I have a friend named Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch in San Ysidro. He has let me use his house to put on fund-raising events to raise money for youth at risk programs．
The last time I was there he introduced me by saying, "I want to tell you why I let Jack use my house.” It all goes back to a story about a young man who was the son of a horse trainer who would go from stable to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. As a result, the boy's high school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.”
That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch．He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. Then he drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch．”
He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, "See me after class.”
小題1:Why can the writer use Roberts's house to raise money for youth at risk programs?
A．Because they are good friends.
B．Because Monty Roberts has a poor childhood.
C．Because Monty Roberts like to help youth．
D．Because the youth has the same dream as Montv Roberts.
小題2:What do you think of Monty Koberts' goal of a horse ranch at that time?
A．dreamB．romanticC．realD．false
小題3:What would happen after the teacher gave a note "See me after class.”?
A．Monty Roberts got very angry at this.
B．The teacher would criticize him.
C．The teacher wanted to tell him that his dream would come true．
D．The teacher would encourage him.

小題1:D
小題1:A
小題1:B

小題1:答案為D。細節(jié)推斷題。由第一段可知我的朋友把大房子借給我舉辦募款活動，以便為幫助青少年的risk計劃籌備基金。下文第一三段寫了Monty Roberts為了規(guī)劃，故他與年輕人一樣有過夢想的經(jīng)歷。
小題1:答案為A。細節(jié)推斷題。由全文可知，Monty Roberts當時的夢想變?yōu)榱爽F(xiàn)實，但從他當時的情況分析，僅能看著是夢想。
小題1:答案為B。推理判斷題。由最后一段老師給他打了個F等級，推出對他的想法不滿意，認為不切合實際。
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