Question

【題目】

I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (牧場).He has let me use his ranch to raise money for youth at risk programs.

The last time I was there he told me his story. When he was young, his family is too ___ to have a house to live in. When he was in high school, he was asked to write a paper about ____ he wanted to be and do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday ____ a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great ___ and he even drew a picture to show a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after class." Roberts went to see the teacher and asked, "Why did I receive an F?" His teacher said, "This is a(an) ____ dream for a young boy like you. Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money. There's no way you could ever do it." Then the teacher added, "If you will rewrite this paper with a more possible goal, I will reconsider your ____."

The boy went home and thought about it for a ____ and hard time. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, "Look, son, you have to ____ your own mind on this." Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no ____ at all. He told his teacher,"You could keep the F and I will ____ keep my dream."

Monty tells me this story because I am sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of his 200-acre horse ranch. He said kids' dreams can be stolen. Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.

【1】A. smallB. busyC. poorD. lazy

【2】A. whatB. whichC. whomD. why

【3】A. rentingB. donatingC. owningD. raising

【4】A. difficultyB. detailC. dialogueD. doubt

【5】A. surprisingB. wonderfulC. terribleD. unrealistic

【6】A. achievementB. gradeC. familyD. ability

【7】A. happyB. longC. shortD. hurry

【8】A. take upB. open upC. make upD. give up

【9】A. decisionsB. reasonsC. excusesD. changes

【10】A. neverB. stillC. everD. even

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】C

【4】B

【5】D

【6】B

【7】B

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

文章大意：這篇短文通過一個故事告訴我們，不論做什么事，相信你自己，別讓別人的一句話將你擊倒，因為很多夢想的實現(xiàn)來自于你的堅持。

【1】句意：當(dāng)他年輕的時候，他家里太窮了，沒有房子住�？疾樾稳菰~及語境理解。A. small小的；B. busy繁忙的；C. poor貧窮的；D. lazy懶惰的。根據(jù)題干，可知是句型too…to…太…而不能，所以后半句是否定意義，也就是說沒有房子住，推出太窮，故答案選C。

【2】句意：他上高中的時候，他被要求寫一篇關(guān)于長大后想做什么的論文。考查代詞及語境理解。A. What什么；B. which哪一個；C. whom誰（提問賓格）；D. why為什么。根據(jù)后面的when he grew up，以及下文中的關(guān)鍵詞dream，可推測此處老師是讓他寫一寫長大后的理想，想做“什么”，所以A選項是正確的，故答案選 A。

【3】句意：那天晚上，他寫了一篇七頁紙的論文，描述了他有朝一日擁有一個馬場的目標(biāo)。考查動詞及語境理解。A. renting租；B. donating捐贈；C. owning擁有；D. raising升起、舉起。根據(jù)第一段中第一句who owns a horse ranch誰擁有一個馬牧場，可知他那時的目標(biāo)是擁有一個大的牧馬場，故答案選C。

【4】句意：他詳細(xì)地描述了他的夢想�？疾槊�詞及語境理解。A. difficulty 困難、困境；B. detail細(xì)節(jié)、詳情；C. dialogue對話；D. doubt懷疑、疑問。根據(jù)下文he even drew a picture to show a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. 他甚至畫了一幅圖，畫出一座4000平方英尺的房子，坐落在一個200英畝的夢幻農(nóng)場上�？芍�是他他詳細(xì)地描述了他的夢想，故答案選B。

【5】句意：對你這樣的小男孩來說，這是一個不切實際的夢想。考查形容詞及語境理解。A. surprising吃驚的；B. wonderful精彩的、極好的；C. terrible可怕的、糟糕的； D. unrealistic不切實際的。根據(jù)下文Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money.擁有一個馬場需要很多錢，可推測，老師認(rèn)為他的夢想"不切實際"，故答案選D。

【6】句意：如果你把這篇論文重新寫得目標(biāo)更有可能的話，我會重新考慮你的分?jǐn)?shù)�？疾槊�詞及語境理解。A. achievement成就；B. grade成績、分?jǐn)?shù)；C. family家庭；D. ability能力。根據(jù)上文On the front page was a large red F，老師給了一個很低的分?jǐn)?shù)"F"，可知老師認(rèn)為如果他改變想法，可以考慮更改他的"成績"，故答案選B。

【7】句意：男孩回家后想了很長時間�？疾樾稳菰~及語境理解。A. happy高興的、幸福的；B. long長的；C. short短的；D. hurry匆忙的。由前文事件的嚴(yán)重性，可知Monty Roberts對這件事很重視，應(yīng)是用了"很長的"時間思考，故答案選B。

【8】句意：你必須在這件事上做出自己的決定�？疾閯釉~短語及語境理解。A. take up拿起、開始從事；B. open up打開、開發(fā)；C. make up組成、構(gòu)成、形成；D. give up放棄。由上下文語境可知，父親認(rèn)為他應(yīng)該做出自己的決定，make up your own mind“自己做決定”，故答案選C。

【9】句意：最后，男孩拿著那張紙坐了一個星期，他還是交了那張紙，一點也沒有改變�？疾槊�詞及語境理解。A. decisions決策；B. reasons原因；C. excuses借口； D. changes改變、變化。根據(jù)上文the boy turned in the same paper,可知，他在描繪自己理想藍(lán)圖的紙上未作“更改”，故答案選D。

【10】句意：他對老師說：“你可以保留你的不及格，我仍然保留我的夢想。”考查副詞及語境理解。A. never從不；B. still仍然、仍舊；C. ever曾經(jīng)；D. even甚至、即使。根據(jù)上文可知他沒有更改自己的理想藍(lán)圖，可推測他"仍舊"堅持自己的夢想，故答案選B。

解答完形填空首先要通讀全文，掌握大意。結(jié)合選項初步弄清短文寫了些什么內(nèi)容。在理解全文意思的基礎(chǔ)上，結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容對空缺句子作合乎邏輯的推理。必須弄清空缺詞句的確切含義，空缺詞句與其前后句的意義銜接必須自然、合理，最后根據(jù)語境，結(jié)合選項，選出正確答案。如，第1小題，根據(jù)題干，可知是句型too…to…太…而不能，所以后半句是否定意義，也就是說沒有房子住，推出太窮，故答案選C。第5小題，根據(jù)下文Having a horse ranch requires a lot of money.擁有一個馬場需要很多錢，可推測，老師認(rèn)為他的夢想"不切實際"，故答案選D。