Even in early times, people could realize the importance of dreams and knew that dreams gave meaning to life. Every great achievement has1.b____________ the result of years of dreaming. If a person has a dream and holds fast to it, he or she will 2. f____________ a way to bring it into reality.

Children do not have much experience or knowledge. However, they are natural dreamers. We should not laugh at them for being naive. With their rich imagination, they will come up with fantastic dreams. History is full of3.e___________. Many great men were dreamers when they were children. One such dreamer was Thomas Edison. He used ostracized (排斥) when he was in primary school, 4.b____________ his achievements were greater than everyone else's in his time.

Teenagers and young people should also be5. e____________ to dream. The world is full of successful teenagers and young people. They dreamt big and their dreams changed their lives and even the world. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples. They have developed technology and brought great progress to human besides making money for themselves.

Older people should believe that human mind 6.i____________ never too old to make dreams turn into reality. Colonel Saunders 7. r____________ his dreams at the age of 67 and set up the biggest fried chicken company (KFC) in the world. Chu Shijian, the 85-year-old billionaire, is 8.b____________ the model which wants to be true entrepreneurs(企业家).

To dream is a wonderful ability 9. w____________ can lead to wonderful results. Olympic records were 10.b____________ by players who were brave enough to dream. No one is too young or too old to dream and to make dreams come true.

I shook hands with my father in the truck, and for a long time he looked straight ahead and didn't say a word.But I knew he was going to say a little to me."I can't tell anything." he finally said.“I never went to college, and none of your brothers went to college.I can't say don't do this and do that, because everything is different and I don't know what is going to come up.I can't help much with money either, but I think things will work out.”

He gave me a new check-book(支票簿).“If things get pushing, write a small check.But when you write one, send me a letter and let me know how much.There are some things we can always sell.” In four years all the checks I wrote were less than a thousand dollars.My part-time jobs such as reading to the blind student and sitting with the teachers' kids filled in the financial gaps.

"You know what you want to be, and they'll tell you what to take," my father went on.“When you get a job, be sure it's honest, and work hard.” I knew that soon I would be alone in the big town, and I would be missing the cool winds and a life where your thinking was done for you.

Then my dad reached down beside his seat and brought the old, broken Bible(圣经)that he had read so often, the one he used when he wanted to look something up in a friendly quarrel with one of the neighbours.I knew he would miss it.I knew, though, that I must take it.

He didn't say read this every morning.He just said," This can help you if you will let it.”

Did it help? I got through college without being a burden(负担) on the family.I have been able to make money since.

1.What is the writer's main purpose(目的)in writing this passage?

A.To tell the readers his life story.

B.To tell people what kind of person his father was.

C.To let people know how poor he was.

D.To tell the readers what present he got from his father.

2.Why did the father not ask his son not to do this and do that?

A.Because he felt quite confident of his son.

B.Because he was born from a poor family.

C.Because he was a man of few words.

D.Because he didn't want to be much too strict with his son.

3.What would someone learn from this passage?

A.How to live by oneself.

B.How to stand on one's own feet.

C.What a good father should do.

D.What the self-important is like.

4.What may be the proper Chinese for the underlined part in the passage?

A.闲暇时光 B.学费

C.经济不足 D.精神空虚

5.What kind of book did the Bible seem to be to the writer's father?

A.It was a book which told you how you should get on well with others.

B.There were many good examples for you to copy in it.

C.It was a book that told you how to get a good job and a good future.

D.It was a good book that could help you when you were in trouble.

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