Once there was a father and a son. They were ill-tempered(坏脾气的) and never gave way to others.

One day the father decided to _46___some friends to dinner in his house. He __47____ his son to buy some meat in town. When the son got _48____his father wanted, he turned back and walked towards the town gate. Just then a man was coming from the outside. The gate wasn’t __49___enough to let two men in and out at the same time. But __ 50 of them would give way to the other. They___51___ straight face to face inside the gate hour after hour. But the father was worried. " What shall I do? My son hasn’t____52___ yet. I can’t wait any longer.” He wanted to know what the ___53____ with his son was. So he left his friends at home, and he himself went to the town to look for his son.

“You may first take the ___54_____ home for my friends. Let me stand here against him ____55____.” He said to his son when he knew what had happened.

46. A. speak    B. answer   C. say      D. ask

47. A. hoped    B. told         C. let      D. wished

48. A. why B. where    C. what         D. which

49. A. long B. wide         C. high         D. narrow

50. A. either   B. all      C. both         D. neither

51. A. stood    B. went         C. lay      D. walked

52. A. gone     B. bought   C. returned     D. been

53. A. wrong    B. accident     C. thing        D. matter

54. A. meat     B. dinner   C. bread        D. money

55. A. politely     B. instead C. safely   D. kindly

 The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman,“How have you done so much in your lifetime?”

He replied,“I have   41 .I have turned my mind free to imagine   42  I wanted to do.Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams.In the night I dreamt about my dreams.

And when I awoke in the morning,I saw the way   43  my dreams real.White   44  people were saying,‘You can’t do that,it is   45 ,’I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted,”As Woodrow Wilson,28th President of the U.S.,said:“We grow great by dreams.All big men are

  46 .”

They see things in the soft fog of a spring day,or in the red fire   47  a long winter’s evening.Some of us   48  these dreams die,but others feed,protect and look after them;keep them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light,it comes   49  to the people who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.

So please,don’t let anyone steal you dreams,  50  try to tell you they are too impossible.

“Sing your songs,dream your dreams,and hope your hope.”

1.A.dreamed            B.changed              C.learned

2.A.how                B.what                C.which

3.A.to make             B.to realize             C.to achieve

4.A.another             B.the other              C.other

5.A.possible            B.impossible             C.important

6.A.dreams             B.dreamer               C.dreamers

7.A.on                 B.in                   C.at

8.A.had                 B.let                   C.kept

9.A.never               B.sometimes              C.always

10.A.or                  B.and                   C.but

The question was once asked of a highly successful businessman,“How have you done so much in your lifetime?”
He replied,“I have   41 .I have turned my mind free to imagine   42  I wanted to do.Then I have gone to bed and thought about my dreams.In the night I dreamt about my dreams.
And when I awoke in the morning,I saw the way   43  my dreams real.White   44  people were saying,‘You can’t do that,it is   45 ,’I was well on my way to achieving what I wanted,”As Woodrow Wilson,28th President of the U.S.,said:“We grow great by dreams.All big men are
  46 .”
They see things in the soft fog of a spring day,or in the red fire   47  a long winter’s evening.Some of us   48  these dreams die,but others feed,protect and look after them;keep them through bad days until they bring them to the sunshine and light,it comes   49  to the people who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
So please,don’t let anyone steal you dreams,  50  try to tell you they are too impossible.
“Sing your songs,dream your dreams,and hope your hope.”
【小题1】A.dreamed            B.changed              C.learned
【小题2】A.how                B.what                C.which
【小题3】A.to make             B.to realize             C.to achieve
【小题4】A.another             B.the other              C.other
【小题5】A.possible            B.impossible             C.important
【小题6】A.dreams             B.dreamer               C.dreamers
【小题7】A.on                 B.in                   C.at
【小题8】A.had                 B.let                   C.kept
【小题9】A.never               B.sometimes              C.always
【小题10】A.or                  B.and                   C.but

     Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs. Hanson different from her classmates is her    46    --73 years old.  She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.

     When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the    47    to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her   48    encouragement. He didn't think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be    49    doing housework or should work on the farm.     50    Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college.

      Mrs. Hanson    51    forgot the dream of getting higher education. When the children

grown up, she    52    again and succeeded. In the class on her first day, when she introduced herself and    53    why she was there and what her aims were, all the other students   54   give her a warm welcome.

      Mrs. Hanson finds that the   55    part of going back to school at her age is sitting in class long periods of time. However, she often says she will stick to her dream no matter how difficult it is.

1.A. age                             B. interest                      C. accent

2.A. club                             B. school                       C. bank

3.A. much                                     B. no                          C. a little

4.A. at college                        B. at home                      C. in the office

5.A. After                             B. But                           C. So

6.A. never                           B. already                      C. often

7.A. stopped                                   B. tried                         C. refused

8.A. regretted                       B. guessed                     C. explained

9.A. stood up                         B. ran away                     C. broke out

10.A. best                         B. hardest                     C. easiest