1 . Some dreams take longer to come true than others, but with the help of 21st-century social media and her great-grandson, at the age of 110, one British woman is _________ hers at long last.     

At the end of World War I, Amy Hawkins was a 7-year-old child who loved nothing more than to _________. As a teen, Hawkins set her _________ on becoming an entertainer. Hawkins was on her way, touring the country with a dance troupe (歌舞团) — until her ambition was _________ by her mom, who didn’t see it as a respectable _________ for a young lady.

All these years later, the 110-year-old lady lives at home in Monmouth, South Wales, surrounded by her loved ones. The four-generation family unit includes her granddaughter, Hannah Freeman, and Freeman’s 14-year-old son, Sacha. Even though she’s no longer doing it _________, Hawkins has never stopped singing.

“She’s like a clock, once you wind her up she won’t stop,” Freeman said in an interview. “She just keeps asking, ‘Would you _________ another one?’.”

On Hawkins’ 110th birthday, Sacha _________ his great-grandma singing one of her favorite WWI tunes. When Freeman jokingly suggested Sacha post it to TikTok, neither of them could have _________ the overwhelmingly positive response it would receive, reaching 100,000 views and a large number of emotional praises in just days.

Some journeys take longer than others. Sometimes, we’re detoured (绕路) along the way. Dreams can and do come true every day. While it’s been a long time coming, Amy Hawkins is __________ a whole new generation of fans.

1.

A．reflecting

B．realizing

C．recalling

D．researching

2.

A．sing

B．study

C．paint

D．film

3.

A．values

B．limits

C．mind

D．hands

4.

A．recognized

B．restored

C．defended

D．denied

5.

A．method

B．grade

C．level

D．occupation

6.

A．nervously

B．professionally

C．reasonably

D．secretly

7.

A．bring

B．have

C．like

D．read

8.

A．caught

B．videoed

C．reported

D．remembered

9.

A．imagined

B．noticed

C．missed

D．suspected

10.

A．entertaining

B．becoming

C．representing

D．inviting

3 . Did you ever have a dream, I’m talking about a conscious dream where you would like to see a new future, a different choice of employment and a _______ of your own.

Several years ago I had a dream of _______ a board game (棋类游戏) that would _______ my fortune. After many revisions, the board game was developed. It was a(n) _______ time my dream seemed to come true with sales starting to _______, and my company was also founded.

_______, another new board game came into the _______ and made great progress in sales. Eventually, my company was dissolved (解散). Perhaps for a game developer, the _______ emotions that it never was meant to be will discourage his future dreams of a different life. To me, maybe I didn’t succeed to the level I _______, but there is one thing I’m ________ of: At the very least I turned my dream into reality. If I had never transformed my dream into a ________ and then to action, there wouldn’t have been valuable lessons to be learned from the failure. It may take many ________ but success is only achieved. Once dreams are ________ into action, failure becomes a better action plan in the future. The important ________ here is that success only comes by turning dreams into reality and realizing that the ________ that you fortunately get along the way are only stepping stones to final success.

1.

A．school

B．plan

C．career

D．car

2.

A．buying

B．inventing

C．playing

D．watching

3.

A．destroy

B．realize

C．change

D．create

4.

A．exciting

B．terrible

C．dark

D．embarrassing

5.

A．release

B．dive

C．decrease

D．accumulate

6.

A．Unfortunately

B．Unimportantly

C．Unconsciously

D．Unfairly

7.

A．market

B．society

C．country

D．school

8.

A．optimistic

B．negative

C．changeable

D．talkative

9.

A．needed

B．devoted

C．desired

D．begged

10.

A．careful

B．afraid

C．confident

D．proud

11.

A．goal

B．question

C．worry

D．difficulty

12.

A．analyses

B．designs

C．attempts

D．revisions

13.

A．taken

B．stirred

C．translated

D．put

14.

A．saying

B．point

C．step

D．standard

15.

A．efforts

B．failures

C．possibilities

D．hopes

4 . For many years, I had a recurring (重复出现的) dream. I was a little girl again, rushing about, trying to get ready for school.

Deep inside, I knew where the _______came from. It was about some unfinished business in my life. As a kid, I loved everything about school. But at 15, I had to______because my parents couldn’t afford tuition. My hope of getting a diploma (毕业文凭) was ______. Pretty soon, I married and had three children.

I wanted my children to be ______. But Linda, our youngest child, had juvenile arthritis (幼年型关节炎) in her hands and knees, which made it______for her to function in a normal classroom. I felt really sorry for her and I didn’t want her to live her life ______regret.

One day, I saw an ad for evening courses. “That’s the answer,” I said to myself. Linda always feels ______in the evening, so I’ll just ______ her up for night school.

Linda was busy_______out enrollment (入学) forms when the secretary said: “Mrs. Schantz, why don’t you come back to _______?” I laughed: “There’s no ______! I’m 55!” But he persisted, and ______I knew what I had done, I was enrolled for classes in English and crafts. Anyway, my dream was still there in my heart. It was exciting to go to school again but it was no game. When I was down, Linda encouraged me. “Mom, you can’t   ______now!” At last, I got my diploma. The unfinished_______ in my dreams was ______ finished.

1.

A．dream

B．ambition

C．purpose

D．intelligence

2.

A．check out

B．turn out

C．bring out

D．drop out

3.

A．affordable

B．dead

C．available

D．reasonable

4.

A．separated

B．educated

C．examined

D．employed

5.

A．ridiculous

B．practical

C．impossible

D．reliable

6.

A．for

B．to

C．with

D．on

7.

A．worse

B．bitterer

C．better

D．quieter

8.

A．sign

B．stay

C．bring

D．pick

9.

A．filling

B．figuring

C．handing

D．leaving

10.

A．match

B．game

C．course

D．school

11.

A．wonder

B．way

C．good

D．problem

12.

A．before

B．until

C．after

D．since

13.

A．play

B．give

C．hold

D．quit

14.

A．journey

B．promise

C．business

D．knowledge

15.

A．extremely

B．occasionally

C．hardly

D．eventually

5 . Afel was only a very small boy when he first saw snow in a picture book. It had lots of pictures of children _______ in big white fields. He asked, “Mum, what are those white fields?” His mother laughed, “That’s snow, and they are making a snowman!” She tried to _______

What snow was. Afel didn’t really _______ because there was no real snow where he lived. But he showed great interest.

One day when he was 12, Afel was watching a programme on TV at his uncle’s house. The programme was full of snow. And not only snow—there were people _______ across the snow. They looked like fantastic birds. They had hats covering all their heads and big goggles over their eyes. And on their feet, they had _______ shoes.

“What are those?” he asked his uncle excitedly. “Skis,” replied his uncle. “And those people are called skiers.” At that moment, he _______ to be a skier. He asked his uncle what the programme was. “The Winter Olympics,” said his uncle. “It’s like the normal Olympics, but for _______ where you need snow—ski jumping, bobsleigh(长橇), those sorts of things. They have it every four years.”

Afel found out that the next Winter Olympics would be in Beijing, in 2022. “Perfect,” he thought. “Enough _______ for me to become a brilliant skier.”

“But there’s no snow here!” people told him. “Where are you going to ski?” Afel _______ them. He made himself a pair of skis from two pieces of wood. He tied them to his feet and practised skiing _______ two sticks in his hands. He practised again and again until he could _______ quite quickly across the sand. He _______ to fly down the hills like the people on TV, but he couldn’t.

“Never mind,” he thought. “It’s a _______”

“How will you go to the Olympics?” people asked him. “Our country doesn’t even have a team that goes to the Winter Olympics. We have good runners and win lots of medals at the Olympics. But no skiing, no.” Afel didn’t care.

So every night, out in the middle of the desert, Afel now practises skiing down sand hills. He _______ that the yellow sand and brown earth are as gold as the medal he will bring home with him, when he is the _______.

1.

A．drawing

B．playing

C．dancing

D．hiking

2.

A．announce

B．stress

C．conclude

D．explain

3.

A．mind

B．respond

C．understand

D．regret

4.

A．walking

B．riding

C．running

D．flying

5.

A．strong

B．strange

C．fashionable

D．comfortable

6.

A．promised

B．claimed

C．agreed

D．decided

7.

A．projects

B．fields

C．sports

D．courses

8.

A．time

B．energy

C．experience

D．determination

9.

A．avoided

B．ignored

C．corrected

D．criticized

10.

A．pushing

B．pulling

C．holding

D．waving

11.

A．roll

B．march

C．jump

D．move

12.

A．needed

B．prepared

C．pretended

D．attempted

13.

A．start

B．chance

C．solution

D．strategy

14.

A．dreams

B．predicts

C．assumes

D．realizes

15.

A．authority

B．champion

C．genius

D．celebrity

6 . It was very cold last Friday. The bus was ________ to come in around 15 minutes. Most of the time I am OK waiting   ________ not this day. So I went to the nearby store and bought something ________ to drink and then came back to the bus station. A junior high school girl was still there, waiting for the bus, too. She looked very _______ and she was shivering (颤抖) because of the cold weather. I gave her one of the two cocoa cans I bought and we had a little ________ while warming our hands with the hot cocoa.

She said that she was very nervous because she would take her high school entrance exam in a week. She was afraid that she would ________ . I told her a few encouraging words _______ some funny jokes to make her relax. She seemed to be happy again. She thanked me and told me she wished to see me again. I ______ and thanked her, nodding yes. The bus had already arrived and I had to ________ in a hurry.

We may _______ see each other again. But I’m _______ to her for saying “Wish I could meet you again”. It’s not easy to say these words. It ______ a strong will and courage to accept an offering from a stranger , to express a wish on her own, and to show an open heart to me. In today’s world, most of the time, people are very ________ with the people they aren’t familiar with. What’s more, they seldom _______ each other.

That young girl helped me more than I could have helped her. She touched my heart, gave me a memory and a(n)   ____ to send wishes of good luck and many bits of love to all the kids who are full of emotions and fears.

1.

A．already

B．about

C．hardly

D．seldom

2.

A．so

B．and

C．though

D．but

3.

A．cheap

B．cold

C．warm

D．expensive

4.

A．excited

B．relaxed

C．pleased

D．worried

5.

A．talk

B．decision

C．fight

D．promise

6.

A．succeed

B．avoid

C．fail

D．repeat

7.

A．as well as

B．as a result

C．except for

D．as long as

8.

A．cried

B．smiled

C．refused

D．shouted

9.

A．get on

B．get off

C．get up

D．get down

10.

A．usually

B．often

C．sometimes

D．never

11.

A．helpful

B．thankful

C．useful

D．awful

12.

A．asks

B．leaves

C．makes

D．needs

13.

A．hopeful

B．friendly

C．careful

D．pleased

14.

A．congratulate

B．trust

C．fool

D．kick

15.

A．reason

B．pity

C．shoulder

D．invitation

7 . I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowed of boys on the playground. She seemed so

_______ but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her _______ nobody could.

I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing _______. She practiced dribbling(运球) and _______ over and over.

One day I asked Sally why she _______ so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a _______. I’m going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe if I am _______ enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t_______.”

I _______ her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to ________. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting on the grass, her head

________ in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I walk ________ and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong?” I asked. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The ________ 　told her that at 165 cm she would probably never play for a top team -- still less she would be ________ a scholarship -- so she should stop dreaming about college.

I felt she was extremely ________. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were ________. They didn’t understand the________ of a dream.

The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was ________ offered a scholarship and ________ to the college education that she had ________and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.

1.

A．small

B．upset

C．strong

D．determined

2.

A．as

B．and

C．but

D．for

3.

A．well

B．still

C．again

D．alone

4.

A．running

B．passing

C．shooting

D．struggling

5.

A．studied

B．expected

C．improved

D．practiced

6.

A．title

B．prize

C．reward

D．scholarship

7.

A．good

B．brave

C．active

D．careful

8.

A．lack

B．block

C．count

D．appear

9.

A．guided

B．watched

C．preferred

D．encouraged

10.

A．faith

B．peace

C．victory

D．profession

11.

A．sunk

B．buried

C．covered

D．dropped

12.

A．up

B．away

C．back

D．around

13.

A．coach

B．judge

C．teacher

D．captain

14.

A．sent

B．offered

C．promised

D．suggested

15.

A．excited

B．worried

C．disappointed

D．frightened

16.

A．cruel

B．strict

C．unfair

D．wrong

17.

A．cause

B．power

C．value

D．pressure

18.

A．really

B．entirely

C．gradually

D．naturally

19.

A．voted

B．admitted

C．appointed

D．introduced

20.

A．joined in

B．gone through

C．benefited from

D．dreamed about

8 . “Mama，when I grow up，I’m going to be one of those！” I said this after seeing the Capital Dancing Company perform when I was three.It was the first time that my______took on a vivid form and acted as something important to start my training.As I grew older and was______to more，my interests in the world of dance______varied but that little girl’s dream of someday becoming a______in the company never left me.In the summer of 2005 when I was 18，I received the phone call which made that dream a______； I became a member of the company______back to 1925.

As I look back on that day now，it surely______any sense of reality.I believe I stayed in a state of pleasant disbelief______I was halfway through rehearsals(排练) on my first day.I never actually______to get the job.After being offered the position，I was completely______.I remember shaking with excitement.

Though I was absolutely thrilled with the change，it did not come without its fair share of______.Through the strict rehearsal period of dancing six days a week，I found it vital to______up the material fast with every last bit of concentration.It is that extreme______to detail(细节) and stress on practice that set us______.To then follow those high­energy rehearsals______a busy show schedule of up to five performances a day，I discovered a new______of the words “hard work”．What I thought were my physical______were pushed much further than I thought______.I learned to make each performance better than the last.

Today，when I look at the unbelievable company that I have the great______of being a part of，not only as a member，but as a dance captain，I see a______that has inspired not only generations of little girls but a splendid company that continues to develop and grow—and inspires people every day to follow their dreams.

1.

A．hobby

B．plan

C．dream

D．word

2.

A．connected

B．expanded

C．exposed

D．extended

3.

A．rarely

B．certainly

C．probably

D．consistently

4.

A．director

B．trainer

C．leader

D．dancer

5.

A．symbol

B．memory

C．truth

D．reality

6.

A．bouncing

B．dating

C．turning

D．tracking

7.

A．lacks

B．adds

C．makes

D．brings

8.

A．while

B．since

C．until

D．when

9.

A．cared

B．expected

C．asked

D．decided

10.

A．motivated

B．relaxed

C．convinced

D．astonished

11.

A．challenges

B．profits

C．advantages

D．adventures

12.

A．put

B．mix

C．build

D．pick

13.

A．attention

B．association

C．attraction

D．adaptation

14.

A．apart

B．aside

C．off

D．back

15.

A．over

B．by

C．with

D．beyond

16.

A．function

B．meaning

C．expression

D．usage

17.

A．boundaries

B．problems

C．barriers

D．efforts

18.

A．necessary

B．perfect

C．proper

D．possible

19.

A．talent

B．honor

C．potential

D．responsibility

20.

A．victory

B．trend

C．tradition

D．desire