Question

    Monty Roberts was the son of a horse trainer who would go from farm to farm and ranch (大牧场) to ranch, ___________ horses. One day, while he was still in ___________ , Roberts was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be in the future.

That night, he wrote a seven—page ___________ describing his goal of someday owning a horse ___________. He wrote about his ___________ in great detail and even drew pictures of the ranch.

He put a great deal of heart into the ___________ and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper ___________ . On the front page was a large red F with a note that ___________, “See me after class.”

___________ , Roberts went to see his teacher ____________ class and asked, “Why did I receive an ____________?”

The teacher said, “This is a(n) ____________ dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from a ____________ family. You have no resources (财力). Buying a horse ranch takes a lot of ____________ . There’s no way you could ever do it. Change it.”

Roberts went home and thought long and hard. One week later, the boy ____________ the same paper, making no changes at all.

He said, “You can keep the F ____________ I’ll keep my dream.”

After that, Roberts worked very hard, little by little, and many years later he ____________ owned a 200—acre horse ranch. He shared his ____________ with his friends. “I could succeed because I had enough courage and determination not to ____________ on my dream. Don’t let anyone ____________ your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.”

1.A.buying B.selling C.training D.feeding

2.A.farm B.ranch C.hospital D.high school

3.A.paper B.letter C.note D.book

4.A.trainer B.ranch C.shoe D.carriage

5.A.discovery B.argument C.dream D.decision

6.A.adventure B.responsibility C.horse D.project

7.A.across B.back C.in D.down

8.A.read B.commented C.explained D.made

9.A.Confused B.Excited C.Bored D.Confident

10.A.before B.in C.after D.during

11.A.A B.F C.E D.H

12.A.horrible B.unrealistic C.frightening D.great

13.A.classic B.shamed C.poor D.greedy

14.A.space B.efforts C.energy D.money

15.A.turned in B.turned down C.turned over D.turned up

16.A.so B.until C.unless D.and

17.A.finally B.fortunately C.peacefully D.curiously

18.A.preference B.ambition C.bravery D.experience

19.A.give in B.give up C.give away D.give through

20.A.appreciate B.replace C.steal D.educate

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.D

19.B

20.C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了蒙提·罗伯茨在高中时描述自己的梦想并被老师打分不及格，要求他更换一个能做到的理想。但是蒙提·罗伯茨没有放弃他的梦想，他非常努力地工作，许多年后，他终于实现了这个梦想。

1.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：蒙提·罗伯茨的父亲是一名驯马师，他的父亲经常从一个农场跑到另一个农场，从一个大牧场跑到另一个大牧场，去训练马。A. buying购买，收买；B. selling出售； C. training训练；D. feeding饲养 。根据the son of a horse trainer可知此处表示训练马。故选C。

2.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：当罗伯茨还在上高中的时候，有一天他被要求写一篇关于他将来想成为什么的作文。A. farm农场；B. ranch大牧场；C. hospital医院；D. high school高中，中学。根据下文and the next day he handed it in to his teacher可知此处表示高中。故选D。

3.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：那天晚上，他写了一篇长达七页的作文，描述了自己将来有一天能拥有一座养马大牧场的目标。A. paper纸，论文，作文；B. letter字母，信；C. note笔记，音符；D. book书本 。根据上文Roberts was asked to write a paper可知表示论文。故选A。

4.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：那天晚上，他写了一篇长达七页的论文，描述了自己将来有一天能拥有一座养马大牧场的目标。A. trainer训练员；B. ranch大牧场；C. shoe鞋子； D. carriage运输，客车厢 。根据下文and even drew pictures of the ranch可知此处表示大牧场。故选B。

5.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他详细地描述了他的梦想，甚至还画了大牧场的图画。A. discovery 发现；B. argument争论；C. dream梦想；D. decision 结论。根据下文 I’ll keep my dream可知此处表示梦想。故选C。

6.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他花了很多心思在这个课题上，第二天他把它交给了老师。A. adventure 冒险；B. responsibility 责任，义务；C.horse马；D. project（学生的）课题。根据He wrote about his 5 in great detail and even drew pictures of the ranch. 可知此处表示他花了很多心思在这个课题上。故选D。

7.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：两天后，他拿回了作文。A. across穿过，横过；B. back在后面；C. in在…里面； D. down在下面，向下 。根据On the front page was a large red F with a note that 8 ，可知此处他拿回了作文。故选B。

8.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：在第一页上有一个又红又大的F，旁边还写着：“下课后来找我。”A. read写着；B. commented评论；C. explained解释；D. made制造，造成。根据“See me after class.”可知此处表示旁边是老师写的话，写着“下课后见我。”。故选A。

9.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：下课后，罗伯茨困惑地去找老师，问道：“为什么给我一个F呢?”A. Confused困惑的；B.Excited令人兴奋的；C. Bored无聊的；D. Confident自信的 。根据“Why did I receive an _____11_____ ?”可知此处表示他是困惑的。故选A。

10.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：下课后，罗伯茨困惑地去找老师，问道：“为什么给我一个F呢?”A. before在…之前；B.in在…里面；C. after在…之后；D. during在…期间 。根据上文See me after class可知此处表示下课后。故选C。

11.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：下课后，罗伯茨困惑地去找老师，问道：“为什么给我一个F呢?” 根据上文On the front page was a large red F可知是得到一个F。故选B。

12.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：对你这样的孩子来说，这是不现实的梦想。A. horrible可怕的；B. unrealistic不切实际的，不现实的；C. frightening令人恐惧的；D. great伟大的。根据下文There’s no way you could ever do it. Change it.可知表示老师说这是一个不现实的梦想。故选B。

13.

考查形容词词义辨析。句意：你出身贫寒。A. classic经典的，古典的；B. shamed羞耻的；C. poor贫穷的，可怜的； D. greedy贪婪的，贪吃的 。根据You have no resources (财力). 可知此处表示贫穷的。故选C。

14.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：买一个养马大牧场要花很多钱。A. space空间，太空；B. efforts努力；C. energy能量；D. money钱。根据Buying a horse ranch 可知买一个养马大牧场要花很多钱。故选D。

15.

考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：一周后，男孩交了同样的一篇作文，没有做任何修改。A. turned in交上，归还；B. turned down减小，关小，调低，拒绝；C. turned over移交给，翻阅；D. turned up出现，发生，开大。根据making no changes at all可知此处表示上交了同样的一篇作文。故选A。

16.

考查连词词义辨析。句意：他说：“你可以保留这个F，我将继续实现我的梦想。”A. so因此；B. until直到.......；C. unless除非；D. and并且。根据You can keep the F和I’ll keep my dream之间是并列关系，可知此处要用并列连词。故选D。

17.

考查副词词义辨析。句意：从那以后，罗伯茨非常努力地工作，一点一点地，许多年后，他终于拥有了一个200英亩的牧马场。A. finally最后，终于；B. fortunately幸运地；C.peacefully和平地，平静地；D. curiously好奇地。根据many years later 可知此处表示最后的结果。故选A。

18.

考查名词词义辨析。句意：他和朋友们分享了他的经历。A. preference偏爱；B.ambition野心，抱负；C. bravery勇敢，勇气；D. experience 经验，经历。根据 “I could succeed because I had enough courage and determination not to 19 on my dream.可知，他和朋友们分享了他的经历。故选D。

19.

考查动词短语词义辨析。句意：我能成功是因为我有足够的勇气和决心不放弃我的梦想。A. give in屈服，让步；B. give up放弃，交出；C. give away泄露，赠送；D. give through参加，经受，仔细检查，被通过。根据上文I’ll keep my dream可知此处表示不放弃自己的梦想。故选B。

20.

考查动词词义辨析。句意：不要让任何人偷走你的梦想。A. appreciate欣赏，感激；B. replace取代，代替；C. steal偷窃，窃取；D. educate教育。根据Follow your heart, no matter what.可知此处表示不要让任何人偷走你的梦想。故选C。