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Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys     to watch.

“What are you doing?” asked one of the     .

“We plan to dig a hole all the way through Earth!” one of the brothers answered      .

The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all through Earth was      .

After a long silence, one of the diggers     a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide types of insects. He removed the lid (盖子) and    the wonderful things to the visitors.

Then he said quietly and    , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through Earth, look at what we’ve found along the way!”

Their goal was far too ambitious (有雄心的), but it did cause them     . And that is what a goal is     — to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen.

But not every goal will be fully     . Not every job will end    . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every     will be realized.

But     you fall short of aim(达不到目标), perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I’ve found along the way! Look at the     things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”

It is in the digging that      is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, and in the end that truly matters.

1.A. went       B. ran         C. stopped        D. followed

2.A. visitors   B. workers     C. brothers      D. diggers

3.A. angrily     B. excitedly   C. slowly        D. luckily

4.A. difficult  B. harmful      C. useless        D. impossible

5.A. dealt with  B. picked up  C. worked out     D. showed off

6.A. showed     B. threw        C. gave          D. offered

7.A. comfortably B. wildly       C. normally      D. confidently

8.A. to dig     B. digging      C. doing         D. to do

9.A. against     B. for         C. with          D. at

10.A. changed    B. achieved    C. told          D. stated

11.A. easily    B. obviously   C. healthily     D. successfully

12.A. dream      B. mistake      C. advice         D. step

13.A. how       B. where        C. why           D. when

14.A. terrible B. sad         C. romantic       D. wonderful

15.A. lie       B. life        C. Earth         D. trouble

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.D

12.A

13.D

14.D

15.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文通过介绍了一对兄弟想挖通一条通往地球另一边的路的故事告诉人们也许我们在实现目标的过程中没有成功但是这个过程中也许我们会拥有走进我们生活的美妙东西！”

1.C考查动词及语境的理解。A. went去；B. ran 跑；C. stopped停止；D. followed跟随。在他们工作时，两个大男孩停下了看着（他们）。根据句意，故选C。

2.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. visitors参观者；B. workers工人；C. brothers哥哥；D. diggers挖掘机。你们正在做什么？参观者中的一个问。根据上文，可知是参观者，故选A。

3.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. angrily 生气地；B. excitedly兴奋地；C. slowly满满的；D. luckily幸运地；我们计划挖个穿过地球的洞。兄弟中的一个兴奋地回答。根据句意，故选B。

4.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. difficult困难的；B. harmful有害的；C. useless无用的；D. impossible不可能的。大男孩开始大笑，告诉小男孩们挖个穿过地球的洞是不可能的。根据句意，故选D。

5.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. dealt with 处理；B. picked up 捡起；C. worked out 算出；D. showed off炫耀。长时间的沉默后，挖掘者中的一个捡起了一个装满蜘蛛，虫子，和各种昆虫的罐子。故选D。

6.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. showed展示；B. threw扔；C. gave给；D. offered 提供。他掀开盖子，把这些美妙的东西展示给参观者。根据句意，故选A。

7.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. comfortably舒服地；B. wildly野生地；C. normally普通地；D. confidently有信心地。然后，他悄声而有信心地说：即使我们挖不通穿过地球的路，请看我们沿路找到的东西。根据句意，故选D。

8.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. to dig挖，动词不定式；B. digging 现在分词；C. doing现在分词；D. to do动词不定式。他们的目标是太过于雄心勃勃了，但确实鼓励他们去做了cause to do,迫使某人做某事。根据句意，故选D。

9.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. against 反对；B. for 赞同，支持；C. with和；D. at在。而这就是目标之所在——使我们朝着我们所选择的方向前进。根据句意，故选B。

10.B考查动词及语境的理解。A. changed改变；B. achieved实现；C. told告诉；D. stated开始。但不是每一个目标都会完全实现，根据句意，故选B。

11.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. easily简单地；B. obviously明显地；C. healthily 健康地；D. successfully成功地。也不是每一样工作都能够最终成功。根据句意，故选D。

12.A考查动词及语境的理解。A. dream梦想；B. mistake 错误；C. advice建议；D. step步骤。也不是每一个梦想都能够实现。根据句意，故选A。

13.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. how 怎样；B. where 哪里；C. why为什么；D. when 何时，当。 但当你没有达到目标时，也许你可以说：“是的，但看看我们途中所发现的东西！看看这些因为我尽力去做而走进我生活的美妙东西！”故选D。

14.D考查动词及语境的理解。A. terrible 糟糕的；B. sad悲伤的；C. romantic 浪漫的；D. wonderful精彩的。看看这些因为我尽力去做而走进我生活的美妙东西！故选D。

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考点：人生百味类短文。