Question

I remember when I was young, people often asked me, “What are you going to be when you grow up?”

Well, it ________ being a cowboy or some super hero. Later it was a fireman, a policeman, a lawyer—As I grew older, my dreams for the future ________. When, at last, I was in college, I set my ________ on becoming a teacher like my father. ________ I studied and prepared for that. I reached the ________ in the end and I was teaching ________ full-time for much of my adult life.

However, for many people, there is a “thief” that goes around stealing our ________. Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative(亲属), or a friend, but the ________ thief is usually ourselves.

We find ________ just about reaching the top, and a “small” ________ inside says, “You’ll never make ________.” “You can’t possibly do this.” On and on the “small” voice predicts (预示) our ________. Failure, ________ is one of the most important tools we have may teach us valuable ________. When we learn these lessons well, we are ready ________ success.

I always tell my children that you are ________ to do anything that your heart desires. Remember the saying, “Nothing is ________ to a willing heart.” There are ________ “overnight” success, but with determination, they will come. Imagine ________ a life you dream of. Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you. Then work, work, work. You’ll get the picture.

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

1.A. insisted onB. kept on

C. felt likeD. started out

2.A. changedB. plannedC. failedD. left

3.A. eyeB. brainC. heartD. experience

4.A. ButB. OrC. SoD. As

5.A. agreement B. aimC. decisionD. position

6.A. hardlyB. nearlyC. slightlyD. extremely

7.A. moneyB. planC. friendsD. dreams

8.A. greatestB. poorestC. tallestD. oldest

9.A. themselvesB. ourselvesC. yourselvesD. itself

10.A. soundB. noiseC. voiceD. speech

11.A. itB. herC. himD. me

12.A. pityB. dangerC. failureD. accident

13.A. whereB. whoC. whenD. which

14.A. stagesB. lessonsC. suggestionsD. choices

15.A. toB. forC. atD. with

16.A. ableB. readyC. likelyD. necessary

17.A. interestingB. importantC. necessaryD. impossible

18.A. manyB. someC. differentD. no

19.A. spendingB. planningC. livingD. changing

20.A. buyB. foolC. stealD. borrow

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.C

11.A

12.C

13.D

14.B

15.B

16.A

17.D

18.D

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是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。insist on坚持；keep on持续；feel like想要，喜欢；start out开始，动身，启程。四者都可接动名词作宾语，但由句意可知，此处应为“起初的梦想是”，故正确答案为D。

2. 考查动词。A.改变；B.失败；C.计划；D.离开；随着我们慢慢长大，对于未来的梦想发生了改变。故选A。

3. 考查名词。A. eye眼睛；B. brain大脑；C. heart心脏；D. experience经历。set one's heart on doing sth. 决心要做某事）。本句意思为“后来上大学的时候我决定要成为一名像我爸爸一样的教师”。故选C。

4. 考查连词。由上文可知此处应为表因果关系的连词。由于目标已经确定，所以我努力学习，并为此而奋斗。故选C。

5. 考查名词。A. agreement同意；B. aim目标；C. decision决定；D. position位置。本句意为“我最终实现了我的目标”。故选B。

6. 考查副词。A. hardly几乎不；B. nearly几乎，差不多；C. slightly稍微地；D. extremely极其，非常。结合下文“梦想被偷走”，可知作者“几乎专职地……”故选B。

7. 考查名词。A. money金钱；B. plan计划；C. friends朋友；D. dreams梦想。由上文谈论梦想可知，此处应为“偷走我们的梦想”。故选D。

8. 考查形容词。A. greatest最大的；B. poorest最穷的；C. tallest最高的；D. oldest最老的。but表语义转折，告诉我们此处应为greatest，即“最大的贼是我们自己”。故选A。

9. 考查代词。A. themselves他们自己；B. ourselves我们自己；C. yourselves你们自己；D. itself它自己。find oneself发现自己处于某种状态。故选B。

10. 考查名词。A. sound声音；B. noise噪音；C. voice嗓音；D. speech演讲。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C。

11. 考查代词。make it是固定搭配，意思为“获得成功”。故选A。

12. 考查动词。A. pity怜悯，同情；B. danger危险；C. failure失败；D. accident事故。由句意可知，此处应为可预测某种失败。再根据下文中failure，可知此处填failure，故选C。

13. 考查连词。非限制性定语从句，引导词作主语，指代failure。故选D。

14. 考查名词。A. stages阶段，舞台；B. lessons教训；C. suggestions建议；D. choices选择。teach sb a lesson/ lessons 教训某人。故选B。

15. 考查介词。be ready for ... 为……作好准备。故选B。

16. 考查形容词。A. able有能力的；B. ready准备的；C. likely可能的；D. necessary必要的。我总是告诉我的孩子们有能力做任何他们内心想做的事情。故选A。

17. 考查形容词。A. interesting有趣的；B. important重要的；C. necessary必要的；D. impossible不可能的。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。

18. 考查形容词。A. many很多；B. some一些；C. different不同的；D. no没有。没有一夜之间获得成功的，但只要有决心，就能成功。故选D。

19. 考查动词。A. spending花费；B. planning计划；C. living居住，过着；D. changing改变。live a ... life过……生活。故选C。

20. 考查动词。A. buy买；B. fool欺骗；C. steal偷；D. borrow借。忠于你的梦想，不要让别人，尤其是你自己，把梦想偷走。故选C。

【名师点评】本文主要讲述的是影响我们实现梦想主要就是我们自己。从本篇完形我们可以看出完形的考查趋势。突出考查学生词汇与结构，词汇与结构这部分既是整个考试的基础，也是本题完形的重点部分，在以后的复习中，要特别重视词汇与语法的复习，重视自己基础的夯实与提高，只有这样，才能以不变应万变，在高考中中立于不败之地。

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