【题目】Ted's Dream to Fly

Ted Brown's dream as a child was an unusual one: he wanted to fly. What was more unusual was the way in which he made his dream come true.After high school, he wanted to join the U.S. Air Force but he failed because of his poor eyesight. However, his dream remained.At the age of 33,Ted was a truck driver in Los Angeles. One day, while siting outside in his garden, he watched planes fly overhead and an idea came to him: to useballoons to fly.

A few weeks later, Ted bought 42 huge balloons. He tied them to a chair and then he sat down in the chair with some beer, sandwiches and a gun. His plan was to fly to 10 meters above his garden, enjoy a few hours in the air, and then shoot some balloons with his gun to get back down. But things did not go as he planned.

Once his fiends cut the ropes under Ted's chair, the 42 balloons flew into the sky at an astonishing speed until about 4000 meters above the ground with Ted and his chair. He didn’t shoot any of the balloons because he was afraid he might break the balance of his plane. Ted stayed in the sky with his beer and sandwiches for 14 hours, cold and frightened.

Planes heading towards Los Angeles’ busy international airport reported the strange sight. And Ted's balloons caused great danger to them. At last, Ted gathered his courage to shoot a few balloons and slowly landed on the ground, where many policemen were waiting for him.

Ted made his dream come true, but it cost him: he was fined $ 1,500 for breaking the law about air safety. When asked by a reporter why he had done it, Ted answered, “A man can't just sit around and do nothing, he should have his dream and go for it.”

1Why couldn't Ted join the American Air Force?7

A.Because he was too short.

B.Because his parents stopped him.

C.Because he didn't finish high school.

D.Because there was problem with his eyes.

2He was fined $ 1,500 because ______.

A.he took a gun with him

B.he used too many balloons

C.he stayed too long in the air

D.his balloons caused trouble to planes

3What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.Ted Brown paid the price for his behavior.

B.Ted Brown realized his dream in an unusual way.

C.Encouragement is very important to one's success.

D.Ted Brown became famous because he set a new flying record.

【题目】 As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal(肠内的)disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But the boy _______suddenly that night.

Knowing the death could have been _______if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health became worse under the huge burden of his guilt. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could handle, and he turned to alcohol. In time Al became an alcoholic.

As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he possessed—his home, his land, his art objects, everything. Eventually Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

When I heard of Al's death, I thought that AI's life was a complete _______.As time went by, I began to re-evaluate(重新评价)my earlier judgment. I knew Ai's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I _______Ernie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.

I hadn’t heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day I worked up my _______to ask him. "I’m really _______by something, "I said." I know your father was basically the only one to raise you. What on earth did he do to make you become such a special person?"

Ernie sat quietly and reflected for a few moments. Then he said, "From my earliest _______as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, I love you, son."

Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to _______Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind, But he had been a kind loving father, and he left behind one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known.

1A.chokedB.diedC.starvedD.worsened

2A.curedB.savedC.forbiddenD.prevented

3A.failureB.hardshipC.troubleD.waste

4A.identifiedB.watchedC.cateredD.treated

5A.beliefB.confidenceC.courageD.faith

6A.puzzledB.worriedC.interestedD.attracted

7A.thoughtsB.ideasC.mindsD.memories

8A.treatB.callC.judgeD.feel

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