Question

I remember as a small child when we would have these gatherings where someone would come up and ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up?”

  Well, it    41    being a cowboy or some super hero. Later it was a fireman, policeman, lawyer ... As I grew older my dreams of the future   42   . When, at last, I was in college, I made up my   43     to become a preacher(牧师) as my father.    44     I studied and prepared for that life. I reached    45   in the end and I was preaching nearly fulltime for much of my adult life.

 However, for many, there is a “thief” which goes around stealing our   46    . Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative, or a friend, but the    47    thief is, so many times, just    48   .

   We find ourselves just about reaching the top, and this “small”    49     inside says, “You will never make   50    .” “You can’t possibly do this.” And on and on the “small” voice 51        some kind of failure. Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are    52    . It is one of the most important tools we have, because it teaches us invaluable   53    . And, when we learn these lessons well, we are ready    54    success.

   The message I always gave my children was that you   55    do anything your heart desires. Remember the saying, “Nothing is    56   to a willing heart.” There are   57    “overnight” successes, but with determination, it will come. Imagine yourself in the life you dream of   58    . Then in your heart, believe it   59   happen for you. Then work, work, work. You get the picture.

   So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone   60    it from you—especially yourself.

1.A. insisted on           B. felt like             C. kept on           D. started out

2.A. changed             B. meant               C. planned          D. left

3.A. goal                  B. mind       C. interest         D. experience

4.A. But                        B. So                   C. Or                D. Yes

5.A. agreement           B. conclusion         C. success           D. position

6.A. money               B. children            C. friends           D. dreams

7.A. greatest              B. tallest               C. poorest         D. oldest

8.A. themselves                   B. yourselves         C. ourselves         D. itself

9.A. sound                B. voice                C. noise           D. speech

10.A. it                    B. him                C. her             D. me

11.A. expects                 B. predicts       C. answers               D. suffers

12.A. met               B. defended          C. understood              D. realized

13.A. stages             B. suggestions    C. lessons             D. choices

14.A. to                   B. for                 C. at                        D. with

15.A. are able to               B. used to        C. have to               D. ought to

16.A. interesting               B. important      C. necessary            D. impossible

17.A.many                          B. a few              C. some                     D. no

18.A. spending                 B. living         C. planning                D. changing

19.A. will                       B. might         C. could                 D. does

20.A. buy                            B. fool           C. steal                 D. borrow

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.A

8.C

9.B

10.A

11.B

12.D

13.C

14.B

15.A

16.D

17.D

18.B

19.A

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了我们从小到大对于未来梦想的改变。如何不让自己的梦想被别人偷走， 尤其是自己。 阻碍我们梦想实 现的最大敌人其实就是我们自己。不要怀疑自己的能力，要相信自己，只要这样就没有实现不了的愿望，没有干不成功的事情。

1.考查动词词组和上下文的呼应。A. insisted on 坚持，强调；B. felt like感觉像；C. kept on 继续进行；D. started out出发，开始时打算。根据下一句的“Later”，可知开始我们打算成为牛仔或英雄。故选D。

2.考查动词的用法和上下文的呼应。A. changed 改变；B. meant 意味，打算； C. planned计划；D. left离开。根据上下文说一开始想成为牛仔或英雄，后来想成为消防员，警察和律师，以及最后想成为牧师，可知我们的梦想改变了。故答案选A。

3.考查固定搭配和上下文的呼应。根据“I studied and prepared for that life.”我下定了决心去作牧师。Make up one’s mind 表示“下决心”。故选B。

4.考查连词的用法和上下文的呼应。这句话和上一句是顺承关系。A. But 但是；B. So 因此；C. Or 或者；D. Yes是的。故选B。

5.考查名词的用法和上下文的呼应。本句意为“我最终获得了成功，我几乎专职地……”? A. agreement同意，协议；B. conclusion结论；C. success成功；D. position位置，职位，姿态，方位。故选C。

6.考查名词的用法和上下文的呼应。由上文谈论梦想可知，此处应为“偷走我们的梦想”。故选D。

7.考查形容词最高级和上下文的呼应。but 表语义转折，告诉我们此处应为 greatest，即“最大的敌人是我们自己” 。故选A。

8.考查反身代词和上下文的呼应。根据上下文可知，人最大的敌人是自己，而且文章用的是第一人称，故选C。

9.考查近义词的辨析形容词最高级和上下文的呼应。noise 嘈杂声，喧闹声，或令人厌烦的声音；sound 指一切能听到的声音；voice 指说话的声音；speech 指演讲、讲话。由下文 And on and on the “small” voice 这一语境可知此处应为 voice。故选B。

10.考查固定搭配和上下文的呼应。make it 是固定搭配，意思为“获得成功”，故选A。

11.考查动词的用法和上下文的呼应。A. expects期待，盼望；B. predicts预测，预言；C. answers回答；D. suffers遭受，忍受。由句意可知此处应为可“预测，预见”某种失败。故选B。

12.考查被动语态和上下文的呼应。A. met见面；B. defended辩护，保卫；C. understood理解；D. realized实现。此句意思为“然而，失败往往是实现梦想的必经之路” 。realize one’s dream，此处表示被动。故选D。

13.考查固定搭配和上下文的呼应。teach sb. ...lessons 给某人以……的教训。故选C。

14.考查介词的用法和上下文的呼应。be ready to+动词原形；be ready for+名词；此处是名词success，所以用be ready for success为成功作好了准备。故选B。

15.考查固定词组和上下文的呼应。A. are able to 能够；B. used to过去经常；C. have to 必须，不得不；D. ought to应该。本句的意思为“你们能做好你们内心希望做的任何事情” 。故选A。

16.考查形容词的用法和上下文的呼应。A. interesting有趣的；B. important重要的；C. necessary必要的，必需的；D. impossible不可能的。本句意为“对于一个有意志力的人来说，任何事情都是有可能的” 。故选D。

17.考查形容词的用法和上下文的呼应。本句意为“没有一夜之间获得成功的，但只要有决心，就能成功” 。故选D。

18.考查非谓语动词和上下文的呼应。living 这一答案的选取与前面的 the life 有关， live ... life, the life 后面是一个定语从句。故选B。

19.考查情态动词和上下文的呼应。A. will 将会；B. might可能，也许；C. could 能够，可以；           D. does是助动词。本句意为“在你的内心，坚信将来这会发生” 。故选A。

20.考查形容词最高级和上下文的呼应。根据第三段“there is a “thief” which goes around stealing our      dreams.”可知本句要表达的意思是“坚守你的梦想，不要让别人，尤其是你自己，把梦想偷走”。A. buy 买；B. fool欺骗，愚弄；C. steal偷；D. borrow借用。故选C。

考点：教育类短文。