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I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (牧马场). The last time I was there he told me his story.
When he was young, his family is too poor to have a house to live in. One day when he was in a high school, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up. That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of owning 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 teacher. 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?” His teacher said, “This is an unrealistic (不现实的) dream for a young boy like you. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money.” Then the teacher added, “ If you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider (重新考虑) your grade.”
The boy went home and thought about it for a long and hard time. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to change your own mind on this.” Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy handed in the same paper, making no changes at all. He told his teacher “You can keep the F and I sill keep my dream.”
Monty said a lot of kids’ dreams can be stolen. Don’t let anyone steal your dream. Follow your heart, no matter what others think. Have enough gumption (毅力) till your dream comes true.
1. Who owns a horse ranch?2. What was the boy’s dream?
3. When did he hand in his seven-page paper to his teacher?
4. Why did his teacher give him an F?
5. What will you do to make your dream come true?
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Once there was a famine (饥荒). A rich cook sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town and said to them, “In this basket there is a piece of bread for each of you. Take it and come back to me every day at this hour for more.”
In a hurry the hungry children got together around the basket，and fought over the bread because each wanted the largest piece. At last they went away without even thanking the good cook. Mary, a poorly - dressed girl, did not fight with the other children, 72.①________ stood quietly in distance. 76. When the badly - behaved children had left, Mary took the smallest piece, which was all left in the basket. She kissed the cook’s hand and went home.
The next day the children were as badly - behaved as before. Mary got a piece of bread almost half the72. ②_________ of the one she got the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the bread open. Many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it.
Her mother was very worried, and said, “Take the money back to the cook at once. The silver must have fallen into the dough (面团) by accident. Hurry up, Mary.” When the little girl gave the rich man her mother’s message, he said, “It was no mistake. I had the silver pieces put into the smallest bread for you as a prize. Always be as satisfied, peaceable and thankful as you now are. Go home now, and tell your mother that the money is yours.”
1. What did Mary do while the others fought over the bread? (no more than 5 words)2. Fill in the blanks in Paragraphs 2&3 with proper words.
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3. Why did the cook put the silver pieces into the bread? (no more than 15 words)
4. What do you think of Mary’s mother? (no more than 5 words)
5. What have you learned from the passage? (No more than 10 words)
6. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
Everyone, rich or poor, can have happiness. You don’t need to think too much about those who are rich. Why? Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who drive their cars to work may want to walk on country roads in their free time. In fact, happiness is always around you. When you are in trouble, your friends will come to help and this will surely make you happy; when you study hard at your lessons, you will get good grades and of course you will feel happy about it; when you are not feeling well, your parents will take good care of you and you will be happy when you are well again. All these are your happiness. When you are poor, you also can say you are happy because you may have something else that money can’t buy. When you have problems, say loudly that you are happy as you have more chances to challenge(挑战) yourself so that you can succeed in what you do and this may bring you happiness. Take every chance you get and you can be a happy and lucky person.
| Do you always feel happy? In fact, all of us can have |
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I was a sailor in the U.S. Navy. On Christmas Eve, 1994, I was on a one-day leave in San Francisco. I had won 300 dollars at poker, but I couldn’t help feeling sad. The news came that we’d be pulling out before the New Year for the South Pacific. I’d just heard that another friend had been killed in Europe. And here I was, an 18-year-old man alone in a strange city. Nothing seemed to make sense. What was I going to be fighting for, anyway?
I spent most of the day walking through crowds until a scene caught my attention. In front of a toy shop window was a thin boy around nine years old, his eyes gazing at the two electric trains. Beside him was a middle-aged man who was pulling the boy to leave.
Suddenly the boy was me nine short years before. I could see the same hope as well as the act of trying to hide the disappointment at the fact that Dad couldn’t afford those trains. And I saw the unwilling turning away and then the one last look.
I grabbed the boy by the arm, and said “My name is George.”
“Jeffrey Hollis.” he managed to reply.
“Well, Jeff Hollis,” I said in my best grown-up voice, “we are going to get those trains.”
His eyes grew wide, and he let me lead him into the shop.
“We’ll take the two trains,” I said to the shopkeeper, “Right now, if we can.”
The surprise on Jeff’s father—Mr. Hollis’s face made me think of my own father. I could see a hard-working man who broke his back to make a living. I explained to him how I had seen myself in his son. And he welcomed me home to share their table.
After supper, I read to Jeff and his sisters until they went to bed.
“I guess you know we’ve got a lot to do before morning,” Mr. Hollis said. His words surprised me for a moment. Then I understood I was a man now, with adult responsibilities, so I joined him at what turned out to be nearly an all-night job of getting the trains put together and set up.
“Dreams,” I thought sleepily, “Kid dreams.” The next morning, Jeff woke me up for he had remembered I had to be back by eight. He handed me the present he had bought.
“Merry Christmas, George.” he hugged me warmly. The moment of parting was bittersweet. Mr. Hollis and Mrs. Hollis thanked me, but I was the thankful one.
On my way back to the base, I realized I had no more doubts. I had found more in this experience than I had received from any patriotic speech. I knew now what this war as well as all the fighting was about for me.
1. When walking in San Francisco, the writer felt sad about ________.| A．the doubtful meaning of the fights in the war |
| B．the trip to the South Pacific before the New Year |
| C．the experience of losing 300 dollars on the street |
| D．the scene that a boy couldn’t afford the toy trains |
| A．Winning money at poker. | B．Setting up the toy train. |
| C．Walking through crowds. | D．Having dinner with Jeff. |
| A．the boy’s father didn’t want to buy it for him |
| B．the writer was moved by the boy’s experience |
| C．they had similar experiences at shop windows |
| D．the writer had known the boy since nine years ago |
【推荐1】As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the top ten students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge.
You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts prevent you from reaching your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember the dream in your mind.
Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is made up of many small ones. Please never give them up.
There will be difficulties on the road to you dreams. But the biggest comes from yourself. You need to Decide which is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice-cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.
Answer the questions according to the passage.
1. Who is the writer of the book Follow Your Heart?
2. What is the first thing you must do if you want to make your dream come true?
3. Whom is the biggest difficulty on the road to your dreams from?
4. Can everyone make his dream come true?
5. What is your dream?
I’m going to the sun on my holiday. I will go there by spaceship.
I will take a big blue spaceship. Then I’ll take the spaceship to the sun. The sun is very hot. So I put on the super shirt. In the morning, I will have some sun burgers for my breakfast. At eight o’clock, I will play with my friends there. They are a super dog and a super girl. The super dog is white and black. The super girl is very clever. The super girl and the super dog like to play with me. So I play with them for an hour and a half. Then I will do my homework on a small blue table. After finishing my homework, I will have my lunch. I will eat sun salad. I will have red juice, red fish and red rice. All things are red. Then I need a lot of water because the sun is too hot. Then I will walk to the spaceship. After that I will take the spaceship to the earth.
This is a good holiday on the sun.
根据文章内容回答下列问题，不超过5个单词。
1. How will he go to the sun on his holiday?
2. What will he have for his breakfast?
3. What colour is the super dog?
4. Why does he need a lot of water?
5. What do you think of his holiday?
【推荐3】Many famous people had dreams when they were young. They often worked hard to make their dreams come true.
When I was only 13 years old. I first thought about what I should do in the future. I used to dream about being a basketball player, a soccer play, or a baseball player. However, I gave up these dreams because I was too short. Then I thought about going into music, so I bought a guitar. But I couldn’t play it very well. Then I had to give up my dream again. After that, I thought about being a reporter and I worked really hard at it. At the age of 25, my dream came true and I became a reporter.
Finally, I learned the truth about making dreams come true. I should never give up and I must work hard.
1. How old was the writer when he first had a dream?2. Why did he give up being a basketball player?
3. Did his dream come true at last?
4. How can he make his dream come true?
