题目内容
We tried to find out the prison governor’s opinion on this matter, but he was not _________ for comment.
A．available B．potential C．sensitive D．ridiculous
If you have ever been discouraged(受挫) because of failure(失败), please read on. Usually, achieving(实现) what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.
Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch.
“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 answered excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a long silence, one of the diggers picked up a jar full of spiders（蜘蛛）, worms and a lot of insects. He removed the lid（揭开盖子） and showed the wonderful contents to the visitors who were laughing at them. Then he said quietly and confidently, “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look what we found along the way!”
Their goal was far too difficult, but it made them dig. And that is what a goal is for—to make us move in the direction we have chosen. In other words, it sets us to digging!
But not every goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will end successfully. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. But when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but 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!” And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly matters.
【小题1】The writer told us the story to ________ .
| A．advise us to treats（对待） our failures fairly |
| B．persuade us to make an aim for our lives |
| C．encourage us to learn from the two brothers |
| D．prove that failure helps us make achievements |
| A．Failure is the mother of success |
| B．When there is a will, there is a way |
| C．No pains, no gains |
| D．Joy in the journey |
| A．Digging a hole all the way through the earth is impossible. |
| B．The writer thinks that the two brothers will reach their goal one day. |
| C．A goal is something that makes us want to dig holes. |
| D．Everyone can succeed if he sets a practical goal. |
For six hours we shot through the landscape of the Karoo desert in South Africa. Just rocks
and sand and baking sun. Knowing our journey was ending, Daniel and I just wanted to remember all we had seen and done. He used a camera. I used words. I had already finished three notebooks and was into the fourth, a beautiful leather notebook I’d bought in a market in Mozambique.
Southern Africa was full of stories. And visions. We were almost drunk on sensations. The roaring of the water at Victoria Falls, the impossible silence of the Okavango Delta in Botswana . And then the other things: dogs in the streets, whole families in Soweto living in one room, a kilometre from clean water.
As we drove towards the setting sun, a quietness fell over us. The road was empty -- we hadn’t seen another car for hours. And as I drove, something caught my eye, something moving next to me. I glanced in the mirror of the car; I glanced sideways to the right, and that was when I saw them. Next to us, by the side of the road, thirty, forty wild horses were racing the car, a cloud of dust rising behind them -- brown, muscular horses almost close enough to touch them, to smell their hot breath. I didn’t know how long they had been there next to us.
I shouted to Dan: “Look!”, but he was in a deep sleep, his camera lying useless by his feet. They raced the car for a few seconds, then disappeared far behind us, a memory of heroic forms in the red landscape. When Daniel woke up an hour later I told him what had happened.
“Wild horses?” he said. “Why didn’t you wake me up?”
“I tried. But they were gone after a few seconds.”
“Are you sure you didn’t dream it?”
“You were the one who was sleeping!”
Typical, he said. “The best photos are the ones we never take.”
We checked into a dusty hotel and slept the sleep of the dead.
1. During their journey in Africa, the two travelers______.
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A．made friends with local residents |
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B．complained about the poor living conditions |
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C．enjoyed the sunset in the Karoo desert most |
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D．recorded their experiences in different ways |
2. What did Daniel think when he woke up and was told what had happened?
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A．He always missed out on the best thing. |
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B．He had already taken beautiful pictures. |
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C．A sound sleep was more important. |
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D．The next trip would be better. |
3. What is the passage mainly about?
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A．How to view wildlife in Africa. |
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B．Running into wildlife in Africa. |
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C．Tourist attractions in southern Africa. |
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D．Possible dangers of travelling in the desert. |