【推荐2】阅读下面的短文,根据其内容,从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出一个可据以填入文中空白处的最佳选项,使短文意思完整,句子通顺。
Jenny lived in a small village. When she was a child, what she liked to do most was to watch the blue sky and enjoy birds flying freely in the sky. She always ______ that some day she could also fly like a bird.
When Jenny was in the fourth grade, her teacher asked the class to write a passage about their ______. Jenny wrote that she wanted to become an airplane pilot when she grew up. However, ______ her surprise, her paper came back with an “F” on it. Her teacher told her that it was just a “fairy tale”. Jenny felt ______ and sad. In her heart, she didn’t want to accept her teacher’s ______. Why was it impossible? But even the people around Jenny didn’t ______ her and told her over and over again, “Girls ______ become pilots; never have, and never will. You’re crazy.” Finally, Jenny felt hopeless and gave up her dream.
Things changed when Jenny was in the senior high school several years later. One day her English teacher, Mrs. Slaton, asked the whole class to think about the question: “ ______ do you want to be in the future?” Jenny thought hard about it, “Pilot? No way! Artist? No talent! Waitress? I can do it.” ______ she wrote it down. What Jenny wrote surprised Mrs. Slaton, “Is that what you are really ready to do? I think you’ll be able to do something full of more challenges.” Jenny felt excited, but she was still ______ that she would be laughed at again. The teacher continued, “Every one of you owns talent. If you don’t go for your dream, ______ will do it for you.” Hearing that, with great courage she wrote down her old dream. She thought she did a good job because she expressed her real idea ______.
Mrs. Slaton’s words ______ Jenny a lot. After ten years of hard work, Jenny’s dream came true. She became one of the first three women ______ in the world.
______ your dream if it’s what you really want! You’ re independent to make your own decisions.
1. A.wondered | B.imagined | C.agreed | D.discovered |
2. A.dreams | B.habits | C.hobbies | D.families |
3. 4. A.bored | B.nervous | C.disappointed | D.proud |
5. A.choice | B.opinion | C.mistake | D.task |
6. A.support | B.teach | C.introduce | D.treat |
7. A.needn’t | B.mustn’t | C.can’t | D.daren’t |
8. 9. 10. A.glad | B.angry | C.worried | D.regretful |
11. A.nobody | B.somebody | C.anybody | D.everybody |
12. A.heavily | B.quickly | C.loudly | D.successfully |
13. A.praised | B.encouraged | C.beat | D.punished |
14. A.artists | B.waitresses | C.pilots | D.teachers |
15. A.Put off | B.Give up | C.Stick to | D.Depend on |