my mother was! Although life was h__20___ , she never thought of g____21__ up. I sat for a while and then went b__22___ to school. I studied hard and went to c____23___ two years l___24____.
10.
Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his n__1___ grade, he was asked to write a p__2____ about what he wanted to be and do when he g__3____ up.
That night he wrote a seven-page paper s____4___ that someday he’d o___5___ a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream in great detail and he e___5___ drew a picture of a 200-acre ranch with all the buildings.
He put a great deal of his h__6____ into the project and the next day he h__7____ it in to his teacher. Two days later he r___8___ his paper back. On the front p__9____ was a large red F with a n___10___ that read, “See me after class. ”
The boy w__11___ the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “W___12___ did I receive an F?”
The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic d___13___
for a young boy l___14___ you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch r___15____ a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to p___16___ for other things. There is no w__17____ you could ever do it.” Then the teacher a__18____, “If you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your g___19___.”
The boy went home and thought about i___20___ long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own m__21____ on this. However, I think it is a very important d_____22___for you.”
F___23____, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the s___24____ paper, m___25___ no c___26____ at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.