Question

My dream ended when I was born. Although I never knew it then, I just held on to something that would never come to pass. Dreams really do exist. But in the morning when you wake up, they are remembered just as a dream. That is what happened to me.

I always had the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina（芭蕾舞女演員）turning around and around and hearing people applaud for me. When I was young, I would turn around and around in the fields of wildflowers that grew in my backyard. 

Reality woke me up when I heard someone saying, "I don't know why you bother trying to dance. Ballerinas are pretty and slender(苗條) www..comgirls. Besides, you don't have the talent to even be a ballerina." I remember how those words hurt every feeling in my body. I fell to the ground and wept for hours. 

I enjoyed hanging out by the water. I would sit there for hours and stare at my reflection(倒影). There I was, looking nothing like a pretty ballerina dancer. Reflections don't lie. Once the waves would come, my reflection was washed away just like my dream to dance.

As I grew older, I began to realize that the reason my dream was even born was because it was something that was inside of me. The dream I had was never nurtured(培育) and cared for, so it slowly died. It's not that I wanted it to die, but I allowed it to die the day I started listening to the words, "You can't do it." When I finally woke up from many years of dreaming, I realized that you can't only settle for dancing in the wildflowers, you have to move on to the platform.

Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage？

A. Care for your dream

B. Dream and reality

C. Nothing is impossible

D. Efforts to be a ballerina will pay  

The author didn’t realize her dream of being a ballerina mainly because_______.

A. she was bored of dancing and performing  

B. she had lack of self-respect  

C. her health conditions allowed her dream to die

D. she was deeply affected by others easily

From the passage, it can be inferred that _________.

A. the author was once a pretty and slender girl with wonderful dream.

B. we should dare to give up our dream facing much pressure and difficulty

C. if you stick to your dream and never say die, you will enjoy a bright life

D. You should necer give up.

What is the main purpose of writing the passage?

A. to complain    B. to praise     C. to warn    D. to criticize

The underlined expression “settle for” in the last paragraph means_________.

A. turn down     B. take up    C. give up   D. settle down   

Answer 1

【小題1】A

【小題2】D

【小題3】C

【小題4】C

【小題5】B

解析:

【小題1】主旨大意題。本文大意：當夢想遭到現實的撞擊時，總會發出凄美的破碎聲。心靈被夢想的碎片刺痛，散落的碎片上還殘留著斑斕的顏色。然而，心靈的疼痛卻有著催人成長的力量。夢想的幻滅，是因為它沒有得到精心的照料。去呵護你的夢想吧！勇敢地站在舞臺中央，跳一曲快樂的人生芭蕾。故A項為最佳答案。

【小題2】細節理解題。由第三段中 “I remember how those words hurt every feeling in my body. I fell to the ground and wept for hours.”和最后一段中 “but I allowed it to die the day I started listening to the words,”可知, 別人的話左右了作者的夢想, 使她的夢想成為泡影。故D項為正確答案。

【小題3】推理判斷題。由本文的寫作目的和最后一段可以推出, 我們要精心照料和呵護我們的夢想，從不言敗，勇敢地面對困難和差距，享受屬于自己的美好人生。故C項為正確答案。A、D項表述片面；B項與文章的基調不符。

【小題4】本文作者以自身的經歷告誡我們, 要精心經營我們的夢想, 用我們的努力去迎接現實的挑戰, 不能人云亦云, 讓別人控制你的夢想。故C項為最佳答案。

【小題5】詞義猜測題。本句的意思為：當我從多年的夢想醒來的時候，我意識到你不能只勉強接受在花叢中飛舞，勇敢地站在舞臺中央，跳一曲快樂的人生芭蕾。take up意思為 “接受，開始從事”。