I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch(牧马场).He has let me use his to raise money for youth at risk programs.
The last time I was there he told me his story.when he was young, his family is too to have a house to live in.As a , when he was in high school, he was asked to write a paper about he wanted to be and do when he grew up.That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of a horse ranch.He also drew a picture to show a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a beautiful farm.The next day he handed it in to his .Two days later he received his paper back.On the front page was a large red F.Roberts asked, “Why did I receive an F?” He teacher said, “This is a(an) dream for a young boy like you.Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.” Then the teacher added, “If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your .”
The boy went home and thought about it for a and hard time.He asked his father what he should do.His father said, “Look, son, you have to your own mind on this.Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no at all.He told his teacher “you could keep the F and I keep my dream.
Monty tell me this because I am sitting in his 4,000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. He said a lot of kids’s can be stole. Don't let anyone steal your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. he had enough gumption(毅力) not to give up my dream.
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完型填空
In China , there’re many ________ kinds of food. Some of them are very ________ .The real Chinese food is dumplings(饺子). Now let’s talk about them.
Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there’re many kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, ________have sugar, eggs and so on. Many ________ like dumplings very much.
Usually people ________ dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can ________ them from the market. Then you can take them home and eat them with vinegar.( 醋)
The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it ________, we make dumplings. Usually we put a coin(硬币) in a dumpling. If one eats the dumplings __________ the coin in it, he will be ________ in the new year.
Do you like dumplings? ________ to China, we’ll invite you to eat the real Chinese food---dumplings.
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完形填空
Here is a__ _ of Tom’s family. This man(男人)__ ___Mr. Green. He is Tom’s father. __ _ woman（女人）is Mrs Green. She is Tom’s ___ __. __ __is the boy? He is Tom. _ _parents are teachers. The is Kate. She’s _ _sister. Tom __ __ Kate are students. They’re in __ __ school.
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Li Yue used to be a happy girl. She used to every day and wanted to be a dancer. But everything in 2008.
The year of 2008 was a(n) year for Li Yue. She was trapped (使困住) under some stones during the Wenchuan earthquake (地震). After some time, Li Yue was saved. However, she lost one of her 39 .
Can a girl dance with one leg? Yes, but it is really difficult. Li Yue is so that she has never stopped dancing. During the opening ceremony (仪式) of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (残奥会), she a ballet (芭蕾舞) performance to people all over the world.
Now Li Yue is a student in a school in Beijing and she is very happy. Her even have a special volunteer team “Li Yue Assistance Team” to help her move . The boys and girls in her class take turns to her wheelchair and that makes Li Yue more cheerful.
“Now the most important thing for me is to study hard. But I will continue to dance. can stop me!” said Li Yue. She is braver than everyone ever expected.A. sing B. danceC. run
A. happened B. dropped C. changed
A. unluckyB. successful C. unimportant
A. armsB. legs C. ears
A. tired B. scaredC. brave
A. gave B. watchedC. liked
A. teachers B. classmatesC. parents
A. completelyB. differently C. easily
A. find B. push C. use
A. Something B. EverythingC. Nothing
完形填空
I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. A young boy ran up to me. He stood right before me with his head down and said , “Look what I found!” In his hand was a flower, but the flower was dry and . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.
, he sat next to me and placed the flower to his nose and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower. Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy was blind!A. sadlyB. angrily C. excitedly
A. deadB. freshC. soft
A. Though B. Probably C. However
A. howB. whyC. where
A. train B. touchC. accept
完形填空
Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their.
The Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two there, winter and summer, There are no spring autumn there. The winter nights are .You can’t the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never .and there is no night.
The Eskimos have clothes. They make their clothes from the skin of animals. From these skins they make coats, caps and .
Near the North Pole trees can’t grow, for it is too there. The Eskimos make their houses from skins, snow or stones (石头). When they go in storm and can’t home, they make house of snow. They leave these snow houses when the storm is .
Life is for the Eskimos, they still like to live there.
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