Question

 

    Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to   36  . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the   37  !” one of the brothers volunteered   38  .

    The older boys began to   39  , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was   40  . After a long silence, one of the   41   picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He   42   the lid and showed the wonderful   43   to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and   44  , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found   45   the way!”

    Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is   46   a goal is for — to cause us to move in the   47   we have chosen, in other words, to keep us   48  ! But not every goal will be fully   49  . Not every job will end   50  . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be   51  . But when you fall   52   of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things   53   my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging   54   life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly   55  .

36. A. rest             B. work                                                   C. watch        D. laugh

37. A. house           B. earth                                                     C. wall          D. road

38. A. calmly          B. patiently                                                  C. excitedly               D. impatiently

39. A. laugh           B. think                                                    C. stare                    D. smile

40. A. important       B. difficult                                                  C. impossible         D. interesting

41. A. passers-by       B. watchers                                              C. visitors                 D. diggers

42. A. moved           B. removed                                              C. broke          D. pushed

43. A. contents         B. scenes                                                 C. pictures                 D. jars

44. A. properly         B. confidently          C. carefully        D. happily

45. A. in               B. along               C. to                           D. out

46. A. what            B. how                                            C. where          D. which

47. A. way             B. direction                                              C. life             D. sight

48. A. thinking         B. moving                                                C. digging                 D. living

49. A. made            B. prepared                                             C. kicked            D. achieved

50. A. hopelessly        B. pleasantly            C. surprisingly      D. successfully

51. A. come true        B. realized                                              C. made                     D. treasured

52. A. short             B. lost                                                  C. out                        D. behind

53. A. breaking into     B. turning to            C. coming into       D. holding to

54. A. when            B. where                                               C. which                D. that

55. A. matters          B. happens                                              C. appears                   D. exists

Answer 1

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