Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a __31__ about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he’d __32__ a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he __33__ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his __34__ into the project and the next day he handed it in __35__ his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a __36__ that read, “See me after class.”
The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “__37__ did I receive an F?”
The teacher said, “This is an __38__ dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of __39__. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no__40__ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added, “__41__ you rewrite this paper with a more realisticgoal, I will reconsider your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about __42__ long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important __43__ for you.”
Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the __44__ paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my 45 .”
A．speech B．paper C．notice D．diary
A．paint B．win C．own D．sell
A．just B．almost C．ever D．even
A．heart B．life C．advice D．trust
A．to B．with C．from D．for
A．word B．letter C．note D．post
A．How B．Why C．When D．Where
A．unusual B．unforgettable C．unimportant D．unrealistic
A．money B．time C．space D．effort
A．wonder B．way C．problem D．matter
A．Though B．since C．Until D．If
A．himself B．him C．it D．itself
A．change B．gift C．message D．decision
A．long B．thick C．same D．correct
A．grade B．dream C．duty D．secret
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It’s Tony’s birthday now. He usually has a party and he________ a party now. His mother always ________ a birthday cake. It ______a chocolate cake—his favorite. All Tony’s friends come to say “Happy birthday day” to him. They are ________ the party. They are talking and smiling to each other. They are giving him presents ______ he is opening them. Can you guess the presents? They usually give him CDs _______books. They _______ eat healthy food but they aren’t eating healthy food at the party! They are eating candy and________ cola. Tony is enjoying _______ birthday party. He and his friends ________ a good time!A. is having B. having C. has
A. make B. makes C. making
A. are B. am C. is
A. at B. with C. in
A. or B. but C. and
A. but B. or C. and
A. sometimes B. never C. usually
A. drinks B. drinking C. is drinking
A. his B. their C. your
A. is having B. are having C. has
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Sitienei, a 90-year-old grandmother, has become the world’s oldest primary school student. She is studying at the local primary school to learn to read and write. She is from a small ________ in Kenyan. She has spent most of her life________ as a midwife(接生婆)， helping women to give birth to babies. She wants to pass on her midwife skills to the young. She said she didn’t have a chance to go to school when she was ________ . So she wants all the children in her village to ________ .
The head teacher at the school said, “I’m proud________her. She is loved by every pupil. They all want to learn and play with ________ .”He also said, “She is doing well considering her ________.” I can say I have seen a big difference in this school________ she came.
Sitienei often said, “I want to tell children, ________ girls in poor areas, that ________ will be your wealth.” She added, “With education, you can be whatever you want to be——a doctor , a teacher, a scientist, and so on.
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完形填空。通读全文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
School education is very important and useful.________ no one can learn everything from school . A ________ ,no matter how much he knows ,can not teach his students everything they want to know.
It’s ________ important for teachers to show their students how to learn than to make them ________a certain fact or a formula（公式）,so that they will learn much more outside school by________ .Great scientists before us didn’t get everything from school. Their teachers only showed them the________ .Edison didn’t even finish primary school. But he was so________.He invented so many things________ human beings. The________to their success is that they knew how to learn, worked hard and wasted not a single moment all their lives. And above all. They knew how to ________ their brain（大脑）.A. ButB. SoC. And
A. teacher B. headmaster C. learner
A. muchB. moreC. very
A. to learn B. learnC. learning
A. themB. themselvesC. himself
A. ideaB. ruleC. way
A. important B. helpfulC. successful
A. toB. of C. for
A. factB. resultC. secret
A. makeB. testC. use
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Franco is a waiter in New York City. He has one week __________for summer holiday every year. Last summer he__________to take a trip to California. He didn’t want to go___________plane. So he decided to take the train from New York to California.
The train ___________Penn Station in New York City on Monday at 10:00 p.m. Franco tried to sleep that night, __________he couldn’t. He was too excited because he knew this trip was a wonderful idea.
For five days, Franco didn’t ____________the train. He often had a _________through the train and talked with the other passengers. Sometimes he walked between the cars(车厢） to get ___________fresh air. He had all his meals in the dining car.
Finally, at 2:45 p.m. on Friday, the train stopped in San Francisco. Franco was happy to leave the train. On Sunday, Franco took a flight back to New York. He ___________ out of the window of the airplane and imagined(想象) the desert, mountains, farms, and cities below. After a while, he closed his eyes and started to make plans for his __________summer holiday.
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完形填空: 从每小题三个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。
A young man was going to finish school. For a long time he had a to get a beautiful sports car. He knew his father could well it, so he told him that a sports car was all he wanted.
Then on the day of his graduation, he to his father’s room. His father told him how he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. The young man opened the box and found a Bible(圣经) with his name on it. , he raised his voice and said to his father, “With all your money you give me a Bible?” He then ________out of the house, leaving the Bible.
Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. Realizing that his father was very old, he thought perhaps he should go to see him. He had not seen him that graduation day. Before he could go, he received a phone telling him that his father had died. He had to go home at once and care for the things his father left him.
he was searching through his father’s important papers, he saw the still new Bible, just as he left it years ago. He opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. As he was reading, a car key with a tag(标牌) dropped from the back of the Bible. On the tag was the of his graduation, and the words “PAID IN FULL”.
Sadness and regret filled his heart.
A．jobB．idea C．dream
A．affordB．spendC．cost
A．callsB．calledC．was called
A．interesting B．proudC．disappointed
A．HappilyB．AngrilyC．Carefully
A．rushedB．lookedC．walked
A．onB．forC．since
A．whoB．thatC．what
A．WhenB．WhileC．Before
A．dateB．nameC．place