Question

What’s your dream? I remember when I was a child, someone would always come up and ask, “What are you going to be when you grow up ?

Well, it started out as being a cowboy or super hero. Later it was a fireman or an artist. My dreams of the future ______ as I grew older. When, at last , I was in college, I had my heart set on becoming a computer programmer. So I studied and ______ for that life.

Now, I’m designing software full-time and I’m ____ that I’ve realized my dream. _____, there’s a “thief” which goes around stealing our dreams and _____ us of the necessary mental state to _____ our goals. Sometimes, it will come as a parent, a friend or a co-worker, but the ______ one is just ourselves.

We find ourselves just about reaching the pinnacle(頂點), and this “small” voice says, “ You’ll never _____ it. Very few have ever done this ______.” And on and on the “small” voice predicts some kind of _______.

Failure, though, is exactly how dreams are realized. It is one of the most important tools we have ____ it teaches us good lessons. And, when we learn these lessons well, we are ready for success, ______ is probably just around the corner.

There is no “overnight” success, but with perseverance(毅力), it will ______.

So be _____ to your dream, and don’t let anyone _____ it from you—especially yourself.

1.A. achieved B. disappeared C. changed D. combined

2.A. asked B. looked C. prepared D. waited

3.A. shocked B. curious C. puzzled D. content

4.A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Finally

5.A. reminding B. ridding C.robbing D. informing

6.A. record B. find C. set D. reach

7.A. cleverest B. greatest C. strangest D. bravest

8.A. make B. understand C. find D. support

9.A. successfully B. sincerely C. bravely D. happily

10.A. pity B. danger C. failure D. accident

11.A. when B. because C. before D. although

12.A. what B. which C. that D. it

13.A. develop B. stay C. come D. return

14.A. equal B. useful C. true D. polite

15.A. borrow B. steal C. separate D. expect

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.A

10.C

11.B

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.B

【解析】

試題分析：作者寫了我們每個人的夢想隨時間的推移改變著，但是到最后，可能會放棄，放棄我們的夢想，放棄那成功的機會，作者想要告訴我們不要因為任何人任何事，尤其是自己放棄我們最初的夢想，要一直堅持，直至成功。

1. dreams of the future ______ as I grew older.可知我的夢想隨著我年齡的增長不斷改變，故選C。

2. I studied and ______ for that life.可知所以我學習并為那樣的生活做準備，故選C。

3. designing software full-time and I’m _____ that I’ve realized my dream.可知我整天設計軟件并且我很滿足，因為我已經(jīng)完成了我的夢想，故選D。

4.____, there’s a “thief” which goes around stealing our dreams可知然而，有一個小偷總是偷走我們的理想，故選A。

5._____ us of the necessary mental state to _____ our goals.可知小偷搶走了我們達到目標所必須的精神狀態(tài)，故選C。

6.

7. the ______ one is just ourselves.可知但是最偉大的一個人還是我們自己，故選B。

8. never ____ it. 可知，有一個小聲音在你心里說，你將永遠不會達到預定目標，make it 達到預定目標，故選A。

9. few have ever done this ______.可知很少有人能成功，故選A。

10. And on and on the “small” voice predicts some kind of _______.可知心底的那個小聲音預測了一些失敗的例子，故選C。

11. is one of the most important tools we have _____ it teaches us good lessons. 可知它是最好的一個工具因為它教了我們很好的課程，故選B。

12. are ready for success, _____ is probably just around the corner.可知我們?yōu)槌晒ψ龊脺蕚洌�它也許就在我們周圍的某個角落，句中的它指的是成功，這是個賓語從句，從句中缺主語，應該用which 指代成功。故選B。

13. perseverance(毅力), it will ______可知只要有毅力，就會成功，it will come ,意思就是成功就會來到，故選C。

14. be ______ to your dream可知忠實于你的夢想，忠實于是短語be true to ,故選C。

15. let anyone _____ it from you—especially yourself.可知不要讓任何人偷走了你的夢想，尤其是你自己，還可結合第三段第二行，可知是偷排除其余答案，故選B。

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