夢想，最終他實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想。告訴我們要勇于堅持自己的夢想。故選C。
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