2023届高三英语二轮复习培优?名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选习题：Back on the Horse（含答案）
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高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 Back on the Horse
班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________
心灵鸡汤精选Back on the Horse
话题归类 阅读难度 词数
困难挫折 五星 1023
【文章梗概】9岁的时候，我用自己的零花钱买了一只小马驹，名叫邦尼。有一天，我正在骑马的时候，邦尼突然加速，从一个木板下穿过，而我重重地砸在木板上，幸运的是，我并没有受严重的伤。爸爸说有一颗钉子穿透了马鞍刺痛了邦尼。邦尼和我都决定不放弃，再次尝试。通过这次经历，我得到了一个教训—学会再次尝试，并使用不同方法，以取得更好结果。
Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.
~Henry Ford
When I was nine years old, I badly wanted a dog, but my sister was allergic. Knowing my love for animals, my parents allowed me to graduate straight from caring for gerbils and walking the neighbor’s dog to getting a pony. Bonnie was a dappled brown Shetland pony with a blond mane and tail.
While I was a lucky child, I was not a pampered child. I paid for Bonnie with my allowance and money I’d earned from doing extra chores. I had no previous horse experience, and I had to learn everything about Bonnie’s needs because she was my responsibility. I learned how to feed, water and care for her every day. I hauled bales of hay, sacks of feed and buckets of water. I cleaned her stall, wielding a pitchfork and pushing a wheelbarrow. I learned how to brush Bonnie and pick the stones out of her hooves without getting kicked or stepped on.
My parents had no previous experience with horses either, so we learned together. They helped by hauling the grain and hay from the feed mill, and scheduling Bonnie’s regular hoof trims and veterinary exams. We learned how to properly fit Bonnie’s bridle and strap on her saddle.
My first riding lesson on Bonnie was in an outdoor arena with a wood fence. The painted white boards that circled the ring were nailed to the outsides of wooden posts.
I was feeling fine in the saddle, riding around the oval ring, when Bonnie bolted suddenly. Those horizontal boards were mounted low so as to stop a full-size horse from exiting, but Bonnie was short enough to duck her head and run under one of the boards. She fit, but I did not. Hanging on for dear life, I slammed into the board and knocked it off the posts to which it was nailed. The force of the blow knocked me off Bonnie. As I slid off her right side, the saddle spun around until it was hanging upside down from her belly with my left foot stuck in the stirrup. Bonnie, now at a gallop, dragged me along the ground by my left foot. I still remember the ground scraping along my back as my head bounced up and down and the sky appeared and disappeared. Mercifully, my left foot finally came free. I was left lying on my back with the wind knocked out of me, the dust from Bonnie’s hasty retreat clouding up all around.
Mom and Dad hurried over to assess the damage. Fortunately, I was a sturdy child. Although I was covered with dust and would soon be black and blue, I wasn’t bleeding profusely and didn’t have any broken bones. We didn’t wear helmets in those days, and I was a bit dazed, but my skull was intact, and my head seemed to be okay. Mom tended to me as I caught my breath, while Dad hiked off to the far pasture to retrieve Bonnie and the saddle that was hanging upside down from her belly.
What had spooked Bonnie so suddenly We hadn’t seen or heard anything. Dad said that he’d found a nail protruding from the underside of the saddle. The jab from the nail must have penetrated the saddle blanket and startled Bonnie. Dad fixed the nail so it didn’t protrude and re-secured the saddle on Bonnie’s back.
Once Bonnie and I had calmed down and were reassured, trying again was the only option. It was presented humanely, with plenty of support and an explanation for why the ride would be much smoother the second time — the nail had been fixed! It helped that Bonnie was exhausted from her gallop to the far corner of the pasture, and that Dad held the reins and led Bonnie around the ring with me back up in the saddle.
Bonnie and I learned that trying again could change things. Most people have heard the old saying, “Get back on the horse that threw you.” People usually use that saying figuratively, but I learned it quite literally. As an impressionable nine-year-old, I learned without a doubt that something that had spun completely out of control into terrifying chaos just a few minutes earlier could turn out to be quite enjoyable the second time. We had survived the chaos! I learned to try again, and to try differently the next time to achieve a better result.
That experience had an enormously positive effect on my life. I think of all the times since then when something went terribly wrong, and I knew viscerally that I could try again and expect a completely different outcome. Like when I was in graduate school and my professor told me I wasn’t graduate school material. I was stunned, but I didn’t give up. I fired him as my advisor, found an advisor who believed in me, and earned two graduate degrees. Or when I lost my job due to a corporate acquisition and layoff. Instead of panicking, I took time to write a book and think about what I really wanted to do. Then I found a better job at a higher salary.
I learned to try again, and to try differently the next time to achieve a better result.
My wise parents helped Bonnie learn the lesson well, too. From then on, Bonnie and I were friends, exploring many happy trails together while the saddle and I stayed up top!
I never saw the nail. Over the years, I’ve sometimes wondered if the “nail under the saddle” was a parental white lie to help get me back on the horse… a way to convince me to mount Bonnie and try again, with Dad holding the reins. Recently, almost fifty years later, I asked my parents if there really had been a nail sticking out. They both agreed emphatically that there was, and Dad told me more about how he had fixed it.
And that is why my family says, “Get back on the horse that threw you… but check under the saddle for a nail first!” This great advice has served me well for most of my life.
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.gerbil [ d b l] n. _____________________________
2.pony [ p ni] n. _____________________________
3.dappled [ d pld] adj. _____________________________
4.blond [bl nd] adj. _____________________________
5.mane [me n] n. _____________________________
6.pampered [ p mp d] adj. _____________________________
7.chore [t (r)] n. _____________________________
8.haul [h l] vt. _____________________________
9.bale [be l] n. _____________________________
10.sack [s k] n. _____________________________
11.stall [st l] n. _____________________________
12.wield [wi ld] vt. _____________________________
13.pitchfork [ p t f k] n. _____________________________
14.wheelbarrow [ wi lb r ] n. _____________________________
15.hoof [hu f] n. _____________________________
16.veterinary [ vet r neri] n. _____________________________
17.bridle [ bra dl] n. _____________________________
18.strap [str p] n._____________________________
19.saddle [ s dl] n. _____________________________
20.oval [ vl] adj. _____________________________
21.bolt [b lt] vi. _____________________________
22.horizontal [ h r z ntl] adj. _____________________________
23.duck [d k] vi. _____________________________
24.gallop [ ɡ l p] n. _____________________________
25.scrape [skre p] vi. _____________________________
26.retreat [r tri t] n. _____________________________
27.sturdy [ st di] adj. _____________________________
28.profusely [pr 'fju:sl ] adv. _____________________________
29.dazed [de zd] adj._____________________________
30.skull [sk l] n. _____________________________
31.intact [ n t kt] adj. _____________________________
32.retrieve [r tri v] vt. _____________________________
33.spook [spu k] vt. _____________________________
34.protrude [pr tru d] vi. _____________________________
35.jab [d b] n. _____________________________
36.penetrate [ pen tre t] vt. _____________________________
37.startle [ stɑ tl] vt. _____________________________
38.rein [re n] n. _____________________________
39.figuratively [ f gj r t vl ] adv. _____________________________
40.literally [ l t r li] adv. _____________________________
41.viscerally [ v s r l ] adv. _____________________________
42.stunned [st nd] adj. _____________________________
43.acquisition [ kw z n] n. _____________________________
44.emphatically [ m'f t kl ] adv. _____________________________
【句子学习】
请根据中文句子填空。
（一）动作描写
1.I ____________________ bales of hay, sacks of feed and buckets of water. I ____________________ her stall, ____________________ a pitchfork and ____________________ a wheelbarrow.
我拖干草，拉饲料，运水。我清洁她的马厩，挥舞着干草叉，推着手推车。
2. Hanging on for dear life, I ____________________ into the board and ____________________ it off the posts to which it was nailed.
命悬一线，我狠狠地砸在木板上，把木板从钉子固定的木桩上撞了下来。
3. As I ____________________ off her right side, the saddle ____________________ around until it was ____________________ upside down from her belly with my left foot ____________________ in the stirrup.
当我从她的右边滑下来时， 马鞍转了个圈直到它倒挂在邦尼的腹部，而我的左脚还卡在马镫上。
（二）情绪描写
1. We didn’t wear helmets in those days, and I was ____________________, but my skull was intact, and my head seemed to be okay.
那时我们是不穿头盔的。我有点晕晕乎乎的，但是我的头骨完好无损，脑袋也还好。
2. Once Bonnie and I had ________________________________________, trying again was the only option.
当邦尼和我都平静下来后，我们安下心来，再次尝试是我们唯一的选择。
3. I was ____________________, but I didn’t give up.
我目瞪口呆，但是我没有放弃。
（三）结尾警句
1. ________________________________________ more intelligently to begin again.
失败只是更聪明地重新开始的机会
2. I learned to try again, and to try differently the next time to ___________________________.
我学会再次尝试，并且运用不同的方法以达到更好的结果。
拓展练习读后续写
阅读下而材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A Run to Remember
Thirteen can be a challenging age. Not only did I have to adapt to my changing body. I also had to deal with my parents’ bitter divorce, a new family and the upsetting move from my country home to a crowded suburb.
When we moved, my beloved companion, a small brown pony(小马), had to be sold.
Feeling helpless and alone, I couldn’t eat or sleep, and I cried all of the time. I missed my family, my home and my pony. Finally, my father, realizing how much I missed my pony, purchased an old red horse for me at a local market.
My horse, Cowboy, was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world. He was pigeon-toed and knock-kneed. But I didn’t care about his faults. I loved him beyond all reasons.
I joined a riding club and faced rude comments and mean snickers about Cowboy’s looks. I never let on how I felt, but deep down 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 out of the game. I finally realized that my only chance to compete would be in the timed-speed events. I chose barrel racing(绕桶赛), an event in which a horse and its rider attempt to complete a triangular pattern around three barrels in the fastest time.
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 bitter 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(运动场地). We practiced for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home. On the way home I would be so tired; those five miles seemed twice as long.
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 pattern of barrels, finishing the course with case.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My turn finally came.
No cheers filled the air when I finished my show.
心灵鸡汤精选答案
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.gerbil [ d b l] n. 沙鼠
2.pony [ p ni] n. 小马驹
3.dappled [ d pld] adj. 有斑点的
4.blond [bl nd] adj. 金发的
5.mane [me n] n. 鬃毛
6.pampered [ p mp d] adj. 娇惯的
7.chore [t (r)] n. 家务活
8.haul [h l] vt. 拖拽
9.bale [be l] n. 大捆
10.sack [s k] n. 麻袋
11.stall [st l] n. 马厩
12.wield [wi ld] vt. 挥舞
13.pitchfork [ p t f k] n. 干草叉
14.wheelbarrow [ wi lb r ] n. 手推车
15.hoof [hu f] n. 蹄
16.veterinary [ vet r neri] n. 兽医
17.bridle [ bra dl] n. 马笼头
18.strap [str p] n. 袋子
19.saddle [ s dl] n. 马鞍
20.oval [ vl] adj. 椭圆形的
21.bolt [b lt] vi. 狂奔，窜
22.horizontal [ h r z ntl] adj. 水平的
23.duck [d k] vi. 低头弯腰
24.gallop [ ɡ l p] n. 飞奔
25.scrape [skre p] vi. 刮擦
26.retreat [r tri t] n. 后退，撤退
27.sturdy [ st di] adj. 结实的
28.profusely [pr 'fju:sl ] adv. 大量地
29.dazed [de zd] adj. 神志不清的
30.skull [sk l] n. 颅骨
31.intact [ n t kt] adj. 完好无损的
32.retrieve [r tri v] vt. 找回，取回
33.spook [spu k] vt. 使惊吓
34.protrude [pr tru d] vi. 伸出
35.jab [d b] n. 刺，戳
36.penetrate [ pen tre t] vt. 刺穿
37.startle [ stɑ tl] vt. 使大吃一惊
38.rein [re n] n. 缰绳
39.figuratively [ f gj r t vl ] adv. 形象地
40.literally [ l t r li] adv. 根据字面意思
41.viscerally [ v s r l ] adv. 发自肺腑地
42.stunned [st nd] adj. 惊呆了
43.acquisition [ kw z n] n. 收购
44.emphatically [ m'f t kl ] adv. 断然地
【句子学习】
请根据中文句子填空。
（一）动作描写
1.I hauled bales of hay, sacks of feed and buckets of water. I cleaned her stall, wielding a pitchfork and pushing a wheelbarrow.
我拖干草，拉饲料，运水。我清洁她的马厩，挥舞着干草叉，推着手推车。
2. Hanging on for dear life, I slammed into the board and knocked it off the posts to which it was nailed.
命悬一线，我狠狠地砸在木板上，把木板从钉子固定的木桩上撞了下来。
3. As I sild off her right side, the saddle spun around until it was hanging upside down from her belly with my left foot stuck in the stirrup.
当我从她的右边滑下来时， 马鞍转了个圈直到它倒挂在邦尼的腹部，而我的左脚还卡在马镫上。
（二）情绪描写
1. We didn’t wear helmets in those days, and I was a bit dazed, but my skull was intact, and my head seemed to be okay.
那时我们是不穿头盔的。我有点晕晕乎乎的，但是我的头骨完好无损，脑袋也还好。
2. Once Bonnie and I had calmed down and were reassured, trying again was the only option.
当邦尼和我都平静下来后，我们安下心来，再次尝试是我们唯一的选择。
3. I was stunned, but I didn’t give up.
我目瞪口呆，但是我没有放弃。
（三）结尾警句
1. Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.
失败只是更聪明地重新开始的机会
2. I learned to try again, and to try differently the next time to achieve a better result.
我学会再次尝试，并且运用不同的方法以达到更好的结果。
拓展练习读后续写参考范文
My turn finally came. As I urged Cowboy forward, he stumbled, and almost fell, much to the delight of the other riders. I jammed my hat down on my head, stroked Cowboy's big red neck and entered the arena. At the signal, we dashed toward the first barrel, quickly whipped around it and with perfect precision rounded the second and thundered on to the third. We tore around the final curve and shot for the finish line.
No cheers filled the air when I finished my show. The end of our run was met with surprised silence. With the sound of my heart pounding in my ears, I heard the announcer call our time. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her proud fancy horse! I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that I'd always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it. I can be the master of my own destiny.
班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________
心灵鸡汤精选Back on the Horse
话题归类 阅读难度 词数
困难挫折 五星 1023
【文章梗概】9岁的时候，我用自己的零花钱买了一只小马驹，名叫邦尼。有一天，我正在骑马的时候，邦尼突然加速，从一个木板下穿过，而我重重地砸在木板上，幸运的是，我并没有受严重的伤。爸爸说有一颗钉子穿透了马鞍刺痛了邦尼。邦尼和我都决定不放弃，再次尝试。通过这次经历，我得到了一个教训—学会再次尝试，并使用不同方法，以取得更好结果。
Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.
~Henry Ford
When I was nine years old, I badly wanted a dog, but my sister was allergic. Knowing my love for animals, my parents allowed me to graduate straight from caring for gerbils and walking the neighbor’s dog to getting a pony. Bonnie was a dappled brown Shetland pony with a blond mane and tail.
While I was a lucky child, I was not a pampered child. I paid for Bonnie with my allowance and money I’d earned from doing extra chores. I had no previous horse experience, and I had to learn everything about Bonnie’s needs because she was my responsibility. I learned how to feed, water and care for her every day. I hauled bales of hay, sacks of feed and buckets of water. I cleaned her stall, wielding a pitchfork and pushing a wheelbarrow. I learned how to brush Bonnie and pick the stones out of her hooves without getting kicked or stepped on.
My parents had no previous experience with horses either, so we learned together. They helped by hauling the grain and hay from the feed mill, and scheduling Bonnie’s regular hoof trims and veterinary exams. We learned how to properly fit Bonnie’s bridle and strap on her saddle.
My first riding lesson on Bonnie was in an outdoor arena with a wood fence. The painted white boards that circled the ring were nailed to the outsides of wooden posts.
I was feeling fine in the saddle, riding around the oval ring, when Bonnie bolted suddenly. Those horizontal boards were mounted low so as to stop a full-size horse from exiting, but Bonnie was short enough to duck her head and run under one of the boards. She fit, but I did not. Hanging on for dear life, I slammed into the board and knocked it off the posts to which it was nailed. The force of the blow knocked me off Bonnie. As I slid off her right side, the saddle spun around until it was hanging upside down from her belly with my left foot stuck in the stirrup. Bonnie, now at a gallop, dragged me along the ground by my left foot. I still remember the ground scraping along my back as my head bounced up and down and the sky appeared and disappeared. Mercifully, my left foot finally came free. I was left lying on my back with the wind knocked out of me, the dust from Bonnie’s hasty retreat clouding up all around.
Mom and Dad hurried over to assess the damage. Fortunately, I was a sturdy child. Although I was covered with dust and would soon be black and blue, I wasn’t bleeding profusely and didn’t have any broken bones. We didn’t wear helmets in those days, and I was a bit dazed, but my skull was intact, and my head seemed to be okay. Mom tended to me as I caught my breath, while Dad hiked off to the far pasture to retrieve Bonnie and the saddle that was hanging upside down from her belly.
What had spooked Bonnie so suddenly We hadn’t seen or heard anything. Dad said that he’d found a nail protruding from the underside of the saddle. The jab from the nail must have penetrated the saddle blanket and startled Bonnie. Dad fixed the nail so it didn’t protrude and re-secured the saddle on Bonnie’s back.
Once Bonnie and I had calmed down and were reassured, trying again was the only option. It was presented humanely, with plenty of support and an explanation for why the ride would be much smoother the second time — the nail had been fixed! It helped that Bonnie was exhausted from her gallop to the far corner of the pasture, and that Dad held the reins and led Bonnie around the ring with me back up in the saddle.
Bonnie and I learned that trying again could change things. Most people have heard the old saying, “Get back on the horse that threw you.” People usually use that saying figuratively, but I learned it quite literally. As an impressionable nine-year-old, I learned without a doubt that something that had spun completely out of control into terrifying chaos just a few minutes earlier could turn out to be quite enjoyable the second time. We had survived the chaos! I learned to try again, and to try differently the next time to achieve a better result.
That experience had an enormously positive effect on my life. I think of all the times since then when something went terribly wrong, and I knew viscerally that I could try again and expect a completely different outcome. Like when I was in graduate school and my professor told me I wasn’t graduate school material. I was stunned, but I didn’t give up. I fired him as my advisor, found an advisor who believed in me, and earned two graduate degrees. Or when I lost my job due to a corporate acquisition and layoff. Instead of panicking, I took time to write a book and think about what I really wanted to do. Then I found a better job at a higher salary.
I learned to try again, and to try differently the next time to achieve a better result.
My wise parents helped Bonnie learn the lesson well, too. From then on, Bonnie and I were friends, exploring many happy trails together while the saddle and I stayed up top!
I never saw the nail. Over the years, I’ve sometimes wondered if the “nail under the saddle” was a parental white lie to help get me back on the horse… a way to convince me to mount Bonnie and try again, with Dad holding the reins. Recently, almost fifty years later, I asked my parents if there really had been a nail sticking out. They both agreed emphatically that there was, and Dad told me more about how he had fixed it.
And that is why my family says, “Get back on the horse that threw you… but check under the saddle for a nail first!” This great advice has served me well for most of my life.
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.gerbil [ d b l] n. _____________________________
2.pony [ p ni] n. _____________________________
3.dappled [ d pld] adj. _____________________________
4.blond [bl nd] adj. _____________________________
5.mane [me n] n. _____________________________
6.pampered [ p mp d] adj. _____________________________
7.chore [t (r)] n. _____________________________
8.haul [h l] vt. _____________________________
9.bale [be l] n. _____________________________
10.sack [s k] n. _____________________________
11.stall [st l] n. _____________________________
12.wield [wi ld] vt. _____________________________
13.pitchfork [ p t f k] n. _____________________________
14.wheelbarrow [ wi lb r ] n. _____________________________
15.hoof [hu f] n. _____________________________
16.veterinary [ vet r neri] n. _____________________________
17.bridle [ bra dl] n. _____________________________
18.strap [str p] n._____________________________
19.saddle [ s dl] n. _____________________________
20.oval [ vl] adj. _____________________________
21.bolt [b lt] vi. _____________________________
22.horizontal [ h r z ntl] adj. _____________________________
23.duck [d k] vi. _____________________________
24.gallop [ ɡ l p] n. _____________________________
25.scrape [skre p] vi. _____________________________
26.retreat [r tri t] n. _____________________________
27.sturdy [ st di] adj. _____________________________
28.profusely [pr 'fju:sl ] adv. _____________________________
29.dazed [de zd] adj._____________________________
30.skull [sk l] n. _____________________________
31.intact [ n t kt] adj. _____________________________
32.retrieve [r tri v] vt. _____________________________
33.spook [spu k] vt. _____________________________
34.protrude [pr tru d] vi. _____________________________
35.jab [d b] n. _____________________________
36.penetrate [ pen tre t] vt. _____________________________
37.startle [ stɑ tl] vt. _____________________________
38.rein [re n] n. _____________________________
39.figuratively [ f gj r t vl ] adv. _____________________________
40.literally [ l t r li] adv. _____________________________
41.viscerally [ v s r l ] adv. _____________________________
42.stunned [st nd] adj. _____________________________
43.acquisition [ kw z n] n. _____________________________
44.emphatically [ m'f t kl ] adv. _____________________________
【句子学习】
请根据中文句子填空。
（一）动作描写
1.I ____________________ bales of hay, sacks of feed and buckets of water. I ____________________ her stall, ____________________ a pitchfork and ____________________ a wheelbarrow.
我拖干草，拉饲料，运水。我清洁她的马厩，挥舞着干草叉，推着手推车。
2. Hanging on for dear life, I ____________________ into the board and ____________________ it off the posts to which it was nailed.
命悬一线，我狠狠地砸在木板上，把木板从钉子固定的木桩上撞了下来。
3. As I ____________________ off her right side, the saddle ____________________ around until it was ____________________ upside down from her belly with my left foot ____________________ in the stirrup.
当我从她的右边滑下来时， 马鞍转了个圈直到它倒挂在邦尼的腹部，而我的左脚还卡在马镫上。
（二）情绪描写
1. We didn’t wear helmets in those days, and I was ____________________, but my skull was intact, and my head seemed to be okay.
那时我们是不穿头盔的。我有点晕晕乎乎的，但是我的头骨完好无损，脑袋也还好。
2. Once Bonnie and I had ________________________________________, trying again was the only option.
当邦尼和我都平静下来后，我们安下心来，再次尝试是我们唯一的选择。
3. I was ____________________, but I didn’t give up.
我目瞪口呆，但是我没有放弃。
（三）结尾警句
1. ________________________________________ more intelligently to begin again.
失败只是更聪明地重新开始的机会
2. I learned to try again, and to try differently the next time to ___________________________.
我学会再次尝试，并且运用不同的方法以达到更好的结果。
拓展练习读后续写
阅读下而材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。
A Run to Remember
Thirteen can be a challenging age. Not only did I have to adapt to my changing body. I also had to deal with my parents’ bitter divorce, a new family and the upsetting move from my country home to a crowded suburb.
When we moved, my beloved companion, a small brown pony(小马), had to be sold.
Feeling helpless and alone, I couldn’t eat or sleep, and I cried all of the time. I missed my family, my home and my pony. Finally, my father, realizing how much I missed my pony, purchased an old red horse for me at a local market.
My horse, Cowboy, was without a doubt the ugliest horse in the world. He was pigeon-toed and knock-kneed. But I didn’t care about his faults. I loved him beyond all reasons.
I joined a riding club and faced rude comments and mean snickers about Cowboy’s looks. I never let on how I felt, but deep down 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 out of the game. I finally realized that my only chance to compete would be in the timed-speed events. I chose barrel racing(绕桶赛), an event in which a horse and its rider attempt to complete a triangular pattern around three barrels in the fastest time.
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 bitter 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(运动场地). We practiced for hours in the hot sun and then I would walk Cowboy home. On the way home I would be so tired; those five miles seemed twice as long.
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 pattern of barrels, finishing the course with case.
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
My turn finally came.
No cheers filled the air when I finished my show.
心灵鸡汤精选答案
【词汇过关】
请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。
1.gerbil [ d b l] n. 沙鼠
2.pony [ p ni] n. 小马驹
3.dappled [ d pld] adj. 有斑点的
4.blond [bl nd] adj. 金发的
5.mane [me n] n. 鬃毛
6.pampered [ p mp d] adj. 娇惯的
7.chore [t (r)] n. 家务活
8.haul [h l] vt. 拖拽
9.bale [be l] n. 大捆
10.sack [s k] n. 麻袋
11.stall [st l] n. 马厩
12.wield [wi ld] vt. 挥舞
13.pitchfork [ p t f k] n. 干草叉
14.wheelbarrow [ wi lb r ] n. 手推车
15.hoof [hu f] n. 蹄
16.veterinary [ vet r neri] n. 兽医
17.bridle [ bra dl] n. 马笼头
18.strap [str p] n. 袋子
19.saddle [ s dl] n. 马鞍
20.oval [ vl] adj. 椭圆形的
21.bolt [b lt] vi. 狂奔，窜
22.horizontal [ h r z ntl] adj. 水平的
23.duck [d k] vi. 低头弯腰
24.gallop [ ɡ l p] n. 飞奔
25.scrape [skre p] vi. 刮擦
26.retreat [r tri t] n. 后退，撤退
27.sturdy [ st di] adj. 结实的
28.profusely [pr 'fju:sl ] adv. 大量地
29.dazed [de zd] adj. 神志不清的
30.skull [sk l] n. 颅骨
31.intact [ n t kt] adj. 完好无损的
32.retrieve [r tri v] vt. 找回，取回
33.spook [spu k] vt. 使惊吓
34.protrude [pr tru d] vi. 伸出
35.jab [d b] n. 刺，戳
36.penetrate [ pen tre t] vt. 刺穿
37.startle [ stɑ tl] vt. 使大吃一惊
38.rein [re n] n. 缰绳
39.figuratively [ f gj r t vl ] adv. 形象地
40.literally [ l t r li] adv. 根据字面意思
41.viscerally [ v s r l ] adv. 发自肺腑地
42.stunned [st nd] adj. 惊呆了
43.acquisition [ kw z n] n. 收购
44.emphatically [ m'f t kl ] adv. 断然地
【句子学习】
请根据中文句子填空。
（一）动作描写
1.I hauled bales of hay, sacks of feed and buckets of water. I cleaned her stall, wielding a pitchfork and pushing a wheelbarrow.
我拖干草，拉饲料，运水。我清洁她的马厩，挥舞着干草叉，推着手推车。
2. Hanging on for dear life, I slammed into the board and knocked it off the posts to which it was nailed.
命悬一线，我狠狠地砸在木板上，把木板从钉子固定的木桩上撞了下来。
3. As I sild off her right side, the saddle spun around until it was hanging upside down from her belly with my left foot stuck in the stirrup.
当我从她的右边滑下来时， 马鞍转了个圈直到它倒挂在邦尼的腹部，而我的左脚还卡在马镫上。
（二）情绪描写
1. We didn’t wear helmets in those days, and I was a bit dazed, but my skull was intact, and my head seemed to be okay.
那时我们是不穿头盔的。我有点晕晕乎乎的，但是我的头骨完好无损，脑袋也还好。
2. Once Bonnie and I had calmed down and were reassured, trying again was the only option.
当邦尼和我都平静下来后，我们安下心来，再次尝试是我们唯一的选择。
3. I was stunned, but I didn’t give up.
我目瞪口呆，但是我没有放弃。
（三）结尾警句
1. Failure is only the opportunity more intelligently to begin again.
失败只是更聪明地重新开始的机会
2. I learned to try again, and to try differently the next time to achieve a better result.
我学会再次尝试，并且运用不同的方法以达到更好的结果。
拓展练习读后续写参考范文
My turn finally came. As I urged Cowboy forward, he stumbled, and almost fell, much to the delight of the other riders. I jammed my hat down on my head, stroked Cowboy's big red neck and entered the arena. At the signal, we dashed toward the first barrel, quickly whipped around it and with perfect precision rounded the second and thundered on to the third. We tore around the final curve and shot for the finish line.
No cheers filled the air when I finished my show. The end of our run was met with surprised silence. With the sound of my heart pounding in my ears, I heard the announcer call our time. Cowboy and I had beaten Becky and her proud fancy horse! I gained much more than a blue ribbon that day. At thirteen, I realized that I'd always come out a winner if I wanted something badly enough to work for it. I can be the master of my own destiny.