Monty Roberts, owner of a horse ranch (牧场) in San Ysidro, once told us a story. "When a young man
was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to 1 and do when he grew up. In his
seven-page paper he described his 2 of someday owning a horse ranch. He drew a 3 floor plan (平面图)
for a 4,000-square-foot house that would 4 on a 200-acre dream ranch. Two days later he received his 5
back. On the front page was a 6 red F. The teacher said, "This is an 7 dream for a young boy like you.
You have no money. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money." Then the teacher 8 , "If you will rewrite
this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your 9 ." The boy asked his father what he should do.
His father said, "Look, son, you have to make up your own 10 on this. However, I think it is a very 11
decision for you." 12 , after a week, the boy 13 the same paper, making no 14 at all. He stated, "You can
keep the F and I"ll keep my 15 ."
Monty then turned to us and said, "I tell you this story 16 you are sitting in my 4,000-square-foot house
in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed (装框) over the fireplace." He
added, "The best part of the 17 is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp
out on my ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he said, "Look, Monty, I can tell you this now.
When I was your teacher, I was 18 of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids" dreams. 19
you had enough determination not to give up on yours."
Don"t let anyone 20 your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what. |
( )1. A. be
( )2. A. reason
( )3. A. rough
( )4. A. live
( )5. A. mark
( )6. A. large
( )7. A. old
( )8. A. shouted
( )9. A. grade
( )10. A. time
( )11. A. urgent
( )12. A. Actually
( )13. A. turned down
( )14. A. comments
( )15. A. dream
( )16. A. though
( )17. A. incident
( )18. A. anything
( )19. A. Fortunately
( )20. A. forget | B. find
B. goal
B. new
B. locate
B. paper
B. tiny
B. imaginative
B. smiled
B. need
B. energy
B. quick
B. Finally
B. turned around
B. changes
B. courage
B. because
B. event
B. nothing
B. Strangely
B. steal | C. learn
C. purpose
C. secret
C. sit
C. plan
C. beautiful
C. impractical
C. replied
C. honesty
C. mind
C. important
C. Gradually
C. turned to
C. judgment
C. interest
C. until
C. story
C. everything
C. Curiously
C. know | D. see
D. way
D. detailed
D. run
D. idea
D. long
D. interesting
D. added
D. ability
D. money
D. good
D. Usually
D. turned in
D. answer
D. spirit
D. i f
D. lesson
D. something
D. Probably
D. realize |
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核心考点
试题【完形填空。 Monty Roberts, owner of a horse ranch (牧场) in San Ysidro, once told us】；主要考察你对 题材分类等知识点的理解。 [详细]举一反三
| 阅读理解。 | An 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow
(乌鸦) landed on their window.
The father asked his son, "What is that?"
The son replied, "That is a crow."
After a few minutes, the father asked his son for the second time, "What is this?"
The son said, "Father, I told you just now. It"s a crow."
After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, "What is this?"
This time, the son said to his father in a low and cold tone, "It"s a crow, a crow."
After a moment, the father yet again asked his son for the fourth time, "What is this?"
This time his son shouted at his father, "Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again?
I have told you already, "IT IS A CROW". Are you not able to understand this?"
A minute later the father went to his room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son
was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page.
Today my little son aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window
edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I hugged him
lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I didn"t at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my
son.
If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to
them. From today say this aloud, "I want to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since
I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take care of my old parents in the best
way no matter how they behave." | | 1. The writer mainly intends to _____. | | [ ] | A. tell us the function of a diary
B. call on us to love our parents
C. teach us what a crow is
D. introduce a pair of son and father | | 2. The underlined word "affection" (last but one Para.) probably means _____. | | [ ] | A. puzzlement
B. hatred (恨)
C. worry
D. love | | 3. We can infer that the father wrote that piece of diary at the age of _____. | | [ ] | A. eighty
B. three
C. thirty-eight
D. forty-five | | 4. The old man brought out the diary, which he had kept since his son was born, because _____. | | [ ] | A. he forgot what had happened
B. he would like his son to read it
C. it could remind himself of the past
D. he wanted to find what a crow was | | 完形填空。 | During his college years, Rogers spent a summer in an Idaho logging (砍伐原木) camp. When the boss
had to 1 for a few days, he put Rogers in charge.
"What if the men 2 to follow my orders?" Rogers asked. He 3 Tony, a worker who was always
giving the other men a(n) 4 time. "Fire them," the boss said. Then, as if 5 Rogers" mind, he added, "I
think you want to send Tony away if you 6 the chance. I"d feel 7 about that. I know he 8 everybody
and everything. But he is a good worker. He comes 9 and leaves last. There has not been a(n) 10 for
eight years on the hill where he works.
The next day Rogers went to Tony and 11 to him. "Tony, I was going to ask you to leave if you argued
with me, 12 I want you to know now I"m not," he told Tony, adding what the boss had said.
When he finished, Tony cried. "Why didn"t 13 tell me those words eight years ago?" That day Tony
worked 14 than ever before- and he smiled!
Rogers went back to 15 after that summer. Twelve years later, he 16 Tony again. He was the boss of
one of the 17 logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he had achieved such great 18 .
Tony replied, "Do you still remember what you told me twelve years ago? That one minute 19 my whole
life." Have you got one minute to thank someone? One minute. It can make a 20 for a lifetime. | ( )1. A. determine
( )2. A. like
( )3. A. care about
( )4. A. difficult
( )5. A. repeating
( )6. A. steal
( )7. A. nervous
( )8. A. hates
( ) 9. A. already
( )10. A. accident
( )11. A. listened
( )12. A. because
( )13. A. they
( )14. A. harder
( )15. A. factory
( )16. A. rescued
( )17. A. nearest
( )18. A. success
( )19. A. replaced
( )20. A. decision | B. leave
B. pretend
B. thought of
B. happy
B. watching
B. get
B. pleasant
B. surprises
B. soon
B. worker
B. sang
B. but
B. you
B. faster
B. school
B. chose
B. worst
B. luck
B. seized
B. comment | C. compare
C. refuse
C. took care of
C. quiet
C. writing
C. share
C. sorry
C. beats
C. late
C. task
C. spoke
C. since
C. she
C. worse
C. work
C. met
C. strangest
C. fun
C. changed
C. mistake | D. think
D. hope
D. looked for
D. exciting
D. reading
D. try
D. right
D. fears
D. first
D. award
D. shouted
D. so
D. he
D. less
D. office
D. accepted
D. largest
D. trouble
D. destroyed
D. difference | | 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 | I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier (收银台) in her general store. 1_____
I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying "thank you".
At first I was paid in candy. 2_____ I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on
weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account. 3_____
By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling
cosmetics (化妆品). I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a
kid, women would ask me such things as "What color do you think I should wear?" I took a real interest in
their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup (化妆) ideas. 4_____
The job taught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didn"t need to be a Rocket
scientist-you needed to be a great listener. 5_____ Expect they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics
from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed. | A. Later I received 50 cents an hour.
B. Before long, she let me sit there by myself.
C. I ended my selling a record amount of cosmetics.
D. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers.
E. My grandma"s trust taught me how to handle responsibility.
F. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before.
G. Watching my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought. | | 完形填空。 | A man was driving at 70 miles in a 40-mile zone, when a 1 came behind him. Right away the man
started thinking of 2 to give.
As the policeman came to him, he said, "Hi, officer, I guess you 3 me a little bit over the speed limit.
I was in a rush to get 4 , to be with my wife and kids. You know my younger son wasn"t feeling too 5
when I left home this morning. I"m afraid he"s ill."
The policeman said, "Well, I guess so," and started 6 something in his notebook. As minutes went by,
he could see from the side view mirror, the police-man was 7 writing. When the man was wondering why
he hadn"t asked for his driving 8 so far, the policeman came to his window, 9 him a piece of paper, and
returned to his car without saying a single word. The man wondered: how much was this 10 going to be?
However, the man was 11 it was not a ticket at all and he began to 12 :
"I had a daughter who was 13 by a speeding car at the age of six by a speeding driver. He got a fine, a
few months in 14 , and then was free, free to hug his two daughters. I only had one, and now I have to 15
until I get to heaven before I can hug her again. I have tried to 16 that man a thousand times, and I thought
I had. Maybe I really did forgive (原谅) him. So pray (祈祷) for me, and be 17 when you drive again. My
son is all I have been left with."
The man was completely 18 and could not move for the next few minutes. When finally he did, he drove
19 , even a few miles 20 the speed limit, praying for forgiveness. | ( )1. A. truck
( )2. A. excuses
( )3. A. remembered
( )4. A. to school
( )5. A. well
( )6. A. writing
( )7. A. even
( )8. A. Insurance
( )9. A. sent
( )10. A. paper
( )11. A. excited
( )12. A. laugh
( )13. A. hit
( )14. A. fear
( )15. A. wait
( )16. A. attack
( )17. A. honest
( )18. A. disappointed
( )19. A. quickly
( )20. A. under | B. mail car
B. information
B. recognized
B. home
B. happy
B. looking for
B. really
B. License
B. handed
B. note
B. upset
B. smile
B. knocked
B. trouble
B. stay
B. forgive
B. thankful
B. nervous
B. slowly
B. over | C. police car
C. advice
C. mistook
C. out
C. free
C. listing
C. still
C. Journal
C. rewarded
C. ticket
C. angry
C. read
C. trapped
C. prison
C. remain
C. educate
C. patient
C. shocked
C. fortunately
C. to | D. taxi
D. views
D. caught
D. to hospital
D. bad
D. looking up
D. never
D. route
D. pushed
D. notice
D. surprised
D. think
D. killed
D. danger
D. escape
D. support
D. careful
D. frightened
D. rapidly
D. with | | 阅读理解。 | When I was in my fourth year of teaching, I was also (and am still) a high school track and field coach
(田径教练). One year, I had a student, John, who entered my class when he was a junior (三年级学生).
John changed to our school from Greece, and seemed to be interested in sports, so I encouraged him to join
our track team. I explained to him that even though he had never taken part in it before, I did believe that he
could do well in any event, and I would be willing to coach him at whichever ones interested him. He accepted
the offer, and began to work hard at every practice.
About a month later, I had found out from other sources that John was a first-class tennis player, winning
various junior awards in his home country. I went to him asking, "John, I really appreciate that you came out
for the track team, but why didn"t you play tennis instead? It seems that would interest you a lot more, since
you"re so good at it."
John answered, "Well, I like tennis, but you told me that you believed in me, and that you thought I could
do well in track, so I wanted to try it for that reason."
From then on, I often remember my student"s reply. I told it to a friend and she suggested I write it down
to share somewhere with more teachers. No matter how critical (不满的) students can be of them-selves,
I"ve found that a simple "I trust that you can do it!" can go a long way! | | 1. According to Paragraph 1, the author seems to think more about John"s _____. | | [ ] | A. PE marks
B. self-confidence
C. interest in sports
D. state of health | | 2. Why did John take part in the track team? | | [ ] | A. He had been an excellent runner.
B. He was encouraged by his teacher.
C. He liked running more than tennis.
D. He had no tennis coach to train him. | | 3. The purpose of this passage is probably _____. | | [ ] | A. to build a close teacher-student relationship
B. to introduce a new way of sports training
C. to explain the value of sports and games
D. to show the importance of encouragement | | 4. The passage is mainly written for _____. | | [ ] | A. teachers
B. parents
C. students
D. players |
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