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to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house.
It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant(游荡的) horse trainer
who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training
horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he
was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. "
"That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning a horse ranch someday. He
wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the
location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. "
"He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to the teacher. Two
days later he received his paper back. On the front was a large red F with a note that read, 'See me after
class.' "
"The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, 'Why did I receive an F?'"
"The teacher said, 'This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You
come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.
You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you'll have to pay
large stud(马群)fees. There's no way you could ever do it.' Then the teacher added, 'If you rewrite this
paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.' "
"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, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all.
He stated, 'You can keep the F and I'll keep my dream.'"
Monty then turned to the assembled group and said, "I tell you this story because you are sitting in
my 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper
framed over the fireplace." He added, "The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same
schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he
said, 'Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream
stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids' dreams. Fortunately you had enough gumption not
to give up on yours.'"
Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
B. An unforgettable experience
C. Fly with your belief
D. Struggling of life
B. The boy didn't have enough ability to do that.
C. The dream was too far away from him.
D. All of the above
B. The teacher failed to help many kids to achieve their goals.
C. The teacher always refused to praise kids.
D. The teacher treated the kids in an unfair way..
B. He wanted to tell others his house was a best place to put on the events to raise funds.
C. He hoped people could understand what was important to help young people to achieve their goals.
D. He thought his story was good enough to attract others.
B. intelligent but rebellious
C. farsighted and determined
D. rich and knowledgeable
-- He was given a free five-day trip to Hainan.
-- He _______ it since he has worked so hard.
| A．insists | B．gets | C．deserves | D．receives |
Hunting
The days of the hunter are almost over in India．This is partly because there is practically nothing left to kill, and partly because some steps have been taken, mainly by banning tiger-shooting, to protect those animals which still survive.
Some people say that Man is naturally a hunter. I disagree with this view. Surely out earliest forefathers, who at forest possessed no weapons, spent their time digging for roots, and were no doubt themselves often hunted by meat-eating animals.
I believe the main reason why the modern hunter kills is that he thinks people will admire his courage in overpowering dangerous animals. Of course, there are some who truly believe that the killing is not really the important thing, and that the chief pleasure lies in the joy of the hunt and the beauties of the wild countryside. There are also those for whom hunting in fact offers a chance to prove themselves and risk death by design; these men go out after dangerous animals like tigers, even if they say they only do it to rid the countryside of a threat. I can respect reasons like these, but they are clearly different from the need to strengthen your high opinion of yourself.
The greatest big-game hunters expressed in their writings something of these finer motives（动机）.One of them wrote.
“You must properly respect what you are after and shoot it cleanly and on the animal’s own territory（领地）。You must fix forever in your mind all the wonders of that particular day. This is better than letting him grow a few years older to be attacked and wounded by his own son and eventually eaten, half alive, by other animals, Hunting is not a cruel and senseless killing not if you respect the thing you kill, not if you kill to enrich your memories, not if you kill to feed your people.”
I can understand such beliefs, and can compare these hunters with those who hunted lions with spears（矛） and bravely caught them by the tail. But this is very different from many tiger―shoots I have seen, in which modern weapons were used. The so―called hunters fired from tall trees or from the backs of trained elephants. Such methods made tigers seem no more dangerous than rabbits.
72．There is no more hunting in India now partly because___.
A．it is dangerous to hunt there
B．hunting is already out of date
C．hunters want to protect animals
D．there are few animals left to hunt
73．The author thinks modern hunters kill mainly____.
A．to make the countryside safe
B．to earn people’s admiration
C．to gain power and influence
D．to improve their health
74．What do we learn about the big-game hunters?
A．They hunt old animals
B．They mistreat animals
C．They hunt for food
D．They hunt for money
75．What is the author’s view on the tiger-shoots he has seen?
A．Modern hunters lack the courage to hunt face-to-face
B．Modern hunters should use more advanced weapons
C．Modern hunters like to hunt rabbits instead of tigers
D．Modern hunters should put their safety first
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