Question

Monty owns a horse ranch（农场） in San Sedro. Once when asked about his __1__ , he told the story about a young man, son of a horse trainer.

  One day at high school the boy was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he __2__. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his __3__ of someday owning a horse ranch. He __4__ about his dream in great detail and __5_ drew a diagram of 200-acre ranch , __6__ the location of everything important there.

  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 a __7__ that read, “See me after class.”

  The boy went to the teacher. The teacher said, “ This is an unrealistic dream__8__ a young boy like you. You come from a __9_ family. Owing a ranch requires a lot of money. There is __10__way you could ever do it.” Then he added, “_11_ you will rewrite this paper with a more _12__ goal, I will reconsider your _13__.

  The boy went home and thought about it long and_14__. Finally, the boy turned in the same paper, making no __15__ at all. He said, “ You cam keep the F and I will keep my __16__.”

  Monty said, “I was the boy. And the __17_ part of the story was that two summer ago that __18__ teacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week. When he was leaving, the teacher said, ‘When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I __19__ a lot of kids’ dreams. _20__ you had enough courage not to give up yours.’”

1. A. life                B. success             C. family               D. education

2. A. got up           B. came up            C. turned up          D. grew up

3. A. idea        B. change                   C. goal                  D. design

4. A. thought          B. argued              C. reported         D. wrote

5. A. still         B. even                  C. only                  D. nearly

6. A. finding           B. reaching           C. describing       D. showing

7. A. suggestion     B. warning             C. article               D. notice

8. A. for                B. as                     C. about                D. in

9. A. special           B. poor                  C. noble                D. successful

10. A. no               B. one                   C. some                D. another

11. A. Since           B. Unless               C. Though             D. If

12. A. challenging   B. exciting             C. practical                 D. important

13. A. article          B. future                C. hope                      D. grade

14. A. far               B. hard                  C. wide                      D. late

15. A. answers              B. comments         C. changes                 D. mistakes

16. A. dream          B. paper                C. word                       D. decision

17. A. saddest        B. latest               C. best                         D. funniest

18. A. same           B. friendly             C. rude                         D. familiar

19. A. valued          B. realized              C. had                          D. stole

20. A. Clearly         B. Hopefully          C. Fortunately             D. Confidently

Answer 1

1—5, BDCDB   6—10, CDABA   11—15, DCDBC   16—20, ADADC