Monty Roberts owns a horse ranch（牧馬場） in San Ysidro. He told us his story. As a senior, he was asked to write a  36 about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper  37 his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great  38 and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the  39  of all the buildings.
He put his heart into the  40  and 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   41 , ‘See me after class.’
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I  42  an F?’
The teacher said, ‘This is an  43 dream for a young boy like you. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There’s no  44 you could ever do it.’ Then the teacher added, ‘If you will  45 this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”
The boy went home and  46 it. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son, you have to  47 your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very  48 decision for you.’
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the  49  paper, making no changes at all. He stated, ‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my  50 .’
Monty now owned a 200-acre ranch. He had  51 his plan for a 4,000-square-foot house.
Two summers ago that same school teacher brought 30 kids to camp out on his ranch for a week. When leaving, he said  52  , ‘Look, Monty. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream  53  . During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams.  54  , you had enough perseverance not to give up on yours.’”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams.  55 your heart, no matter what.
小題1:
A．paper B．compositionC．passage D．notice
小題2:
A．reaching B．a(chǎn)chieving C．continuing D．describing
小題3:
A．excitement B．detail C．demand D．spirit
小題4:
A．relation B．a(chǎn)dvantage C．location D．meaning
小題5:
A．project B．work C．house D．painting
小題6:
A．informed B．read C．wroteD．reflected
小題7:
A．recognize B．own C．receive D．a(chǎn)dmit
小題8:
A．unbearable B．unbelievableC．unrealistic D．unusual
小題9:
A．need B．way C．doubt D．time
小題10:
A．see B．retell C．discussD．rewrite
小題11:
A．thought aboutB．cared aboutC．set about D．talked about
小題12:
A．keep up B．show up C．sweep up D．make up
小題13:
A．unique B．wrongC．wise D．important
小題14:
A．same B．final C．correctD．suitable
小題15:
A．promise B．grade C．dream D．word
小題16:
A．put forwardB．carried outC．taken upD．sped up
小題17:
A．constantly B．strongly C．guiltily D．delightedly
小題18:
A．catcherB．seeker C．dreamer D．stealer
小題19:
A．Gradually B．Personally C．Strictly D．Fortunately
小題20:
A．Follow B．Guide C．Arrange D．Concentrate

小題1:A
小題2:D
小題3:B
小題4:C
小題5:A
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:C
小題9:B
小題10:D
小題11:A
小題12:D
小題13:D
小題14:A
小題15:C
小題16:B
小題17:C
小題18:D
小題19:D
小題20:A

試題分析：本文敘述了Monty Roberts講述了他在上高中時的一個故事，有一次老師讓寫一篇關于自己的夢想的一篇論文，Monty Roberts在文中描述了他想擁有一個大的牧場，結果交上論文后，老師給了他一個不及格，老師讓他重寫一個符合實際的夢想，但是他堅決不改，最后實現(xiàn)了自己的夢想，文章告訴我們：我們要堅持我們的理想不要動搖。
小題1:考查名詞。paper論文，文章； composition作文； passage 段，走廊；notice通知。根據(jù)下文That night he wrote a seven-page paper 可以看出應選A。   
小題2:考查動詞。reach到達； achieve 實現(xiàn)； continue繼續(xù)； describ描寫。那天晚上他寫了一份長達7頁的論文，來描寫他的擁有一個自己的牧場的夢想，故選D。
小題3:考查短語。in detail 詳細地；in demand受歡迎的；in excitement 興奮地；in spirit在精神上。他詳細地描寫了他的夢想。故選B。
小題4:考查名詞。relation 關系； advantage 優(yōu)點； location 位置； meaning意思。并在文章標注了建筑物的位置，故選C。
小題5:考查名詞。project計劃，事業(yè)； work 工作； house 房子； painting繪畫。他花了好大心血把論文完成,故選A。
小題6:考查動詞。inform告知； read 寫著； write寫； reflect反映。兩天后他拿回了報告，第一頁上打了一個又紅又大的F，旁邊還寫了一行字：下課后來見我。故選B。
小題7:考查動詞。Recognize認出； own 擁有； receive 收到； admit承認。腦中充滿幻想的他下課后帶著報告去找老師：“為什么給我不及格？”故選C。
小題8:考查形容詞。unbearable 難以忍受的； unbelievable不可信的； unrealistic 不切實際的； unusual不尋常的。你年紀輕輕，不要老做白日夢。故選C。
小題9:考查名詞。need需要； way 方法； doubt懷疑； time時間。你沒有辦法實現(xiàn)它，別太好高騖遠了，故選B。
小題10:考查動詞。see 看見； retell 復述； discuss 討論 ； rewrite重寫。
如果你肯重寫一個比較不離譜的愿望，我會重新給你打分。故選D。
小題11:考查動詞短語。Think about考慮； care about關心； set about 著手，開始做； talk about 談論。這男孩回家后反復思量了好幾次。故選A。
小題12:考查動詞短語。keep up 保持； show up出現(xiàn)； sweep up 打掃； make up one’s mind 下定決心。你必須自己拿定主意。故選D。
小題13:考查形容詞。unique 獨特的； wrong 錯誤的； wise 聰明的； important重要的。這是非常重要的決定，故選D。
小題14:考查形容詞。same同一個的； final 最后的； correct正確的；suitable適當?shù)�。再三考慮好幾天后，他決定原稿交回，一個字都不改，故選A。         
小題15:考查名詞。promise許諾； grade 等級； dream 夢想； word單詞。即使不及格，我也不愿放棄夢想。故選C。
小題16:考查動詞短語。put forward 提出； carriy out實施； take up 從事；speed up加速。他實施了他的計劃，故選B。   
小題17:考查副詞。Constantly不斷地； strongly 堅強地； guiltily 內疚地；delightedly高興地。 老師走時內疚地說，故選C。
小題18:考查動詞。catcher 捕手； seeker 探求者； dreamer夢想家；stealer偷竊者。我差點毀了你的夢想，故選D。       
小題19:考查副詞。Gradually漸漸地； Personally 親自地； Strictly 嚴格地；Fortunately幸運地。幸虧你有這個毅力堅持自己的夢想。故選D。
小題20:考查動詞。Follow 跟隨； Guide 向導； Arrange安排； Concentrate集中。
相信你自己，無論別人說什么，故選A。
點評：要通讀完形填空的短文，跳過空格快速閱讀，了解全篇的主要內容。切不可把寶貴的時間浪費在個別字句推敲上。完形填空所用的短文一般不給標題，但短文的主題句，往往在每段文章的首句，有時也出現(xiàn)在文章的中間或結束處。主題句提供全篇的性質、大意等，這是深入了解全文的“窗口”，甚至能以語句為立足點，從該句的時態(tài)、語氣推測全文的主要內容。利用上下文的提示，用學過的知識和已有的生活經(jīng)驗，掃清部分詞匯理解上的障礙。
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On my next trip, I put the penguin in my suitcase．That night when I   41__   home, my daughter Jeanine was   42  because the penguin had disappeared．"Honey, he's here with me, " I explained, "I brought him   43  ."
  44 , the penguin came with me—as necessary as my briefcase．And we   __45  along the way．In Albuquerque, I checked into a   46 , dropped my bag and ran to a meeting．When I returned, the maid had   47  the bed and stood the penguin on the pillow．
One night, I discovered the penguin   48 , and after a mad phone call, I learned I' d   49  it in my previous hotel room,   50  it had been rescued by a maid．I  __51  a hundred miles to get it, and when I arrived at midnight, the penguin was waiting at the front desk．In the hotel lobby（大廳）, other tired business travelers were   __52   at the reunion of my penguin and me---I think with a bit of   53  ．
Jeanine is in college now, and I don't travel   54  . The penguin sits on my table, a reminder that love is a wonderful traveling companion．All those years on   55 , it was the one thing I never left home without．
小題1:
A．coldB．hungerC．lonelinessD．fever
小題2:
A．wifeB．daughterC．friend D．mother
小題3:
A．stoodB．layC．jumpedD．climbed
小題4:
A．wroteB．turnedC．wasD．had
小題5:
A．threwB．lost C．orderedD．placed
小題6:
A．droveB．called C．wroteD．went
小題7:
A．upsetB．happyC．gladD．excited
小題8:
A．upB．offC．a(chǎn)longD．down
小題9:
A．From now onB．In the futureC．In future D．From then on
小題10:
A．had friendsB．had friendC．made friendsD．made friend
小題11:
A．schoolB．hotelC．shopD．supermarket
小題12:
A．givenB．turnedC．made D．carried
小題13:
A．sleepingB．goingC．livingD．missing
小題14:
A．forgotB．leftC．orderedD．sent
小題15:
A．thereB．whenC．whereD．how
小題16:
A．ran B．walkedC．hurriedD．drove
小題17:
A．surprisedB．frightenedC．looked D．laughed
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)ngerB．a(chǎn)dmirationC．sadnessD．illness
小題19:
A．a(chǎn)s manyB．a(chǎn)s seldomC．so fewD．a(chǎn)s much
小題20:
A．the hotelB．the meetingC．the tripD．the house

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After forty-three years I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a   16   on the newspaper route in my hometown when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it remains in my memory that she taught me a lesson in     17   that I shall never forget.
On a winter afternoon, my fellows and I were throwing stones onto the slanted (傾斜的) roof of the old lady’s house to observe how the stones    18    off the roof’s edge and shot out like missiles. I found a   19   smooth rock and threw it out, but it  20  straight not for the roof but for a small window of the old lady’s house.   21   the sound of broken glass, we knew we were in trouble. We ran faster than any of our   22    flew off her roof.
I was so   23   about getting caught that first night   24   I was not concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter.    25  , a few days later I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She    26   greeted me with a smile when I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act    27   in her presence.
I    28   my mind that I would save my newspaper delivery money, and in three weeks I had seven dollars. I put the money in an envelop with a    29   explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hope that the seven dollars would    30   the cost for repairing it.
I waited until it was     31     to avoid being seen, and put the letter I didn’t    32   into her yard. To my relief, I could have the   33  of, once again, looking straight into the old lady’s kind eyes.
The next day, I handed the old lady her newspaper. She thanked me and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself.   34  eating cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. After opening it, I was shocked. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note    35  , “I’m proud of you.”
小題1:
A．teacherB．customer C．relative D．friend
小題2:
A．happinessB．carelessnessC．forgivenessD．kindness
小題3:
A．rolledB．flowedC．ranD．floated
小題4:
A．simplyB．mostlyC．fairlyD．roughly
小題5:
A．followedB．came C．layD．headed
小題6:
A．AtB．On C．ForD．From
小題7:
A．a(chǎn)thletesB．missiles C．windowsD．fellows
小題8:
A．excited B．disappointedC．embarrassedD．frightened
小題9:
A．a(chǎn)sB．that C．when D．though
小題10:
A．ThereforeB．MeanwhileC．HoweverD．Besides
小題11:
A．yetB．stillC．even D．a(chǎn)lready
小題12:
A．cautiouslyB．constantlyC．cheerfullyD．comfortably
小題13:
A．take upB．made upC．set up D．put up
小題14:
A．paperB．noticeC．note D．message
小題15:
A．coverB．offer C．a(chǎn)ffordD．pay
小題16:
A．rainyB．fine C．cloudyD．dark
小題17:
A．signB．read C．expectD．want
小題18:
A．a(chǎn)bilityB．freedomC．chanceD．desire
小題19:
A．UnlessB．UntilC．BecauseD．While
小題20:
A．saying B．writingC．tellingD．explaining

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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：完形填空

There was a man who played the piano in a small bar. There were not too many 36  , but because he was a good piano player, some people 37  came in every night just to hear him play. But one night, a patron (老主顧) told him he didn’t want to hear him play but to sing a song.
The man said, “I have never 38  that before in public. I think I’m 39  at playing the piano.”
But the customer 40 . He told the waiter, “I’m 41  listening to the piano day after day. I want to hear something new and I want that guy to sing.”
The waiter 42  across the room, “Hey, buddy! If you want to get 43  , sing a song. The patrons are asking you to sing!”
  44  in order to bring some money home that night, the piano player who had never sung in public did so for the very first time. And 45  had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung before  46   that night by Nat King Cole, and it surprised all, including the 47  himself!
He had talent he was 48  on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar, but because he had to sing, he 49  to become one of the best-known entertainers in America.
You, too, have skills and 50  . You may not feel as if your “talent” is particularly 51  , but it may be better than you think! And with persistence (堅持), most skills can be 52  . Besides, you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on whatever talent you 53 ! The 54  is not “What ability do I have that is useful?” It is 55 “How will I use whatever ability I have?”.
Just think a minute…
小題1:
A．waiters B．customers C．singersD．players
小題2:
A．neverB．still C．ever D．only
小題3:
A．practiced B．shown C．dreamedD．done
小題4:
A．betterB．richer C．easierD．sooner
小題5:
A．a(chǎn)greed B．confused C．insisted D．charged
小題6:
A．familiar withB．fond ofC．used toD．tired of
小題7:
A．served B．explainedC．shoutedD．complained
小題8:
A．changed B．broadcast C．paid D．drunk
小題9:
A．So B．And C．BecauseD．But
小題10:
A．nobodyB．a(chǎn)nybody C．somebody D．everybody
小題11:
A．until B．a(chǎn)fter C．sinceD．when
小題12:
A．waiter B．singer C．patronD．owner
小題13:
A．sitting B．waiting C．depending D．playing
小題14:
A．went upB．went onC．went off D．went away
小題15:
A．a(chǎn)dvantages B．characterC．principleD．a(chǎn)bilities
小題16:
A．uniqueB．surprising C．famousD．great
小題17:
A．recognizedB．wasted C．improved D．impressed
小題18:
A．imagine B．possess C．expectD．develop
小題19:
A．decision B．a(chǎn)nswer C．question D．solution
小題20:
A．even B．rather C．prettyD．fairly

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