Question

Do you know what a big dream is?    1.   Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.

The Self

Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego（自我）. It’s there for protecting and should be listened to.    2.   Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.

3.   

Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friend destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.

The World

If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world.     4.   In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.

The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well.     5.

A. Does a big dream show one’s future ?

B. They simply fail until they succeed.

C. How Big Dreams Die

D. It is the last and the most terrible barrier.

E. Family and Friends 

F. Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong

G. And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.

Answer

1.A

2.F

3.E

4.D

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了a big dream对人的有关影响以及其它的一些相关信息。

1.A考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据本空前句和后句What is a big dream?和is a big dream something that provides only entertainment?可知本句也是对big dream的一些相关问题。故选A.

2.F考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据下句Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.可知这些big dream的影响有好有坏。有些能让我们从中受益，也有些不能。F项符合此意，故选F.

3.E考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据本段第一句Family and friends are a lot like the ego.可知本段谈论的是Family and friends，E项概括全段内容，故选E.

4.D考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据下句In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world.可知world才是最大的问题。D项：这是最后的最糟的障碍，与上文衔接，故选D.

5.B考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据前句The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well.可知直到非常了解失败以后，这些伟大的梦想家才会可见成功的曙光。B项符合此意，故选B.

考点：考查信息匹配。

【名师点睛】

关于七选五的做题步骤：

1、通读全文，对文章进行快速浏览，寻找主题句，抓住文章结构及文章的写作内容。在阅读过程中，要注意文章的开始与结束段落，尤其是文章的首段及末段末句，因为“开门见山”与“结尾总结”的写作方式为常见的写作方式，首段的末句一般是是全文的主题所在，说明本文将探讨哪些内容，并简要指出文章的写作思路，有时甚至会以提纲的形式进行呈现。首段的末句对于快速掌握文章的主题有重要意义。

2、详读段落，在短时间内，找出每段写作内容的关键词。明确各段的主题句或主旨大意。文章正文部分通常分为若干小段落。各段落会根据整体文章写作主题展开，对文章主体进行的不同方面的描述。找出各个小段落中的关键词，明确其描述内容，为整体试题的解决做好铺垫。阅读各个空的前后句，标记关键词，关键词包括句中的核心名词或名词词组（如带有形容词的名词词组）、专有名词、时间数字、代词、连词等。重点阅读各个问题附近的句子，圈定线索词，然后从选项中寻找相关的特征词，以确定答案。做题时可以采用代入排除法。如果一题做不出或拿不准，可先放过，继续往下读，先做容易的能做出的题，直到读完整篇文章。至此，文章的要点和主旨

3、定位选项，明确各备选选项的含义，抓住其关键词语，根据文章整体结构与具体内容，将选项填入文中，填写时尤为注意各选项中出现的句子衔接手段及句中的衔接标志词。在定位选项时，要特别注意空格上下段的写作内容，以及空格上段尾句和下段首句的结构和意义。将所选项放入空白处，看看是否与上下文构成语义及逻辑上的直接关系，是否符合该处语境。能否承接前后的写作线索。使文章无论内容还是衔接上都能做到通顺。

4、通读复检，将所选答案代入文中，再次通读全文，重点考查逻辑关系和关联结构。

在完成选项定位后，应通读全文，检查文章内容是否完整，语义是否连贯合理、各段落内容是否紧扣主题，语篇结构是否通顺连贯、具有一致性、合乎逻辑，写作思路是否清晰明了，格式以及用语是否恰当贴切，从而判断选择的答案是否正确。同时，我们还应注意对相近选项的对比分析，个别干扰项由于与某个正确选项的内容相近具有很强的干扰性，这时就需要我们认真分析，排除干扰，从而得出正确选项。

5、确定排除，研究多余选项，确定排除理由，最终确定答案。