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（芭蕾舞女演员）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(苗条) 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

【小题1】A

【小题2】D

【小题3】C

【小题4】C

【小题5】B

解析:

【小题1】主旨大意题。本文大意：当梦想遭到现实的撞击时，总会发出凄美的破碎声。心灵被梦想的碎片刺痛，散落的碎片上还残留着斑斓的颜色。然而，心灵的疼痛却有着催人成长的力量。梦想的幻灭，是因为它没有得到精心的照料。去呵护你的梦想吧！勇敢地站在舞台中央，跳一曲快乐的人生芭蕾。故A项为最佳答案。

【小题2】细节理解题。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, 别人的话左右了作者的梦想, 使她的梦想成为泡影。故D项为正确答案。

【小题3】推理判断题。由本文的写作目的和最后一段可以推出, 我们要精心照料和呵护我们的梦想，从不言败，勇敢地面对困难和差距，享受属于自己的美好人生。故C项为正确答案。A、D项表述片面；B项与文章的基调不符。

【小题4】本文作者以自身的经历告诫我们, 要精心经营我们的梦想, 用我们的努力去迎接现实的挑战, 不能人云亦云, 让别人控制你的梦想。故C项为最佳答案。

【小题5】词义猜测题。本句的意思为：当我从多年的梦想醒来的时候，我意识到你不能只勉强接受在花丛中飞舞，勇敢地站在舞台中央，跳一曲快乐的人生芭蕾。take up意思为 “接受，开始从事”。