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 .”

As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He’s very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other   31  in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked   32 . He was an actor.
Maybe it’s interesting to hear that and that’s  33  his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted  34  part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them   35 : Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations was a wonderful   36 __.Dickens’ early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He   37  it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write   38 he died. When he died in 1870, he was  39  a story. But what a pity! We’ll never know _40_ it ended.

Alicia was a young woman who liked to exercise for her health. In fact, she walked five kilometers before    26  every morning, and went swimming once a week at the swimming pool. She didn’t smoke and never    27  . She didn’t eat chocolate. She didn’t eat sweet and
fatty food,    28  . She weighted herself every day.
One day Alicia was on her daily walk when she saw a    29   sitting in a rocking chair under a tree. He looked very old and his hair was white. He looked thin and weak, and his hands were shaking,   30   he looked very happy.
He smiled at her and said, “Good morning! Lovely day, isn’t it?”
He had a wide smile    31   his face, and his eyes shone with happiness. But Alicia saw that he did not have teeth.
“Good morning!” replied Alicia. “Yes, it is a lovely day.”
Alicia thought he    32  very old and wise. She thought he must be at least 90 years old! She decided to ask him about the    33   of a happy old age.”
“I hope you don’t    34   me asking,” she said, “but what is your secret for being so happy at your age? I hope I can look as happy as you do    35   I am your age.”
The man in the rocking chair said, “My secret for   36  ? I smoke twenty packets of cigarettes every week, and drink three bottles of wine every day. I eat hamburgers and chocolates whenever I want. I never eat vegetables. I never walk anywhere and I never play sports. I sit at home every day.”
Alicia was    37  . She didn’t expect the man to give her an answer like that. She wondered how the man got to be so old when he did    38   wrong. She thought he should be    39   and unhappy. Perhaps she was wrong. Maybe, she thought, people could live a long happy life    40   eating well or doing lots of exercise.
“How old are you?” she asked.
“It’s my birthday today,” said the man. “I’m forty-seven!”

 
George Washington Carver was born in 1864. He was born a slave(奴隸). When he was still a baby, his mother was stolen. He was kept by his master.
All his life George loved  31 . When he was only seven years old, he already knew so  32  about plants that people in his hometown called him “the plant doctor”.
George wanted to learn as much as he could, but there was no   33  for black children where he lived. When he was ten, he left home to find a town that would allow   34  children to attend school. He studied in Missouri and Kansas   35  he finished high school. All this time he had to work to   36  his own expense(費(fèi)用). He worked as a cook and opened his own laundry.
In 1890, George began college. At first he studied art, but he still had a   37  of plants. He began to study agriculture(農(nóng)業(yè)). After he graduated, the famous inventor Thomas Edison asked him to work in his lab but George   38  . He had other   39  . He started an agricultural organization for black students in Alabama.
In those days, many   40  in the south grew only cotton. This was   41  to the soil(土壤). After a while the   42   would not grow as well. George Washington Carver wanted to help farmers in the south to grow plants like peanuts and sweet potatoes. These plants helped the 43  . Over the years he invented hundreds of ways to use these two plants.
George Washington Carver invented so many things that he was   44  “The Wizard(能手) of  Tuskegee”. He died in 1943 at the   45  of 79.

Jack   41   in a small town in England. He always stayed in England   42   his holidays, but last year he thought, “I’ve never been to   43   countries. All my friends go to Spain,   44    they like it very much, so this year I’m going there, too.” So he got on a   45   to Spain and   46   at the airport of the capital, Madrid, and stayed in a hotel for a few days. On the first morning he went   47   for a walk. In England people drive on the left, but in Spain they drive on the right. Jack forgot about this, and   48   he was walking on a busy street, a bicycle knocked him down.
Jack   49  on the ground for a few minutes and then he sat up and said, “Where am I?”
Just then an old man selling maps went past him. When he heard Jack’s words, he said to him   50  , “Maps of the city, sir?”

Mr. Black loved his daughter Helen very much. Every day he spent all of his free time   51   with her. One night, he had much work to do,  52   couldn’t play with his daughter. In order to keep her   53   , he found a map of the world in a magazine and cut it into pieces. When he   54  , Helen. camerunning to him and was ready to play. Mr. Black said he had
55   time to play fight now. He told the girl to put the pieces of paper back together to a map of the world, and then they could both play.
About half an hour later, Helen came to her father and said, "Okay, it’s finished. Can we play now? " Mr. Black was surprised ~ saying, "That’s   56    Let’s go and see. " And sure enough, there was the picture of the world; all put together, every   57   in its place.
Mr. Black said, "That’s surprising!   58   did you do that?" Helen said, "It was   59  . On the back of the page was a picture of a   60  .When I put the man together, the whole world fell into place. "

Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year’s Day, when he was 15, his father asked him 36  on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 37  with his father’s idea.“That isn’t my job. I have  38 school work to do.” Hearing this, his father said, “I promise to give you the best present if you  39  finish one year’s work.” Tom thought for a while and 40  .
Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked hard until evening, just like  41 farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom’s crops(莊稼) grew well. 42  the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. “I’m happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year,” said the father. “Now, tell me  43  you want.”
The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread   44  his wheat. I’ve already got the best present: No pain, no gain. I think this is what you wanted me to know.” His father was  45  to hear that.

Li Dong is a farmer. He has a very big   46 . On the farm, he grows oranges, grapes and bananas. Many people come to   47  his farm. He is a successful young man and becomes very famous.
In 2003, he went back to his hometown   48  he finished middle school. “What work can I do?” he said to himself. Then he had an idea. “I’m interested   49  farming. I can grow fruit!” He began to watch many   50  on TV about growing fruit. He also read a lot of books about it. Then he went to   51  on Mr Wang’s farm for two years. He learned a lot there.
In 2005, he started his own fruit farm.   52 , Li Dong’s farm was small. But now, his farm is much   53 . His fruits are very good. He sends them to many big   54  in China, such as Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou. He also grows vegetables and raises chickens on his farm. His family eats very   55  food. He has a very happy family.

One day a wise man was walking along the beach when he saw a young man far away picking up something and very gently throwing it into the sea. As he got (31) he called out to the young man, “Good morning! What are you doing?”?
The young man (32), looked up and replied, “Throwing starfishes into the sea.”? “Why are you throwing starfishes into the sea?”?
“The sun is up and the (33) is going away. And if I don’t throw them in they’ll (34)?.”?
“But, young man, don’t you (35) that there are miles and miles of beach and starfishes all along it. You can’t (36) make a difference!”?
The young man (37) politely. Then he picked another starfish and threw it into the sea, and said, “It made a difference for that (38).”?
There is something very (39) in each and every one of us. We have all been given the ability to make a difference to shape the future. We must each find our own starfish. And if we throw our starfish wisely and well, the (40) will be better.

完形填空（15分）
Bill is an Australian __41___. He is twelve. He lives ___42___ his family in China. There are __43___ people in his family. His father John Smith, his mother Catherine and his little sister Abbey. He has a yellow dog. ___44___ name is Barbi. Look! Abbey is ___45__with Barbi. His father is mending his car. His mother is cleaning the house. What is Bill doing? Ah, he is doing __46__ homework in Chinese. He can’t __47___ Chinese well, but he loves Chinese very much. Bill’s ___48___ works in a middle school as an __49____ teacher. His mother works at a TV factory. Bill and his __50____ go to the same school.