阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

The story goes that some time ago, a man had a very lovely little daughter．One day the man   1his 3-year-old daughter for    2a roll of gold wrapping paper．Money was tight and he became   3when the child tried to decorate a   4to put under the Christmas tree．   5, the little girl brought the gift to her   6the next morning and said, "This is for you, Daddy．"

The man was    7by his earlier   8, but his anger flared again when he found out the box was   9．He yelled at her, stating, "Don’t you know, when you give someone a present, there is   10to be something inside?" The little girl looked   11at him with tears in her eyes and cried, "Oh, Daddy, it’s not empty   12．I blew kisses into the box．They are all for you, Daddy．"

The father was crushed. He  13his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her   14．Only a short time later, an  15took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many   16and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out an  17kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there．In a very real sense, each one of us, as human beings, has been given a gold container  18unconditional love and kisses．．．from our children, family members, friends and God. There is simply no other  19, anyone could hold, more  20than this．

1.A．asked                  B．praised             C．begged              D．punished

2.A．wasting              B．stealing             C．selling                 D．holding

3.A．glad                  B．angry            C．sad                D．upset

4.A．room                 B．hall               C．box                D．ball

5.A．Nevertheless           B．But             C．Therefore      D．And

6.A．father                 B．mother                                         C．teacher            D．sister

7.A．puzzled                B．surprised         C．scared            D．embarrassed

8.A．overwork              B．overreaction      C．overcoat           D．overpass

9.A．empty                  B．heavy             C．full             D．wet

10.A．happened           B．seemed          C．supposed        D．used

11.A．down               B．back                C．up                  D．forward

12.A．at all                 B．after all             C．above all       D．in all

13.A．put                  B．turned             C．handed          D．gave

14.A．kindness             B．forgiveness        C．sadness             D．carelessness

15.A．overcoat            B．incident             C．accident           D．action

16.A．days                    B．months           C．nights              D．years

17.A．imaginary            B．kind               C ．gentle             D．warm

18.A．filled with      B．pleased with           C．crowded with     D．equipped with

19.A．world          B．feeling                  C．possession          D．love

20.A．expensive             B．precious            C．comfortable        D．interesting

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　　Mr. Whitson taught sixth-grade science. In his first class , he gave us a 1 about an animal called “cattywampus” , which died out during the Ice .Age. He passed 2 a skull （头盖骨） as he talked. We felt proud for feeling it, took 3 and later had a quiz.

　　When my paper returned, I was shocked at the big red cross through 4 of my answers. Why? I had written down exactly what he said.

　　Very simple, Mr. Whitson 5 . He had made up the story about the cattywampus. Needless to say , we were extremely 6 .

　　We could have 7 him out, he said. 8 , he told us 9 remains of the animal had ever been found at the very moment he was showing us the skull , 10 , a cat's. So , why didn't we 11 his description about its color and other facts, especially the ridiculous （荒唐的） 12 he gave it. The zeros would be recorded in his 13 book. He hoped we would learn something from this 14 . Teachers and textbooks were not always correct and we shouldn't let our 15 sleep , but speak up what we thought right.

　　We 16 our skepticism （怀疑主义） into other 17 , but it caused problems for the teachers who weren't used to being challenged （挑战） . I've kept in mind what Mr Whitson gave me the 18 to look people in the eye and tell them they are wrong.

　　Not everyone sees the 19 in this. I once told a teacher about it and she was astonished , saying “He shouldn't have tricked you like that”. I looked at her 20 in the eye and told her she was wrong.

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I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (大牧场) in San Isidro. He lets me use his house to hold events to raise money for youth at risk programs.

The last time I was there he greeted me by saying, “I want to tell you why I let you use my house. It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a poor horse trainer who would go from stable (马厩) to stable, farm to farm, training horses. As a result, the boy’s high school was continually interrupted (打断). One day in the last year of high school, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to do when he grew up.

“He wrote a seven-page paper about his goal of owning a horse ranch in great detail. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and even drew a detailed floor plan for the dream ranch. Then the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. But he got a low mark with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’

“The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, ‘Why did I receive a low mark?’

“The teacher said, ‘This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There’s no way you could ever do it, your dream couldn’t come true . ’Then the teacher added, ‘If you will rewrite this paper, I will reconsider your mark.’

“The boy went home and thought about it 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 decision for you.’

“Finally, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote, ‘You can keep the low mark and I’ll keep my dream.’

“I was that boy twenty years ago.” My friend said, smiling.

1.Which of the following statements is TRUE about Monty Roberts?

2.From Paragraph 3, we know Monty Roberts _____.

3.The teacher thought Monty Roberts’s dream was _____.

4. From the end of the text, we can infer that Monty Roberts was very _____.

5. The purpose of the text is to tell readers that _____.