Have you ever been sad because you failed in something? If so, please remember, for often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Here is a story to tell you why.
One day a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science program. As he was working, a couple of boys stopped by to watch.  "What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors. "I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the earth!" the boy answered excitedly.  The older boys began to laugh, telling him that it was impossible to do it. Then they left.
The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly, a few small colorful stones caught his eyes. He collected them and put them into a glass jar patiently.  Humming a song, he went on digging. The jar was full soon. Then he talked to himself calmly and proudly, "Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I have found in the process of digging !"
The boy's goal was too difficult, but it did cause him to go on, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not every goal will be achieved.  Not every job will end up with a success.  Not every dream will come true.  But when you can't achieve your goal, maybe you can say, "yes, but look what I've found along the way! There are so many wonderful things that have come into my life because I tried to do something!" It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really has a meaning.
【小题1】What did the boy do after watching a program?

A.He bought a glass jar.
B.He started to dig a hole.
C.He played with some visitors.
D.He went on watching the program.
【小题2】What did the older boys think of the little boy?
A.He was silly.B.He was strict.
C.he was strong-minded.D.He was energetic.
【小题3】When did the boy find the stones?
A.Before he met the older boys.
B.When he wanted to give up digging.
C.After the older boys laughed at him.
D.As soon as he began to dig the hole.
【小题4】What does the underlined sentence "It is in the digging that life is lived." mean according to the article?
A.Life is to make a big success.
B.Life is to find the colorful stones.
C.Life is difficult but colorful.
D.Life is on the way to achieve the goal.
【小题5】Which is the best title for this article?
A.Enjoying the process
B.How to achieve goals
C.A journey through the earth
D.Dig a deep hole all the way through the earth.



Jiang Wen and his new film are at the top of the world - the world of Chinese cinema. His Let the Bullets Fly has just broken the box-office record for a Chinese film with some 700 million yuan ($107 million). It is such a big success that wherever you go, you can hear people talking about Bullets.
This time, he is not just the leading actor in the film, ______  also the _______ himself. Young people believe he was playing himself because to them, he himself is a true man. And experts also think highly of his way of telling stories. It seems that he does not need others to tell him how great he is ––– not any more.
That does not mean he is not proud of Bullets. It’s just that Bullets, for him, is fun. He has heard of all the political interpretations(政治隐喻的解读)of his story that have up across the Web and mainstream media(主流媒体).
The most wonderful scenes in his movies all seem to have something to do with reality, for example, in Bullets opens with a train pulled by white horses.
"I did not invent this set-up. For 30 years in the early 20th century, there was a part of rail line in Northeast China that was powered by horses," he explains, "You may come up with the most unlikely scenes, and you’ll find that fact is stranger than fiction."
【小题1】根据上下文在空格处填入所需单词使句意完整、正确。   _________、__________
【小题2】将划线句子译成中文: ____________________________________________________.
【小题3】在文中找出下面句子的同义句:
The film is so successful that it’s popular with people almost everywhere. 
__________________________________________________________________________
【小题4】What do young people think of his performance in the film?
___________________________________________________________________________
【小题5】What is this article mainly about?
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Betty is not a traditional American beauty. She is unfashionable, has thick red glasses, untidy hair and large metal braces (牙套) on her teeth. But this hasn’t stopped her from becoming one of American’s favorite TV characters. So how did she manage to do it?

The answer is that charm can be more attractive than beauty. Betty is the main character in a TV show Ugly Betty. The show is about her life as an office worker at a fashion magazine in New York.

  The TV show has just started. Betty has many exciting experiences and romantic stories. Betty is often looked down on and laughed at by the people around. But she manages to do better than others with her hard work, charm and wisdom. The show tells us about how a girl goes from an ugly young duck into a beautiful swan.

  Though you may know the ending of the show from the beginning and the story is familiar to many of us, it has still been a big success in the USA. It has attracted a large number of viewers and won two Golden Globes awards, one of the highest honors for a television program in the USA.“ I think you can see a bit of Betty in all of us, and I mean men as well, because it’s about the underdog (弱者)”,says Ashley Jensen, who plays one of the characters on the show.

  The program is so successful because of the good performance of the 23-year-old actress America Ferrera who plays the role of Betty. She brings the character alive on the screen.

1.Betty is popular because of ____.

A. her clothes      B. her charm       C. her metal braces     D. her appearance

2.In Paragraph 4, the underlined word “it” refers to (指的是) ____.

A. the beginning     B. the ending      C. the story            D. the show

3.Which is the reason for the success of the show?

A. A large number of viewers.       B. Her life as an office worker.

C. The wonderful performance.       D. Two Golden Globes awards.

4.Which of the following is NOT true according of the show?

A. Betty is a girl of wisdom.

B. Betty acts as a beautiful swan on the show.

C. Betty is an American favorite TV character.

D. Betty is often looked down on by the people around.

5. What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Beauty from within.        B. A romantic story.

C. An ugly girl.           D. An exciting experience.

 

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