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    UNITED STATES 
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION 
    Washington, D.C. 20549 
 
 
    FORM N-Q 
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT 
    INVESTMENT COMPANY 
 
Investment Company Act file number 811- 1899 
 
DREYFUS GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC. 
    (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) 
 
 
    c/o The Dreyfus Corporation 
    200 Park Avenue 
    New York, New York 10166 
    (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) 
 
    Mark N. Jacobs, Esq. 
    200 Park Avenue 
    New York, New York 10166 
    (Name and address of agent for service) 
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 922-6000 
 
Date of fiscal year end:    2/28(9) 
 
Date of reporting period:    5/31/06 


FORM N-Q

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS     
Dreyfus Growth Opportunity Fund, Inc.     
May 31, 2006 (Unaudited)         
 
 
Common Stocks--98.1%    Shares    Value ($) 



Consumer Discretionary--15.5%         
Advance Auto Parts    62,450    2,380,594 
Coach    71,500 a    2,079,220 
H & R Block    67,300    1,531,075 
Harrah's Entertainment    19,400    1,475,176 
Home Depot    85,000    3,240,200 
JC Penney    37,510    2,279,108 
Marriott International, Cl. A    20,700    1,497,231 
News, Cl. A    112,100    2,137,747 
Omnicom Group    20,600    1,959,266 
Polo Ralph Lauren    32,400    1,830,600 
Staples    97,200    2,283,228 
Starbucks    42,400 a    1,511,560 
Station Casinos    20,400    1,489,200 
Target    67,100    3,282,532 
Time Warner    77,300    1,330,333 
Viacom, Cl. B    60,450 a    2,281,987 
        32,589,057 
Consumer Staples--9.9%         
Altria Group    65,000    4,702,750 
Cadbury Schweppes, ADR    67,700    2,609,158 
Colgate-Palmolive    49,800    3,004,932 
CVS    87,600    2,444,040 
Dean Foods    52,700 a    1,881,390 
PepsiCo    100,500    6,076,230 
        20,718,500 
Energy--5.1%         
Diamond Offshore Drilling    19,900    1,706,226 
Grant Prideco    23,800 a    1,143,352 
Halliburton    19,900    1,484,341 
Marathon Oil    33,500    2,514,175 
Todco, Cl. A    25,500    1,126,335 
Valero Energy    17,500    1,073,625 
Weatherford International    30,100 a    1,566,404 
        10,614,458 
Financial--8.6%         
Annaly Mortgage Management    71,700    932,100 
AON    36,700    1,308,355 
Capital One Financial    15,800    1,307,766 
CapitalSource    54,223    1,274,241 
Countrywide Financial    26,400    1,010,592 
E*Trade Financial    77,300 a    1,876,071 
Golden West Financial    6,000    438,600 
Janus Capital Group    56,800    1,022,968 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.    48,200    2,055,248 
Merrill Lynch & Co.    28,400    2,056,444 
PNC Financial Services Group    15,900    1,095,669 
Prudential Financial    16,800    1,279,320 
UnumProvident    56,000    1,005,760 
Wachovia    25,500    1,364,250 
        18,027,384 
Health Care--18.4%         
Abbott Laboratories    84,700    3,616,690 
Advanced Medical Optics    35,500 a    1,608,860 
Aetna    35,900    1,380,714 
Alcon    9,500    1,026,760 
Amgen    52,800 a    3,568,752 
Celgene    25,400 a    1,052,830 
Cephalon    17,500 a    1,045,100 
Cerner    56,400 a    2,142,072 
Covance    29,200 a    1,724,844 
Cytyc    37,800 a    993,384 
DaVita    40,000 a    2,118,400 
Fisher Scientific International    14,800 a    1,098,900 
Genzyme    21,000 a    1,249,500 
Invitrogen    20,700 a    1,319,418 
Medco Health Solutions    44,500 a    2,398,550 
Novartis, ADR    40,000    2,219,200 
Sanofi-Aventis, ADR    23,800    1,125,026 
Schering-Plough    207,400    3,953,044 
Thermo Electron    36,500 a    1,341,010 
Wyeth    48,100    2,200,094 
Zimmer Holdings    23,500 a    1,422,925 
        38,606,073 


Industrial--15.1%         
3M    32,600    2,727,316 
American Standard Cos.    27,800    1,181,222 
Danaher    21,000    1,346,310 
Emerson Electric    26,800    2,211,536 
Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, ADR    37,500    1,254,375 
General Electric    321,000    10,997,460 
Honeywell International    53,200    2,190,776 
Norfolk Southern    52,600    2,775,176 
Textron    12,400    1,127,532 
Tyco International    39,500    1,070,845 
United Technologies    46,000    2,875,920 
US Airways Group    40,500 a    1,891,350 
        31,649,818 
Information Technology--23.2%         
Autodesk    57,100 a    2,077,869 
Broadcom, Cl. A    58,200 a    1,967,742 
Cisco Systems    330,700 a    6,508,176 
Citrix Systems    29,600 a    1,112,368 
Cognizant Technology Solutions, Cl. A    27,000 a    1,593,000 
Corning    134,900 a    3,271,325 
Google, Cl. A    5,600 a    2,082,192 
International Business Machines    54,500    4,354,550 
Marvell Technology Group    38,800 a    1,849,596 
Microchip Technology    64,500    2,212,350 
Microsoft    373,900    8,468,835 
Network Appliance    46,700 a    1,494,400 
Qualcomm    94,900    4,290,429 
SAP, ADR    21,300    1,121,019 
Sun Microsystems    208,900 a    973,474 
Texas Instruments    106,700    3,332,241 
Yahoo!    61,800 a    1,952,262 
        48,661,828 
Materials--2.3%         
BHP Billiton, ADR    26,200    1,133,936 
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Cl. B    22,500    1,259,775 
Praxair    23,500    1,238,450 
Rio Tinto, ADR    5,500    1,221,000 
        4,853,161 
Total Common Stocks         
(cost $192,570,824)        205,720,279 


Other Investment--3.2%         



Registered Investment Company;         
Dreyfus Institutional Preferred Plus Money Market Fund     
(cost $6,747,000)    6,747,000 b    6,747,000 
 
Total Investments (cost $199,317,824)    101.3%    212,467,279 
Liabilities, Less Cash and Receivables    (1.3%)    (2,712,437) 
Net Assets    100.0%    209,754,842 

ADR - American Depository Receipts.
a Non-income producing security.
b Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund.

Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference to the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant's management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) There were no changes to the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant's most recently ended fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DREYFUS GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FUND, INC.

By:    /s/ Stephen E. Canter 
    Stephen E. Canter 
    President 
 
Date:    July 20, 2006 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:    /s/ Stephen E. Canter 
    Stephen E. Canter 
    Chief Executive Officer 
 
Date:    July 20, 2006 
 
By:    /s/ James Windels 
    James Windels
    Chief Financial Officer 
 
Date:    July 20, 2006 

EXHIBIT INDEX

(a) Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. (EX-99.CERT)