Question

Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a           about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d 17 a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he          drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.

He put a great deal of his          into the project and 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”          a note that read, “See me after class.”

The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I receive an ‘F’?”

The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic (不现实的) dream for a young boy like you. Your family is not rich. Having a horse ranch needs a lot of           . You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no           you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “          you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I’ll 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. But I think it is a very important           for you.”

Finally, after thinking about it for several days, the boy handed in the same paper, making           changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the ‘F’ and I’ll keep my dream.”

1.A. speech   B. notice    C. paper    D. diary

2.A. own    B. win    C. paint    D. sell

3.A. just    B. even       C. ever    D. almost

4.A. dream   B. heart       C. advice    D. trust

5.A. by       B. in     C. to               D. with

6.A. time       B. money    C. space    D. work

7.A. way    B. wonder   C. problem   D. matter

8.A. Though   B. Since    C. Unless    D. If

9.A. change   B. gift    C. decision   D. message

10.A. no    B. anything   C. any    D. nothing

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.B

7.A

8.D

9.C

10.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了Monty写了一篇自己梦想的论文，内容是他想拥有一家养马场。结果老师却给他评了个“F”。因为他的老师认为根据他的家庭条件，他的理想是不现实的，让他重写。但是Monty考虑了之后，没有改动自己的论文，他说：“你可以坚持给我F，我坚持我的梦想。”

1.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. speech演讲；B. notice 通知；C. paper纸，论文；D. diary日记。句意：他上九年级时，他被要求写一篇论文，内容是关于他长大时想要成为什么和想要做什么的。根据That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d a horse ranch (牧场).可知他是被要求去写的应是论文。故选C。

2.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. own 拥有；B. win 赢得；C. paint油漆，描绘；D. sell销售；句意：那天晚上他写了一篇长达七页的论文，里面说他有朝一日会拥有一个养马场。根据Having a horse ranch needs a lot of 21 .可知此处指的是拥有一个养马场。故选A。

3.B考查副词及语境的理解。A. just 仅仅；B. even甚至，即使；C. ever曾经；D. almost几乎。句意：他详细写了他的梦想，而且他甚至画了一幅画，上面一个带有高楼的200亩的牧场。根据He wrote about his dream in great detail可知他不仅详细地写了他的梦想，根据drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.可知他还画了牧场图，故此处表示强调，因此用副词even。故选B。

4.B考查名词及语境的理解。A. dream 梦想；B. heart心脏；C. advice 建议；D. trust信任；句意：他在这篇论文上投入了大量的心血，第二天他把它交给了老师。put one’s heart to sth“在某事上投入心血”，故选B。

5.D考查介词及语境的理解。A. by 通过，被；B. in 在……之内；C. to到，向；D. with用。句意：在第一页他看见一个红色的大字“F”，还有一个便条写着“下课见”。介词+名词。作状语，表示伴随。故选D。

6.B考查名词及语境的理解。 A. time 时间；B. money 钱；C. space 空间，太空；D. work工作。句意：拥有一家养马场需要很多钱。根据后文的You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things.可知要买地，买其他东西，需要的是钱。故选B。

7.A考查名词及语境的理解。A. way 方法；B. wonder奇迹；C. problem问题；D. matter物质。句意：你没有办法那样做。根据This is an unrealistic (不现实的) dream for a young boy like you.可知他的梦想是不现实的，因此他没有办法去做。故选A。

8.D考查连词及语境的理解。A. Though尽管；B. Since 自从；C. Unless除非；D. If如果。句意：老师补充到“如果你用一个更现实的目标来改写这篇论文，我会考虑你的等级的。”结合句意，此处表示条件，故用连词if。故选D。

9.C考查名词及语境的理解。A. change 变化；B. gift礼物；C. decision决定；D. message消息。句意：但是我认为这对你来说是一个非常重要的决定。根据Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this.“看，儿子，你必须自己下决心”，故此处是作决定。故选C。

10.篇论文，没有做一点改动。no/not …at all“一点也不”，此处修饰名词，故用形容词no。故选A。

【考点定位】故事类短文。