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Thirteen, for me, was a challenging year．My parents divorced and I moved to a new town with my father, far from my old family and friends．I was terribly lonely and would cry myself to sleep each night．To ease my sadness, my father purchased an old horse for me at a local auction．（拍卖） I named him Cowboy．
Cowboy was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world．But I didn’t care．I loved him beyond all reason．I joined a riding club and suffered rude comments and mean snickers about Cowboy’s looks．I never let on about how I felt, but deep inside, my heart was broken．The other members rode beautiful, registered horses．
When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse is judged on appearance, we were quickly shown the gate．No amount of preparation and love would turn Cowboy into a beauty．My only chance to compete would be in the speed events．I chose the jumping race．?
One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events．She always won the blue ribbons． Needless to say, she didn’t feel threatened when I competed against her at the next show．She didn’t need to．I came in next to last．
The stinging memory of Becky’s smirks（得意的笑） made me determined to beat her．For the whole next month I woke up early every day and rode Cowboy five miles to the arena （赛马场）．We practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home totally exhausted．All of our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came．I sat at the gate and sweated it out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the course and finish in first place．
My turn finally came．I put on my hat, rubbed Cowboy’s neck and entered the arena．At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one．Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line．As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence．Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!
I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day．At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it．
1.The underlined expression "shown the gate" （paragraph 3） most probably means ______．
A．told how to enter the arena
B．shown how to make the horse beautiful
C．removed from the competition early
D．told to enter the timed-speed events
2.When the final race finished, nobody cheered because ．
A．the audience didn’t like Cowboy B．people envied the writer
C．the win was unexpected? D．the writer bad run out of time
3.Why was the writer not confident of victory?
A．He was an inexperienced rider．
B．He had not practiced enough．
C．He believed he was unpopular with the crowd．
D．He thought his horse wasn’t as good as the others．
4.What did the writer learn from his experience?
A．Life can sometimes be unfair．
B．Anything is possible if one tries hard enough．
C．A positive attitude will bring success．
D．One should not make judgments based on appearance．
Thirteen, for me, was a challenging year．My parents divorced and I moved to a new town with my father, far from my old family and friends．I was terribly lonely and would cry myself to sleep each night．To ease my sadness, my father purchased an old horse for me at a local auction．I named him Cowboy．
Cowboy was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world．But I didn’t care．I loved him beyond all reason．I joined a riding club and suffered rude comments and mean snickers about Cowboy’s looks．I never let on about how I felt, but deep inside, my heart was breaking．The other members rode beautiful, registered horses．
When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse is judged on appearance, we were quickly shown the gate．No amount of preparation and love would turn Cowboy into a beauty．My only chance to compete would be in the speed events．I chose the jumping race．?
One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events．She always won the blue ribbons． Needless to say, she didn’t feel threatened when I competed against her at the next show．She didn’t need to．I came in next to last．
The stinging memory of Becky’s smirks made me determined to beat her．For the whole next month I woke up early every day and rode Cowboy five miles to the arena （赛马场）．We practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home totally exhausted．All of our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came．I sat at the gate and sweated it out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the course and finish in first place．
My turn finally came．I put on my hat, rubbed Cowboy’s neck and entered the arena．At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one．Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line．As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence．Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!
I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day．At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it．
1．The underlined expression "shown the gate" （paragraph 3） most probably means ______．
A．told how to enter the arena
B．shown how to make the horse beautiful
C．removed from the competition early
D．told to enter the timed-speed events
2．When the final race finished, nobody cheered because ．
A．the audience didn’t like Cowboy
B．people envied the writer
C．the win was unexpected
D．the writer bad run out of time
3．Why was the writer not confident of victory?
A．He was an inexperienced rider．
B．He had not practiced enough．
C．He believed he was unpopular with the crowd．
D．He thought his horse wasn’t so good as the others．
4．What did the writer learn from his experience?
A．Life can sometimes be unfair．
B．Anything is possible if one tries hard enough．
C．A positive attitude will bring success．
D．One should not make judgments based on appearance．
Thirteen, for me, was a challenging year．My parents divorced and I moved to a new town with my father, far from my old family and friends．I was terribly lonely and would cry myself to sleep each night．To ease my sadness, my father purchased an old horse for me at a local auction．（拍卖） I named him Cowboy．
Cowboy was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world．But I didn’t care．I loved him beyond all reason．I joined a riding club and suffered rude comments and mean snickers about Cowboy’s looks．I never let on about how I felt, but deep inside, my heart was broken．The other members rode beautiful, registered horses．
When Cowboy and I entered the events where the horse is judged on appearance, we were quickly shown the gate．No amount of preparation and love would turn Cowboy into a beauty．My only chance to compete would be in the speed events．I chose the jumping race．?
One girl named Becky rode a big brown horse in the race events．She always won the blue ribbons． Needless to say, she didn’t feel threatened when I competed against her at the next show．She didn’t need to．I came in next to last．
The stinging memory of Becky’s smirks（得意的笑） made me determined to beat her．For the whole next month I woke up early every day and rode Cowboy five miles to the arena （赛马场）．We practiced running and jumping for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home totally exhausted．All of our hard work didn’t make me feel confident by the time the show came．I sat at the gate and sweated it out while I watched Becky and her horse charge through the course and finish in first place．
My turn finally came．I put on my hat, rubbed Cowboy’s neck and entered the arena．At the signal, we dashed toward the first fence, jumped it without trouble and raced on to the next one．Cowboy then flew over the second, third and fourth fences like a bird and I turned him toward the finish line．As we crossed the line the crowd was shocked into silence．Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her fancy horse by two seconds!
I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day．At thirteen, I realized that no matter what the odds, I’d always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it．
1．The underlined expression "shown the gate" （paragraph 3） most probably means ______．
A．told how to enter the arena
B．shown how to make the horse beautiful
C．removed from the competition early
D．told to enter the timed-speed events
2．When the final race finished, nobody cheered because ．
A．the audience didn’t like Cowboy B．people envied the writer
C．the win was unexpected? D．the writer bad run out of time
3．Why was the writer not confident of victory?
A．He was an inexperienced rider．
B．He had not practiced enough．
C．He believed he was unpopular with the crowd．
D．He thought his horse wasn’t as good as the others．
4．What did the writer learn from his experience?
A．Life can sometimes be unfair．
B．Anything is possible if one tries hard enough．
C．A positive attitude will bring success．
D．One should not make judgments based on appearance．
The Need for Holidays
You’ve no doubt heard people say how much they “need” a holiday，when what they really mean is that they want one．Certainly，people working under pressure feel a very strong desire to escape from work and become less tight during their holidays，and experience a changed environment. For this reason, holidays away from home are now seen by most people as necessary to their quality life. However, work for many people today are office work and mental, rather than physical tasks. These people may seek much more energy taking activities while on holiday, rather than simply lying on a beach.
Once people become used to going on holiday, taking holidays becomes a habit. Even in a recession(经济萧条时期), for many people the holiday is one of the last things to be given up, and indeed many workers have chosen to spend some of their last pay when being laid off on a holiday, perhaps to give themselves a "lift” before facing a gloomy(暗淡的)future.
Perhaps we don't like to admit it, but most of us also enjoy showing off about the places we have been to, and the lovely tans：dark skins we have got. The idea of tanning, however, is becoming less attractive than it was. So many tourists are now able to afford holidays in the sun that tans have become quite common；and although we join a tan together with health(and it is true that a certain amount of sunshine gives us a feeling of being healthy), it has been fully shown that sunshine，especially when received over a short, focused period of time, results in high danger of skin problems, as well as drying out one's skin and leading to more lines on your face later in life.
57．More and more people choose to have holidays because they ________.
A. hate working indoors all the time B. want to get away from work
C. love enjoying the beauties of nature D. become rich and want a better life
58．From this passage we learned that some people can not live without ______．
A. a tan B. a job C. a pay D. a holiday
59．A holiday may __________ when one has to face some difficulties in life．
A. cheer someone up B. help someone find a job
C. be the last thing to be given up D. bring good luck to someone
60．At the end of the passage the writer tries to tell the reader ________.
A. the importance of getting sunshine B. the bad effect of being on holiday
C. the result of getting sun tanned D. the healthy look of being tanned
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