江苏省徐州市2014届高三英语考前模拟试题

江苏省徐州市2014届高三英语考前模拟试题
徐州市2013~2014学年度高三年级质量检测
英语试题
说明：1.本试卷共12页，满分120分，考试时间120分钟。

2.在答题纸的密封线内填写学校、班级、姓名、考号等，密封线内不要答题。

3.请将所有答案均按照题号填涂或填写在答题卡/纸相应的答题处，否则不得分。

第一部分: 听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What do you know about the speakers?
A. The woman likes scary movies very much.
B. The man is going to see a scary movie.
C. Neither of them enjoys scary movies.
2. When did the dialogue take place?
A. At 2:32 pm.
B. At 2:23 am.
C. At 3:22 pm.
3. What do we know about Susan?
A. She’s the youngest child in her family.
B. She’s her father’s favorite child.
C. She’s the spoiled child in her family.
4. When will the woman go to meet the man tomorrow morning?
A. At 10:00.
B. At 10:30.
C. At 11:00.
5. What does the man mainly do in his spare time at present?
A. He learns a language.
B. He does some sports.
C. He plays the violin.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6-7题。

6. Where are the speakers?
A. At Times Square.
B. On St. Laurent Street.
C. At a bus
station.
7. Which bus will take the woman to the shopping mall directly?
A. The No. 4 bus.
B. The No. 5 bus.
C. The No. 11 bus.
听第7段材料，回答第8-9题。

8. Where did May come from?
A. Japan.
B. England.
C. America.
9. What do many Chinese young people think of the western breakfast?
A. Cheap and convenient.
B. Convenient and healthy.
C. Delicious but expensive.
听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。

10. Why did the woman come here?
A. To buy a chicken of good quality.
B. To return a rotten chicken.
C. To talk with the rude clerk.
11. What do we know about the woman?
A. She loved to find fault with others.
B. She wanted to quarrel with others.
C. She barked up the wrong tree.
12. What probably happened in the end?
A. She insisted on seeing the manager here.
B. She continued quarreling here.
C. She left here for Smith’s supermarket.
听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。

13. What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Doctor and patient’s father.
B. Doctor and patient.
C. Nurse and patient.
14. How long has Linda been ill?
A. Some days.
B. One day.
C. Two days.
15. What statement is right according to the talk?
A. Linda has vomited.
B. Linda’s temperature was 37.8℃.
C. Linda has a stomachache.
16. What should Linda do now according to the doctor’s
advice?
A. Take some medicine.
B. Go to see the doctor.
C. Have enough water. 听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。

17. How old is the speaker?
A.15.
B. 17.
C. 22.
18. Why has the speaker been looked down upon?
A. He is hearing-disabled.
B. He can’t get on well with his classmates.
C. Something is wrong with his brain.
19. What does the speaker want to prove?
A. He’s a non-disabled person.
B. He’s better at studies and sports than anyone else.
C. He’s no different from the average teenagers.
20. What makes the speaker a strong person?
A. His physical limitation and his courage.
B. His gift for studies and sports.
C. His family and school background.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. ---Do you know Mike well? You two seem to have been friends for years.
---Not really. But I had met him on several _____ before you saw me talking with him.
A. circumstances
B. situations
C. conditions
D. occasions
22. ---The car is small. Is it safe?
---Definitely. T ests suggest it is _____ safe than any other type of good car.
A. no less
B. not less
C. no more
D. not more
23. The company shows great concern about how its customers _____ its post-sale service.
A. respect
B. appreciate
C. conduct
D. inspect
24. The boy climbed into the third storey of the building, from _____ he could look farther into
the distance.
A. which
B. it
C. there
D. where
25. ---It’s strange that Tom should not have come to his girl friend’s birthday party yesterday.
---It is _____ he was in the city!
A. though
B. where
C. when
D. unless
26. ---What impressed the interviewers most?
--- _____he could speak three foreign languages so fluently.
A. Because
B. That
C. As
D. Whether
27. ---You are sweating. ______ I fetch you some water?
---It’s so kind of you.
A. Can
B. Must
C. Shall
D. Need
28. _____ the whole night, all the viewers became impatient and fell into a bad mood.
A. To have been kept waiting
B. Having been kept waiting
C. Kept to be waiting
D. Kept to have been waiting
29. ---Did you drive off the road because you were tired and sleepy?
---Absolutely not! Actually I _____ to avoid a truck overtaking me on the inside lane.
A. had been trying
B. had tried
C. tried
D. was trying
30. John asked his wife to ______ the guest bedroom for his friend who was coming
to visit him.
A. keep up
B. hold up
C. fix up
D. break up
31. John does excellently in all the subjects. Is it _____ he makes the most of
his time
_____ counts?
A. because, what
B. that, which
C. how; that
D. why, it
32. With all the books he was interested in _____, T om left the bookshop with great satisfaction.
A. buying
B. to be bought
C. bought
D. to buy
33. When I learnt that I failed again in the exam, I began to wonder how to tell
my father the bad
news and imagine how he _____ to it.
A. had responded
B. would respond
C. responded
D. will have responded
34. ---It’s so embarrassing when you can’t remember someone’s name.
---_____
A. So what?
B. Take it easy.
C. Why bother?
D. I know the feeling.
35. ---Bob and his brothers never stop quarrelling over their property division after their father
died.
---It happens. It’s the game where_____.
A. the pot calls the kettle black
B. a fool and his money are soon parted
C. a good name is better than riches
D. ambition never dies until there is no way out
第二节: 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Adam West is known as Batman to many people in the United States, who played
the role in the Batman television series in the 1960s. Adam West says that after
the show was 36 , he had a difficult time being less famous than he once was.
But that period lasted just a short time 37 he went on with another job.
“It’s a(n) 38 of not really examining it. Just going along putting one foot
39 the other and not thinking too much about it. And, when work 40 , think about
the work. It’s no 41 thing. It’s easy. If you are lost in the past, there
is 42 to go but down.”
Burt Ward played Batman’s young helper Robin in the television series. Like Adam West, Burt Ward 43 often at fan
conventions. Many people pay to see their childhood 44 , and are happy to have their picture taken with them.
“Actually, the fame is there –it just takes a different 45 . Some may think
of our TV show being our 46 time, but when I meet people, they act just as 47
as when I was during Batma n days. So, it’s not that the people 48 , but that
the perception (看法) is different. Honestly, nothing has changed –I’m the same person as I was before.”
He says he has made a 49 living over the past 45 years. 50 he is paid for his work, that is all that matters. Being famous does not pay for food, housing and other costs, but 51 does.
If people can 52 that this is just part of the job –all the publicity, all the press, all the compliments, they could 53 keep a cool mind and not let it go to their heads. If they look at it as part of their personality and 54 people to bow to them everywhere they go, that’s not going to happen! The early Christian philosopher St. Augustine said, “The desire for 55 tempts (诱惑) even noble minds, but I would rather have truth than money or fame.”
36. A. delayed B. cancelled C. continued D. denied
37. A. before B. after C. when D. since
38. A. business B. trouble C. matter D. event
39. A. in front of B. on top of C. away from D. next to
40. A. comes around B. comes across C. comes apart D. comes along
41. A. small B. little C. big D. large
42. A. somewhere B. nowhere C. everywhere D. anywhere
43. A. behaves B. speaks C. plays D. appears
44. A. memories B. heroes C. series D. experiences
45. A. effect B. step C. chance D. form
46. A. important B. peak C. happy D. easy
47. A. excitedly B. nervously C. calmly D. madly
48. A. change B. stay C. remain D. move
49. A. bare B. poor C. good D. simple
50. A. As soon as B. As long as C. As far as D. As well as
51. A. money B. life C. play D. work
52. A. understand B. convey C. appreciate D. express
53. A. absolutely B. hardly C. possibly D. narrowly
54. A. warn B. remind C. expect D. require
55. A. work B. power C. money D. fame
第三部分: 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
DAVID Beckham didn’t make it. Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t hit it so big either. But Gareth Bale, 24, has become the most expensive soccer player in the history of the game.
Four years after the arrival of Ronaldo at a record cost of $125 million (765 million yuan) in 2009, Real Madrid is expected to pay $135 million for Bale. But how is it that Bale, who was playing left back and being benched (当替补) by his English Premier League team a couple of years ago, now attracts such a big deal? As of years ago, the Welshman had played 24 matches for Tottenham Hotspur, and had never finished on the winning side once –a record for any Premier League player. Tottenham even privately considered selling him. “A player who had once looked a prodigy (神童) – as a 17-year-old Southampton full back, the youngest
ever international for Wales –already appeared, at 20, on the way down,” wrote Tim Adams at UK’s The Observer.
Through all the humiliations (屈辱), Bale hung on. While he was injured and kept ou t of games, he worked hard to reinvent himself. Bale’s father Frank’s uncompromising (不妥协的) discipline had a great impact on his son.
When he returned from injury later that season, Bale had been transformed in the gym. In a Champions League match in 2010, he established himself as the so-called “Incredi-Bale” overnight throughout Europe. With his team four goals behind to Inter Milan at halftime, Bale surprisingly scored a hat-trick before the game was over. Even former Manchester United coach, Alex Ferguson, praised him: “He had been a six-foot, gangly (瘦长的), slim boy; then all of a sudden he was built like a light heavyweight boxer.”
With Bale’s help, Tottenham are flying high in the league. In the 2012-13 season, he won all three of t he important individual awards: the PFA (Professional Footballers’ Association) Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards and the Football Writers’ Association Footballer of the Year award.
This has all led to people comparing him to Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Ronaldo, who are widely regarded as the two best players in the world.
Former Madrid star Zinedine Zidane has even decided to mentor (指导) Bale. “He’s perhaps not quite at the level of the other two, but he’s different,” Zidane told ESPN. “So personally I don’t think he’s far off.”
56. According to the text, which of the following is true?
A. Gareth Bale played full back for Southampton at the age of 17.
B. Tottenham Hotspur never considered selling Gareth Bale.
C. Tottenham Hotspur beat Inter Milan in a Champions League match.
D. Gareth Bale won all three of the important individual awards in life.
57. What plays the most critic al role in Bale’s successful career?
A. His natural talent for soccer.
B. His father’s discipline and impact.
C. His determination and hard work.
D. His coaches’ effective guidance.
58. From the passage we can infer that Bale lost 24 matches for Tottenham Hotspur _________.
A. before 17 years old
B. between 17 and 20 years old
C. after 20 years old
D. at the age of 24
59. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A. World Famous Soccer Stars
B. A Successful Soccer Player
C. Best-known Soccer Clubs
D. Important Individual Awards
B
Odyssey Arena
The Odyssey Arena, owned by Odyssey Trust, is a
large sports and entertainment centre situated
in Titanic Quarter and the Waterfront, Belfast,
Northern Ireland. It was jointly funded by
the Millennium Commission, the Laganside
Corporation, the DCAL, the Sheridan Group and the Sports Council for Northern Ireland. The Arena opened in 2000 with the Pavilion later opening in 2001. The Odyssey is said to have cost ￡120 million on completion. In 2011 The Odyssey Pavilion which was owned by The Sheridan Group went into administration, the building is now under control of KPMG until a new owner is found.
Event
Since opening, the Odyssey Arena has hosted some of the world’s best known bands and artists from around the world.
It has also hosted a number of World Wrestling Entertainment live events including RAW and SmackDown!. WWE visits the Odyssey at least once a year.
Since 2008, it has played host to the Premier League Darts(标枪).
As well as these high-profile sporting events, the Odyssey Arena has also hosted concerts by some of the best-selling music artists in the world and it’s also home of the Belfast Giants.
Janet Jackson was scheduled to perform during her All for You Tour on 14 December 2001, but the show was cancelled, due to the 11 September 2001 attacks. On 2 October 2010, the Boston Bruins faced the Belfast Giants Selects in an NHL Challenge match.
The Odyssey was short-listed for ‘International Large Venue of the Year’ (Outside of North America) in the 2005 Pollstar Concert Industry Awards, making it one of the top six major
concert venues in the world.
The complex features:
The Odyssey Arena–Northern Ireland’s biggest indoor arena hosts concerts and sporting events such as Belfast Giants games.
W5–stands for “Who, What, Where, When, Why”. W5 is an award-winning science exhibition centre demonstrating the powers of science.
The Odyssey Pavilion–contains bars: Rockies Sports Bar, Chi c Shed Bar. Restaurants: Soda Joes, Pizza Hut, Indian Ocean, The Streat, Red Panda. Nightclubs: Box Nightclub, Beach Club. The Odyssey Bowl and Odyssey Cinemas (formerly Storm cinema, Vue) 12–screen multiplex.
A Sheridan IMAX operated in the complex from 2000 until 2007, with its former location remaining vacant as of 2013.
60. Which of the following is NOT true about the Odyssey Arena in the first paragraph?
A. The Odyssey Arena was jointly funded and the owner is Odyssey Trust.
B. The building of the Odyssey Pavilion is under the control of KPMG.
C. Both the Arena and the Pavilion opened in Northern Ireland in 2000.
D. ￡120 million is said to have been spent on the completion of the Odyssey.
61. What has been hosted in the Odyssey Arena so far?
a.World Wrestling Entertainment live events.
b. The 2005 Pollstar Concert Industry Awards.
c. The Premier League Darts.
d. Janet Jackson's All for You Tour.
e. An NHL Challenge match.
A. a; b; c
B. c; d; e
C. a; b; d
D. a; c; e
62. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The Odyssey Arena is Northern Ireland’s biggest arena.
B. W5 is a science exhibition centre with educational purpose.
C. In the Odyssey Pavilion, you can visit many scenic attractions.
D. A Sheridan IMAX has operated in its former location since 2000.
C
Grasshoppers are having to change their song — one of the iconic sounds of summer — to make themselves heard above the noise of road traffic, ecologists have discovered. The study, published in the British Ecological Society's journal Functional Ecology, is the first to show that human-made noise affects natural insect populations. Animals use sound to communicate for many reasons, including marking out territory, warning of predators and finding mates, and although previous research shows birds, whales and even frogs change their calls in noisy environments, the impact of human-made noise on insects has been neglected until now. Ulrike Lampe and colleagues from the University of Bielefeld in Germany caught
188 male bow-winged grasshoppers, half from quiet locations and half from beside busy roads. The grasshoppers use their song to attract mates.
The team then studied the differences in the two groups' songs in the laboratory. To encourage them to sing they exposed
the males to a female grasshopper, and then recorded their courtship songs. Analysis of almost 1,000 recordings revealed grasshoppers living beside noisy roads produced different songs to those living in quieter locations.
According to Lampe: "Bow-winged grasshoppers produce songs that include low
and high frequency components. We found that grasshoppers from noisy habitats increase the volume of the lower-frequency part of their song, which makes sense since road noise can mask signals in this part of the frequency spectrum(频谱)." The team's findings are important because traffic noise could be upsetting
the grasshopper's mating system(交配系统). "Increased noise levels could affect grasshopper courtship in several ways. It could prevent females from hearing male courtship songs properly, prevent females from recognising males of their own species, or impair females' ability to estimate how attractive a male is from his song," Lampe explains.
Having discovered that human-made noise affects insect communication, the researchers now want to learn more about how the mechanism works, and whether the grasshoppers adapt to noise during their development as larvae（幼虫）, or whether males from noisy habitats produce different songs due to genetic differences.
The bow-winged grasshopper is a common species in Central Europe. Adults occur mainly between July and September, preferring dry grasslands. Around 1.5 cm long, they vary in colour from green and browns to red and purple. The male's song consists
of 2 second-long phrases that increase in amplitude (振幅)
towards the end. The beginning of a phrase is characterised by slower ticking sounds that increase in speed and amplitude, leading to a buzzing sound towards the end of the phrase.
A courtship song usually includes 2 phrases.
63. The author wrote the article to _________________.
A. introduce how grasshoppers make noises to attract mates.
B. raise the awareness of protecting bow-winged grasshoppers.
C. inform us of a recent discovery of ecological research.
D. warn us that human-made noise has changed ecological system.
64. Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage?
A. Bow-winged grasshoppers use their songs to communicate.
B. Grasshoppers change their songs to adapt to the noisy environment.
C. Grass hoppers’ songs include both low and high frequency components.
D. Bow-winged grasshoppers are a common species in Central Europe.
65. What does the underlined word “impair” in the fourth paragraph mean?
A. repair
B. develop
C. weaken
D. improve
66. Which of the following statements is true according the passage?
A. Road noise can cover the lower-frequency part of their
song.
B. Animals make sounds only for the purpose of finding mates.
C. Grasshopper larvae learn to adapt to human-made noise.
D. Bow-winged grasshoppers grow up into adults in spring.
D
Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was absolutely centered upon his own silly self. If anything could have driven me from Gladys, it would have been the thought of such a father-in-law. I am convinced that he really believed in his heart that I came round to the Chestnuts three days a week for the pleasure of his company, and very especially to hear his views upon bimetallism (金银双币制).
For an hour or more that evening I listened to his tiring talk about bad money driving out good, and the true standards of exchange.
“Suppose,” he cried, “that all the debt s in the world were called up at once, and immediate payment insisted upon,—what under our present conditions would happen then?”
I gave the self-evident answer that I should be a ruined man, upon which he jumped from his chair, scolding me for my thoughtless quickness, which made it impossible for him to discuss any reasonable subject in my presence.
At last I was alone with Gladys, and the moment of Fate had come! She sat with that proud, delicate figure of hers outlined against the red curtain. How beautiful she was! Gladys was full of every womanly quality.
I was about to break the long and uneasy silence, when two critical, dark eyes looked round at me, and the proud head was shaken disapprovingly. “I have a feeling that you are going to
propose, Ne d. I do wish you wouldn’t; for things are so much nicer as they are.”
I drew my chair a little nearer. “Now, how did you know that I was going to propose?” I asked i n wonder.
“Don’t women always know? Do you suppose any w oman in the world was ever taken unawares? But—oh, Ned, our friendship has been so good and so pleasant! What a pity to spoil it! Don’t you feel how splendid it is that a young man and a young woman should be able to talk face to face as we have talked?”
She had sprung from her chair, as she saw signs that I proposed to announce some of my wants. “You’ve spoiled everything, Ned,” she said. “It’s all so
beautiful and natural until this kind of thing comes in! It is such a pity! Why can't you control yourself?”
“But why can’t you love me, Gladys? Is it my appearance, or what?”
“No, it isn’t that.”
“My character?”
She nodded severely.
“What can I do to mend it?”
She looked at me with a wondering distrust which was much more to my mind than her whole-hearted confidence.
“Now tell me what’s amiss with me?”
“I’m in love with somebody else,” said she.
It was my turn to jump out of my chair.
“It’s nobody in particular,” she explained, laughing at the expressi on of my face: “only an ideal. I’ve never met the kind of man I mean.”
“Tell me about him.What does he look like?”
“Oh, he might look very much like you.”
“How dear of you to say that! Well, what is it that he does that I don’t do? I’ll have a try at it, G ladys, if you will only give me an idea what would please you.”
“Well, it is never a m an that I should love, but always the glories he had won; for they would be reflected upon me. Think of Richard Burton! When I read his wife’s life of him I could so understand her love! And Lady Stanley! Did you ever read the wonderful last chapter of that book about her husband? These are the sort of men that a woman could worship with all her soul, and yet be the greater, not the less, on account of her love, honored b y all the world as the inspirer of noble deeds.”
“And if I do——”
Her dear hand rest ed upon my lips. “Not another word, Sir! You should have been at the office for evening duty half an hour ago; only I hadn’t the heart to remind you. Some day, perhaps, when you have won your place in the world, we shall talk it over again.”
67. Why did the writer often come round to the Chestnuts?
A. To hear Mr. Hungerton’s views upon bimetallism.
B. To find the opportunity of staying with Gladys.
C. To learn Mr. Hungertong’s standards of exchange.
D. To discuss the present economy with Gladys
68. What can we infer from the passage?
A. It took great patience and courage for the writer to propose to Gladys.
B. Mr. Hungerton tried to stop the writer from proposin g to his daughter.
C. It was difficult for Gladys to choose an ideal husband from her friends.
D. It was impossible for the writer to have any chance to marry Gladys.
69. Why did Gladys refuse the writer’s proposal?
A. She was now in love with one of their friends.
B. Richard Burton and Stanly occupied all her heart.
C. The writer did not seem to be a promising young man.
D. The writer didn’t live up to her standard at the moment.
70. Which of the following words can best describe Gladys?
A. Careful, choosy and stubborn.
B. Unfriendly, cold and self-centred.
C. Lovely, confident, and idealistic.
D. Simple-minded, active and attractive
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。

请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

Observational Learning: T o See Is to Know
A group of psychologists, led by Albert Bandura, developed social learning theory, which emphasizes the fact that much learning occurs in a social context. This kind of learning, which results simply from observing and imitating the behaviors of others, is called observational learning. Observational learning helps people acquire proper behaviors in their families and cultures: By watching others, we learn how to greet people, eat, laugh and tell jokes. Do you still remember your first few days in senior grade one? By watching others, you learned how p eople talked to each other, what clothes were “fashionable,” and how to interact with instructors.
The people from whom you learn new behaviors through observing function as models, presenting a behavior to be
imitated. With modeling, you observe others’ behaviors, and then none, some, or all of these behaviors may be learned and repeated, or modified. In one of Bandura’s classic studies, children were divided into three groups: One group watched an adult beating up a Bobo doll, one group watched an adult i gnoring the Bobo doll, and the third didn’t see an adult at all. After being mildly frustrated by being placed in a room with toys, but not being allowed to play with some of them, all of the children were then placed in another room with a variety of toys, including a Bobo doll. Children in the first group tended to imitate what they had seen, mistreating the doll (and inventing new ways to abuse it) and being aggressive with the other toys in the room.
Researchers have discovered that several characteristics of models can make learning through observation more effective. Not surprisingly, the more you pay attention to the model, the more you learn. You are more likely to pay attention if the model is an expert, is good looking, has high status, or is socially powerful. Second, by watching others, we learn about what behaviors are appropriate for people like ourselves, so models who are seen as similar are more readily imitated. All students need to see successful, capable models who look and sound like them.
Then, as teachers, how can you apply observational learning? Here are a few guidelines. Above all, model the behaviors and attitudes you desire your students to learn. For example, show enthusiasm for the subject you teach. Be willing to demonstrate both the mental and the physical tasks you expect the students to perform. Second, use peers, especially class leaders, as models. For example, in group work, pair students who do well with those
who are having difficulties. Third, you may seek the help of class leaders in modeling behaviors. Examples include letting high-status students lead an activity when you need class cooperation or when students are likely to be reluctant at first.
第五部分书面表达（满分25分）
（说明：本部分提供了两篇书面表达，各校根据复习情况可任选一篇练习）
书面表达（1）阅读下面短文,然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文:
I realize I am holding an apple tree in my hand---a little seed with the
potential to become a beautiful big tree —a tree that can grow thousands of apples
in its lifetime. Thousands of apples, each containing several seeds, each capable
of growing a new tree which again can produce thousands of apples. Why then the
world isn’t filled with apple trees?
It is a rule of nature that only a few of these seeds grow. And it comes to
my m ind it’s quite often so with people’s dreams also. Wonderful ideas come to
our minds but they die too soon. The dreams are too far away from our life. And then one day we wonder what has happened to our dreams—why do they never come true?
I wonder when someone is seriously growing apples, how much work does it require?
Maybe it is like with our dreams: the seeds of your dreams do not automatically grow. Planting an apple tree, it might take many tries. You might meet dozens of people until you meet the true friend. But if you keep on sowing the seeds of your dream, one day you will succeed. And after that others will comment you are lucky to be successful—when in fact you probably have failed more often than you would like to count. But you are good at failing—you learn, you adapt, and then with your new knowledge。