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 __ 36__ and do when he grew up. In his seven-page paper he described his __37__ of someday owning a horse ranch. He drew a __ 38__ floor plan（平面图）for a 4,000-square-foot house that would __ 39__ on a 200-acre dream ranch. Two days later he received his__40__back. On the front page was a __41__red F. The teacher said, “This is an __42__dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. ” Then the teacher__43 __, “If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your __44__.” The boy asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own__45__on this. However, I think it is a very__46__decision for you.” __47__, after a week, the boy__48__the same paper, making no__49__at all. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my __50__.”
Monty then turned to us and said, “I tell you this story__51__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 __52__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 __53__of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. __54__you had enough determination not to give up on yours.”
Don’t let anyone__55__ your dreams. Follow your heart, no matter what.
A. be B. find C. learn D. see
A. reason B. goal C. purpose D. way
A. rough B. new C. secret D. detailed
A. live B. locate C. sit D. run
A. mark B. paper C. plan D. idea
A. large B. tiny C. beautiful D. long
A. old B. imaginative C. impractical D. interesting
A. shouted B. smiled C. replied D. added
A. grade B. need C. honesty D. ability
A. time B. energy C. mind D. money
A. urgent B. quick C. important D. good
A. Actually B. Finally C. Gradually D. Usually
A. turned down B. turned around C. turned to D. turned in
A. comments B. changes C. judgment D. answer
A. dream B. courage C. interest D. spirit
A. though B. because C. until D. if
A. incident B. event C. story D. lesson
A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something
A. Fortunately B. Strangely C. Curiously D. Probably
A. forget B. steal C. know D. realize