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【題目】 Monty Roberts was the son of a horse trainer who would go from farm to farm training horses. Once when he was a senior school student, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper talking about his goal of someday owning a horse ranch(養(yǎng)馬場). He wrote about his dream and he even drew a plan for a large 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.”

The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I receive an F?” The teacher said, “I can’t give you a good grade. There’s no way you could ever realize your dream! You have no money! You come from a poor family! Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money!”

The boy went home and thought about it long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Now, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.”

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”

Twenty years later, that same school teacher brought 30 kids to camp out on Monty’s ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Luckily you had enough courage not to give up yours.”

【1】This story is mainly trying to tell us .

A.how a teacher stole dreams from his students

B.how a boy kept his dream and realized it at last

C.how a small boy owned a large horse ranch

D.how a teacher helped his student to realize his dream

【2】Why did the teacher fail Monty’s paper?

A.He hated the idea of running a large horse ranch.

B.He was using a special way to encourage the boy.

C.He discovered a lot of mistakes in the boy’s paper.

D.He thought the boy’s dream would never come true.

【3】What does the underlined word “stated” in Paragraph 6 probably mean in Chinese?

A.陳述B.嚷叫C.道歉D.抱怨

【4】The teacher said he was a dream stealer because .

A.he wouldn’t give his students high grades

B.he hurt his students by failing their papers

C.he didn’t like his students having any dreams

D.he stopped his students from hoping for something great

【5】What would be the best title for the text?

A.A Horse TrainerB.A Dream Stealer

C.Follow Your DreamD.Make Your Decision

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

這篇短文講述的是Monty在他的作文里寫道，他的夢想是擁有一個(gè)跑馬場。他的老師覺得他的這個(gè)夢想是不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)的，給了他一個(gè)很差的分?jǐn)?shù)。而Monty并沒有受到打擊，而且堅(jiān)持他的夢想，最終他的夢想實(shí)現(xiàn)了。

【1】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文意可知，這篇短文講述的是Monty這個(gè)小男孩是如何堅(jiān)持自己的夢想，最后夢想成真的故事。故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第四段 “There’s no way you could ever realize your dream! You have no money! You come from a poor family! Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money!”可知，老師覺得Monty不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)自己的夢想，所以她沒有給Monty好的分?jǐn)?shù)。故選D。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)語境 “Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.” “最后，男孩還是上交了同一篇作文，沒有做任何改動(dòng)。他……‘你可以堅(jiān)持你的分?jǐn)?shù)F，我會(huì)堅(jiān)持我的夢想’”，由后面的這個(gè)句子可知，這是男孩表達(dá)的內(nèi)容，沒有抱怨或道歉或者嚷叫的意思。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。由文意 “On the front page was a large red F…. There’s no way you could ever realize your dream!”可知，Monty寫了自己的夢想之后，老師給了他一個(gè)F，覺得他的夢想不可能實(shí)現(xiàn)。老師就是用這種方式打擊學(xué)生，有的學(xué)生就因此放棄了自己的夢想。故選B。

【5】主旨大意題。題目要求為短文選擇最佳標(biāo)題，A“一個(gè)馴馬師”；B“一個(gè)盜夢者”；C“追隨夢想”；D“自己做決定”。結(jié)合文意可知，短文講述了堅(jiān)持夢想的Monty最終實(shí)現(xiàn)夢想的故事，主題是讓我們要堅(jiān)持自己的夢想。故選C。