题目内容
If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you 36 to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a 37 hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to 38 .
"What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors.
"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!" one of the brothers 39 excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh, 40 the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was 41 . After a long 42 , one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide variety of insects. He 43 the lid and showed the wonderful contents to the scoffing (嘲笑，嘲讽) 44 .
Then he said quietly and 45 , "Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!"
Their 46 was far too ambitious, but it did 47 them to dig. And that is what a goal is for --- to cause us to move in the 48 we have chosen; 49 , to set us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully 50 . Not every job will end successfully. Not every relationship will endure. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every endeavor will be completed. Not every dream will be 51 .
But when you 52 your aim, perhaps you can say, "Yes, 53 look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"
It is in the 54 that life is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, in the end, that truly 55 .
36. A. look forward | B. set out | C. set about | D. give in |
37. A. wide | B. deep | C. large | D. shallow |
38. A. watch | B. discuss | C. introduce | D. hesitate |
39. A. whispered | B. commented | C. lectured | D. volunteered |
40. A. expressing | B. explaining | C. telling | D. arguing |
41. A. unnecessary | B. impossible | C. unbelievable | D. incorrect |
42. A. silence | B. intention | C. escape | D. imagination |
43. A. folded | B. covered | C. removed | D. defended |
44. A. volunteers | B. farmers | C. contributors | D. visitors |
45. A. confidently | B. curiously | C. immediately | D. strictly |
46. A. idea | B. thought | C. goal | D. belief |
47. A. make | B. expect | C. cause | D. force |
48. A. justice | B. feeling | C. chance | D. direction |
49. A. as a result | B. in other words | C. now and then | D. all the way |
50. A. achieved | B. absorbed | C. controlled | D. decided |
51. A. predicated | B. grasped | C. realized | D. depended |
52. A. correspond to | B. head for | C. polish up | D. fall short of |
53. A. but | B. so | C. and | D. or |
54. A. searching | B. digging | C. arranging | D. discovering |
55. A. considers | B. proves | C. occurs | D. matters |
阅读快车系列答案Different people use different languages. We Chinese speak Chinese, and, most of us are learning a foreign language. But there is another kind of language we need to know --- the language of the body.
All over the world, people “talk with their hand, with their heads and with their eyes.” When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together. What do American and British do? Americans are more imformal(不拘小节的) than the British. They like to be friendly. They use first names, they ask questions and they talk easily about themselves. When they sit down, they like to relax in their chairs and make themselves comfortable. British people are more reserved(保守的). They take more time to make friends. They like to know you before they ask your name.
When British or American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends (on one cheek only). When a man meets a man, he just smiles, and says, “Hello.” Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.
【小题1】In the passsage, the writer thinks that body language is ______________.
| A．uselss | B．difficult | C．quite easy | D．important |
| A．different countries hav the same body language. |
| B．different countries have different body anguages. |
| C．people in Asia share the same body language. |
| D．many people only use their body language. |
| A．sit straight | B．never sits down | C．makes fun of you | D．sits freely |
| A．imopssible | B．too easy | C．too difficult | D．slow |
| A．men | B．women | C．British | D．Americans |