I remember as a small child people would often ask me, What are you going to be when you grow up?
Well, it 36 being a cowboy or some super hero. Later it was a fireman, a policeman, a lawyer... As I grew older my dreams for the future 37 . When, at last, I was in college, I set my 38 on being a preacher (牧师) like my father. 39 I studied and prepared for that life. I reached the 40 in the end and I was preaching 41 full-time for much of my adult life.
However, for many people, there is a thief that goes around stealing our 42 . Sometimes, the thief will e as a parent, a relative, or a friend, but the 43 thief is usually ourselves.
We find 44 just about reaching the top, and a small 45 inside says, You’ll never make 46 .You can’t possibly do this. On and on the small voice 47 our failure. Failure , 48 is one of the most important tools we have may teach us valuable (极宝贵的) 49 . When we learn these lessons well, we are ready 50 success.
I always tell my children that you 51 do anything that your heart desires(渴望). Remember the saying, Nothing is 52 to a willing heart. There are 53 overnight successes, but with determination, they will e. Imagine 54 a life you dream of ，Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you. Then work, work, work. You’ll get the picture.
So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone 55 it from you —especially yourself.
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(答案→)D
解析：本文概述本文讲述的是如何不让自己的梦想被别人偷走，尤其是自己。阻碍我们梦想实现的最大敌人其实就是我们自己。不要怀疑自己的能力，要相信自己，只要这样就没有实现不了的愿望，没有干不成功的事情。
【小题1】考查动词。insist on坚持; keep on 持续; feel like想要，喜欢；start out开始，动身，启程。四者都可接动名词作宾语，但由句意可知，此处应为“起初的梦想是”，故正确答案为D。
【小题2】考查动词。本句意思为“随着年龄的增长，我未来的梦想也发生了变化”。
【小题3】考查名词。set one's heart on doing sth. 决心要（某物或做某事）。本句意思为“后来上大学的时候我决定要成为一名像我爸爸一样的牧师”。
【小题4】考查连词。由上文可知此处应为表因果关系的连词。由于目标已经确定，所以我努力学习，并为此而奋斗。
【小题5】考查名词。本句意为“我最终实现了我的目标”
【小题6】考查副词。结合下文“梦想被偷走”，可知作者“几乎专职地……”
【小题7】考查名词。由上文谈论梦想可知，此处应为“偷走我们的梦想”。
【小题8】考查形容词。but表语义转折，告诉我们此处应为greatest，即“最大的敌人是我们自己”。
【小题9】考查代词。find oneself发现自己处于某种状态。
【小题10】考查名词。noise嘈杂声，喧闹声，或令人厌烦的声音；sound指一切能听到的声音；voice指说话的声音；speech指演讲、讲话。由下文And on and on the “small” voice这一语境可知此处应为voice。
【小题11】考查代词。make it是固定搭配，意思为“获得成功”。
【小题12】考查动词。由句意可知此处应为可“预测，预见”某种失败。
【小题13】考查连词。非限制性定语从句，引导词作主语， 指代failure。
【小题14】考查名词。teach sb a lesson/ lessons 教训某人
【小题15】考查介词。be ready for … 为……作好准备。
【小题16】考查动词。 “你们能做好内心想做的任何事情”。
【小题17】考查形容词。 “对于一个有意志力的人来说，任何事情都是有可能的”。
【小题18】考查形容词。“没有一夜之间获得成功的，但只要有决心，就能成功”。
【小题19】考查动词。live a ... life过……生活，the life后面是一个定语从句。1
【小题20】考查动词。“坚守你的梦想，不要让别人，尤其是你自己，把梦想偷走”