阅读理解

　　Monty Roberts was the son of a poor family．He liked horses．He had a dream to own a horse ranch ever since he was a little child．

　　One day when he was at high school, he was asked to write a paper． It was about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up．He worked hard on it, and wrote a seven-page paper．In the paper he described his dream of owning a big horse ranch someday．

　　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(fail)with a note that read, “See me after class．”

　　He went to see the teacher after class and asked, “Why did I receive an F?”

　　The teacher answered．“This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you．You come from a poor family．You have no money．Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of money．You have to buy the land．There’s no way you could ever do it．”Then he added, “Write this paper again．If you write it with a realistic plan, you may receive a better grade．”

　　After sitting with it for a week, he turned in the same paper, making no changes at all．He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream．”

　　Monty kept his dream and worked very hard．Today he owns a large horse ranch with a big house on it, and he keeps that school paper he wrote on the wall of his sitting room．

　　Last summer the same school teacher came to visit him．When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, when I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer．During those years I stole a lot of children’s dreams．It was lucky that you hadn’t given up yours．”

　　Don’t let anyone steal(偷)your dream．Follow your dream, no matter what．

阅读理解

　　Henry was an office worker in a big city．He worked very hard and enjoyed traveling in his holidays．

　　He usually went to the seaside, but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper．“Enjoy country life．Spend a few weeks at West Hill Farm．Good food．Fresh air．Horse riding．Walking．Fishing．Cheap and interesting．”

　　“This sounds a good idea,” he thought．“I'll spend a month at West Hill Farm．I think I can enjoy horse riding, walking and fishing．They'll make a change from sitting by the seaside and swimming．”

　　He wrote to the farmer．In the letter he said that he would like to spend all of July there．Then on the first of July, he left for West Hill Farm．

　　But four days later, he returned home．

　　“What was wrong with West Hill Farm?” his best friend, Ed, asked him．“Didn't you enjoy country life?”

　　“Country life was very good,” Henry said．“But there was another problem．”

　　“Oh．What?”

　　“Well,” he said, “the first day I was there a sheep died, and we had roast mutton(羊肉)for dinner．”

　　“What's wrong with that?” Ed asked．“Fresh meat is the best．”

　　“I know, but on the second day a cow died, and we had roast beef for dinner．”

　　“Lucky you!”

　　“You don't understand,” Henry said．“on the third day a pig died and we had roast pork for dinner．”

　　“A different meat every day,” Ed said loudly, “and you are complaining!”

　　“Let me finish,” Henry said．“on the fourth day the farmer died, and I didn't dare(敢)stay for dinner!”