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a sevenpage paper describing his goal of someday 3 a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great 4 and he even drew a picture to show a 4,000squarefoot house that would sit on a 200acre dream ranch. The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, See me after class. Roberts went to see the teacher and asked, Why did I receive an F? His teacher said, This is a(an) 5 dream for a young boy like you. Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There39。s no way you could ever do it. Then the teacher added, If you will rewrite this paper with a more possible goal, I will reconsider your 6 . The boy went home and thought about it for a 7 and hard time. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, Look, son, you have to 8 your own mind on this. Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no 9 at all. He told his teacher, You could keep the F and I will 10 keep my dream. Monty tells me this story because I am sitting in his 4,000squarefoot house in the middle of his 200acre horse ranch. He said kids39。 dreams can be stolen. Don39。t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.1. A. smallB. busyC. poorD. lazy2. A. whatB. whichC. whomD. why3. A. rentingB. donatingC. owningD. raising4. A. difficultyB. detailC. dialogueD. doubt5. A. surprisingB. wonderfulC. terribleD. unrealistic6. A. achievementB. gradeC. familyD. ability7. A. happyB. longC. shortD. hurry8. A. take upB. open upC. make upD. give up9. A. decisionsB. reasonsC. excusesD. changes10. A. neverB. stillC. everD. even【答案】 (1)C;(2)A;(3)C;(4)B;(5)D;(6)B;(7)B;(8)C;(9)D;(10)B; 【解析】【分析】本文講述了一個(gè)關(guān)于堅(jiān)持夢(mèng)想的故事。 (1)句意:他年輕時(shí),他的家庭很窮,沒(méi)有房子住。A小的,B忙碌的,C窮的,D懶惰的,too...to...,太......而不能,故根據(jù) to have a house to live in 是因?yàn)楦F,故選C。 (2)句意: 當(dāng)他在高中的時(shí)候,他被要求寫(xiě)一篇關(guān)于他長(zhǎng)大后想成為什么和做什么的論文。根據(jù) he was asked to write a paper about 可知是賓語(yǔ)從句,從句在缺少賓語(yǔ)指代物或事故用what,故選A。 (3)句意:那天晚上,他寫(xiě)了一篇七頁(yè)的文章,描述了他有一天擁有一座養(yǎng)馬場(chǎng)的目標(biāo)。A租,B捐贈(zèng),C擁有,D飼養(yǎng),根據(jù) Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money 可知是擁有,故選C。 (4)句意:他非常詳細(xì)地描述了他的夢(mèng)想,甚至還畫(huà)了一幅畫(huà),畫(huà)了一座4000平方英尺的房子,坐落在200英畝的夢(mèng)幻牧場(chǎng)上。A困難,B細(xì)節(jié),C對(duì)話,D懷疑,根據(jù) he even drew a picture to show a 4,000squarefoot house that would sit on a 200acre dream ranch可知此處指細(xì)節(jié) , 故選B。 (5)句意: 對(duì)于像你這樣的小男孩來(lái)說(shuō),這是一個(gè)不切實(shí)際的夢(mèng)想。 A意外的,B精彩的,C可怕的,D不切實(shí)際的,根據(jù) Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There39。s no way you could ever do it 可知是不切實(shí)際的,故選D。 (6)句意:如果你愿意用一個(gè)更有可能的目標(biāo)重寫(xiě)這篇論文,我將重新考慮你的分?jǐn)?shù)。A成就,B成績(jī),C家庭,D能力,根據(jù) You could keep the F 可知是成績(jī),故選B。 (7)句意:男孩回家后,想了很久。A開(kāi)心的,B長(zhǎng)的,C短的,D匆忙的,根據(jù) and hard time 可知長(zhǎng)修飾時(shí)間,故選B。 (8)句意: 你必須自己決定。 根據(jù) your own mind 可知, make up one39。s mind ,固定搭配,決定,故選C。 (9)句意:最后,考慮了一個(gè)星期之后,男孩又交上了同樣的試卷,沒(méi)有做任何改變。A決定,B理由,C借口,D改變,根據(jù) the boy turned in the same paper,可知是沒(méi)有改變,故選D。 (10)句意:你可以保留F,我仍然會(huì)保持我的夢(mèng)想。A從未,B仍然,C曾經(jīng),D甚至,根據(jù) the boy turned in the same paper , 可知他仍然不放棄夢(mèng)想,故選B。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查詞匯在篇章中的運(yùn)用能力,答題時(shí)首先要跳過(guò)空格通讀文章掌握其大意,然后細(xì)讀文章字斟句酌逐一作答,注意考慮句型、語(yǔ)法、搭配、語(yǔ)境等因素。最后通讀一遍檢查驗(yàn)證。8.閱讀下面短文,從短文后所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出可以填入相應(yīng)空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。 One afternoon in June, Maggie was driving back to her house. Her sheepdog, Patches, was sitting in the back with 1 head out of the window to help it cool down. 2 , Maggie heard a loud noise and she began to lose control of the car. Then the 3 crashed into a tree. Maggie opened her eyes and looked around to 4 that her dog was all right. Then she felt a great pain in her left leg. And she realized that the car was filled with thick black smoke. She pushed the car door open and tried to get out, but her trousers were caught in 5 . That39。s when Patches proved (證明是) to be a 6 dog hero. It started biting her trousers until Maggie could pull her leg. Unluckily, that wasn39。t enough because Maggie 7 couldn39。t move. Patches grabbed(抓?。?her jacket with its teeth and bravely pulled her out of the car. She 8 to the ground, but Patches kept pulling until it made Maggie far away from the car. After a while, the car blew up (爆炸). Finally, the emergency services 9 and they took Maggie to a hospital. Maggie is very proud of Patches. She says that she wouldn39。t be here today to tell his 10 if there were no her brave dog. 1. A. herB. itsC. my2. A. FinallyB. CertainlyC. Suddenly3. A. dogB. carC. house4. A. depend onB. think aboutC. make sure5. A. somethingB. anythingC. everything6. A. richB. luckyC. real7. A. stillB. onlyC. hardly8. A. fellB. jumpedC. led9. A. stoppedB. arrivedC. left10. A. jokeB. problemC. story【答案】 (1)B;(2)C;(3)B;(4)C;(5)A;(6)C;(7)A;(8)A;(9)B;(10)C; 【解析】【分析】這篇短文講述的是Maggie在開(kāi)車(chē)回家的路上出了交通事故,是她的狗救了她。 (1)句意:她的牧羊犬Patches坐在后面,它的頭伸出了窗外來(lái)涼快。her她的;its它的;my我的。根據(jù)句中Her sheepdog, Patches…可知,這句話說(shuō)的是Maggie的狗,故選B。 (2)句意:突然Maggie聽(tīng)到了一聲巨響,她開(kāi)始失去了對(duì)車(chē)的控制。Finally最后;Certainly當(dāng)然;Suddenly突然。根據(jù)上文One afternoon in June, Maggie was driving back to her house可知,Maggie正在開(kāi)車(chē),而空后是a loud noise,故應(yīng)表示突然…,故選C。 (3)句意:然后車(chē)撞到了一棵樹(shù)上。dog狗;car汽車(chē);house房子。根據(jù)上文…and she began to lose control of the car. 可知,Maggie失去了對(duì)汽車(chē)的控制,所以是車(chē)撞到樹(shù)上。故選B。 (4)句意:Maggie睜開(kāi)眼,向四周看,確保她的狗沒(méi)事。depend on依靠,取決于;think about考慮,想起;make sure確保。根據(jù)空后…h(huán)er dog was all right可知,Maggie先看看她的狗是不是沒(méi)事強(qiáng)調(diào)在意,故是確保,故選C。 (5)句意:她推開(kāi)車(chē)門(mén),想下車(chē),但是褲子被什么東西夾住了。something某事;某物,用于肯定句;anything任何事,常用于否定句或疑問(wèn)句中;everything每件事。根據(jù)Maggie的褲子被某個(gè)東西夾住了,這是一個(gè)肯定句,故選A。 (6)句意:那個(gè)時(shí)候Patches 被證明是一個(gè)真正的狗英雄。rich富有的;lucky幸運(yùn)的;real真正的。根據(jù)下文It started biting her trousers until Maggie could pull her leg. Unluckily, that wasn39。t enough because Maggie ___7___ couldn39。t move. Patches grabbed (抓住) her jacket with its teeth and bravely pulled her out of the car. She ___8___ to the ground, but Patches kept pulling until it made Maggie far away from the car. 可知,Patches