阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
My friend Monty Roberts told me a story about a young boy. One day at school, the boy was asked to write a paper 36 what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven – paper 37 his dream of owning a farm. He put a great deal of his 38 into the paper and the next day he handed it in to his 39 . Two days later he received his paper back. On the 40 page was a large red F with a 41 that read, “See me after class.” The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked, “ 42 did I receive an F?” The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like 43 . Owning a farm requires a lot of money. There’s no 44 a young man could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “ 45 you will rewrite this paper, I will reconsider your 46 .”
The boy went home and 47 about it long and hard. Finally, after a week, he turned in the 48 paper, making no changes.
Monty then said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my farm. I 49 have that school paper over fireplace.” He added, “The 50 part of the story is that two summers ago the same schoolteacher 51 30 kids to camp out on my farm. When the teacher was 52 , he said, ‘Look Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream 53 . During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. 54 you had enough courage not to 55 yours.”
Don’t let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what…
A．in B．at C．for D．about
A．giving B．taking C．describing D．making
A．opinion B．thought C．soul D．heart
A．classmate B．teacher C．father D．writer
A．front B．middle C．back D．last
A．word B．note C．paper D．letter
A．What B．Where C．Why D．How
A．you B．me C．him D．them
A．road B．way C．method D．idea
A．Now B．Although C．Since D．If
A．work B．idea C．grade D．advice
A．thought B．write C．spoke D．read
A．new B．same C．different D．second
A．never B．again C．even D．still
A．first B．biggest C．best D．most
A．brought B．took C．carried D．found
A．arriving B．leaving C．moving D．reaching
A．stealer B．maker C．lover D．leader
A．Unluckily B．Generally C．Finally D．Fortunately
A．take up B．make up C．give up D．break up
My nephew's 10-year-old son came for a visit one hot，July weekend. I persuaded him to inside and joined him in a game. After for an hour, I suggested that we relax for a while. I fell into my favorite recliner（躺椅）to let my neck muscles relax. He'd slipped out of the room and I was catching a few enjoyable moments of peace and quiet.
"Look，Alice，”he said as he ran over to the chair where I was sitting"I found a kite. Could we go outside and it?"
Glancing out a nearby window, I noticed it was outside.“I'm sorry, Tripper,.” I said, sad to see his eyes. "The wind is not blowing today. The kite won't fly.”
The 10-year-old replied,“I think it's windy enough. I can get it to fly,”he answered as he ran out to the back door Up and down in the yard he ran, pulling the kite to a small length of string. He ran back and forth，as hard as his ten year-old legs would carry him, looking back at the kite behind. After about ten minutes of unsuccessful determination, he came back in.
I asked, "How did it go?"
"Fine，”he said, not wanting to admit ．“I got it to fly some”
As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his breath, "I guess I'll have to wait for the ．”
At that moment I heard another Voice speak to my . "Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way instead of waiting for the Wind.，，
And the voice was right. We usually want to use our own efforts to what we want to do. We wait for the Wind only after we have done all we can and have exhausted（耗尽） our own ．We must learn how to rely on Him in the first place!
A．live B．study C．stay D．lie
A．playing B．resting C．challenging D．arguing
A．casually B．enthusiastically C．stubbornly D．deliberately
A．decorate B．drop C．hang D．fly
A．hot B．still C．noisy D．fine
A．bright B．disappointed C．dull D．satisfied
A．clever B．talented C．determined D．fearless
A．hurriedly B．curiously C．suddenly D．unwillingly
A．adapted B．added C．attached D．devoted
A．angrily B．nervously C．doubtfully D．hopefully
A．win B．defeat C．mistake D．luck
A．wind B．order C．news D．sunshine
A．heart B．memory C．dream D．world
A．imagine B．decide C．apply D．accomplish
A．courage B．patience C．strength D．knowledge
I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law. Let us take a , reasonable look at what the results might be if such a（an） were accepted.
Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction（分散注意力） of TV, they might together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our ----everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of illness ----are caused at least in part by to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better. On evenings when such talk is , families could discover more active pastimes(娱乐). Freed from TV and forced to find their own activities, they might take a together to watch the sunset they might take a walk together.
free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in than in a TV program. report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence, at the college level. is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour. A different form of reading might also be done it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the ends, the TV networks might be forced to with better shows in order to get us back from our newly- discovered activities.
At first glance, this idea seems radical(激进的). will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can childhoods without television. It wasn't that difficult.
A．valuable B．pleasant C．serious D．quick
A．suggestion B．advice C．opinion D．offer
A．get around B．sit around C．meet with D．stand stiff
A．misfortunes B．troubles C．affairs D．problems
A．physical B．mental C．common D．familiar
A．failure B．attempt C．ability D．permission
A．comment B．talk C．discuss D．remark
A．impossible B．unpleasant C．funny D．unnecessary
A．ride B．look C．walk D．rest
A．And B．But C．Or D．While
A．At B．With C．For D．In
A．a good book B．a fine poem C．a quiet hour D．a composition
A．Professors B．Scientists C．Educators D．Parents
A．yet B．still C．just D．even
A．Skill B．Writing C．Speaking D．Listening
A．before B．as C．after D．when
A．talk B．programme C．performance D．quiet-hour
A．come across B．come about C．come out D．come up
A．How B．Whether C．What D．If
A．remind B．recognize C．remember D．know
I would like to suggest that for sixty to ninety minutes each evening all television broadcasting in the United States be forbidden by law. Let us take a , reasonable look at what the results might be if such a（an） were accepted.
Families might use the time for a real family hour. Without the distraction（分散注意力） of TV, they might together after dinner and actually talk to one another. It is well known that many of our ----everything in fact, from the generation gap to the high divorce rate to some forms of illness ----are caused at least in part by to communicate. By using the quiet family hour to our problems, we might get to know each other better, and to like each other better. On evenings when such talk is , families could discover more active pastimes(娱乐). Freed from TV and forced to find their own activities, they might take a together to watch the sunset they might take a walk together.
free time and no TV, children and adults might discover reading. There is more entertainment in than in a TV program. report that the generation growing up with television can hardly write an English sentence, at the college level. is often learned from reading. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour. A different form of reading might also be done it was in the past: reading aloud. The quiet hour could become the story hour. When the ends, the TV networks might be forced to with better shows in order to get us back from our newly- discovered activities.
At first glance, this idea seems radical(激进的). will we spend the time then? The fact is: it has been only twenty-five years since television came to control American free time. Those of us thirty-five and older can childhoods without television. It wasn't that difficult.
A．valuable B．pleasant C．serious D．quick
A．suggestion B．advice C．opinion D．offer
A．get around B．sit around C．meet with D．stand stiff
A．misfortunes B．troubles C．affairs D．problems
A．physical B．mental C．common D．familiar
A．failure B．attempt C．ability D．permission
A．comment B．talk C．discuss D．remark
A．impossible B．unpleasant C．funny D．unnecessary
A．ride B．look C．walk D．rest
A．And B．But C．Or D．While
A．At B．With C．For D．In
A．a good book B．a fine poem C．a quiet hour D．a composition
A．Professors B．Scientists C．Educators D．Parents
A．yet B．still C．just D．even
A．Skill B．Writing C．Speaking D．Listening
A．before B．as C．after D．when
A．talk B．programme C．performance D．quiet-hour
A．come across B．come about C．come out D．come up
A．How B．Whether C．What D．If
A．remind B．recognize C．remember D．know
A lesson of life
" Everything happens for the best, " my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. "If you can carry on, one day something will happen. And you'll that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappointment. "
After graduating from college, I that mother was right. I had decided to try for a job in radio, then work my way up to sports announcer. I travelled to Chicago by getting rides from drivers of passing cars and knocked on the door of every station-and got turned every time.
In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn't hiring inexperienced person-"Go out in the countryside and find a small station that'll give you a , " she said.
I returned home to Dixon, Illinois. While there was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football, I . The job sounded just for me. But I wasn't .
My must have shown. "Everything happens for the best," Mom me. Dad me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office, I felt extremely .I asked , " How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can't get a job in a radio station?"
I was waiting for the elevator I heard MacArthur calling, " What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?" Then he stood me a microphone (麦克风) and asked me to broadcast an game.
On my way home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother's words: " Keep on trying until some day you succeed. Something wouldn't have happened if not for that previous failure. " I often wonder what my life might have taken if I'd got the job at Montgomery
A．good B．bad C．interesting D．important
A．hope B．declare C．realize D．explain
A．announced B．discovered C．suggested D．expected
A．smooth B．short C．comfortable D．free
A．on B．down C．in D．up
A．advise B．mind C．risk D．practise
A．choice B．promise C．result D．chance
A．professional B．natural C．local D．top
A．volunteered B．responded C．registered D．applied
A．right B．special C．difficult D．correct
A．fired B．identified C．hired D．interviewed
A．astonishment B．disappointment C．ambition D．appreciation
A．admired B．undersood C．blamed D．reminded
A．offered B．made C．showed D．returned
A．discouraged B．delighted C．embarrassed D．frightened
A．anxiously B．aloud C．carefully D．politely
A．if B．as C．while D．when
A．on B．in C．before D．over
A．imaginary B．interesting C．important D．intemational
A．effect B．direction C．aim D．pleasure
Michel is a young girl who works for the police a handwriting expert (专家). She has helped many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
When she was fourteen, Michel was already interested in the differences in her friends' that she would spend hours them. After college she went to France for a two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
Michel says that it is for people to hide their handwriting. She can of what she needs to know simply looking at the writing with her own eyes, she also has machines help her make different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often great help to the police.
Michel believes that handwriting is a good of what kind of person the is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow I didn't like his handwriting.” She says. But she she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be , however.
A．with B．by C．like D．as
A．search B．follow C．catch D．judge
A．so B．too C．quite D．extra
A．books B．letter C．tongues D．handwriting
A．writing B．studying C．settling D．uncovering
A．attending B．finishing C．starting D．stepping into
A．powerful B．natural C．special D．common
A．main B．safe C．easy D．impossible
A．most B．nothing C．little D．sight
A．with B．by C．of D．about
A．so B．for C．thus D．but
A．they B．in which C．that D．those
A．up B．out C．for D．into
A．of B．to C．with D．for
A．test B．sign C．means D．habit
A．thief B．criminal C．writer D．policeman
A．whether B．unless C．if D．after
A．adds B．tells C．repeats D．cries
A．before B．after C．so D．and
A．necessary B．all right C．important D．quite easy