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Do you know what a big dream is?   16   Or, is a big dream something that provides only entertainment? Children dream big dreams, but there are three barriers to realizing dreams. They often kill them before they ever have a chance to grow.

The Self

Immediately following the birth of a big dream, a negative self-talk takes over and gives all the reasons why it cannot happen. This inside voice is the ego(自我). It’s there for protecting and should be listened to.  17    Most people are influenced by the inside voice. That’s why only a handful of people make their dream come true.

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Family and friends are a lot like the ego. They want to protect those they love, so they will often list all the reasons why the big dreams won’t come true. Sometimes, family and friend destroy dreams of those they love most, out of their own fear of being left behind.

The World

If one gets past the first two barriers, one has to face the world.   19   In the past, big dreamers were locked up and sometimes even killed when they were shown to the world. Fortunately, in most of the world today, big dreamers just get laughed at.

The way to realize a big dream is with confidence and action. When children have confidence and then take action, they will be ready to accept any failure. The truth is that every great dreamer whose dreams have never seen the light of success knows failure well.   20

A. Family and Friends

B. How Big Dreams Die

C. Does a big dream show one’s future ?

D. They simply fail until they succeed.

E. Sometimes it is right, but more often it is wrong

F. It is the last and the most terrible barrier.

G. And their big dream is to be a rock star or a famous artist.

第二节：完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分)

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It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.

A   21   came, “Nice shirt,” I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said, “That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to   22   that shirt away, but gave it to her   23  .” I was speechless. I wanted to hide.

I   24   the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her   25  , “I will no longer work for your family,” she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s   26   was something greater.

The next morning she   27   with the personnel manager at the Board of Education. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So Mom decided to   28   a university.

After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager.He said, “You are   29  , aren’t you? I think I have a   30   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of  31  .” Mom accepted the opportunity very   32  .

For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   33  .Then one day, the personnel manager and the principal   34   in her classroom.The principal said, “We have watched how you   35   the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard-working   36  over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you   37   be the teacher of this class.”

My mom spent more than 20 years there.   38   her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the   39   comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle   40   situations and never give up.

21.A.noise    B.tune     C.sound    D.voice

22.A.throw   B.take     C.carry   D.get

23.A.otherwise   B.anyhow    C.instead    D.actually

24.A.settled    B.pushed     C.hid    D.put

25.A.teacher    B.director    C.employer  D.adviser

26.A.success   B.encouragement  C.purpose   D.victory

27.A.went    B.met     C.worked   D.stayed

28.A.visit   B.continue    C.attend   D.prepare

29.A.serious   B.fortunate   C.careful   D.responsible

30.A.career   B. position    C. duty   D.part

31.A.judging   B. learning    C.obeying   D.imagining

32.A.patiently  B.eagerly    C.successfully  D.skillfully

33.A.guilty   B.frightened   C. upset   D.ashamed

34.A.looked up  B.  went up    C.took up   D.showed up

35.A.believe    B.protect    C. receive   D.treat

36.A.action   B.intention    C.spirit   D.attempt

37.A.must   B.ought    C.might    D.should

38.A.At    B.On     C.During   D.With

39.A.worthless  B.thoughtless   C.hopeless   D.helpless

40.A.strange   B.different    C.dangerous  D.challenging