完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often.achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.
A boy decided to dig a hole behind his house. As he was ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an . “What are you doing?” asked one of the .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy excitedly. The older boys began to , telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a while, the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, look at what I’ve found during this period! ”
The boy’s goal was far too ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is --to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you short of your aim, maybe you can say,“ Yes, but look at 52 I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have my life because I tried to do something!” is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the that really makes sense.
1.A.small B. big C. deep D. wide
2.A.working B. playing C. moving D. wondering
3.A.hand B. look C. tool D. order
4.A.visitors B. girls C. friends D. neighbors
5.A.dug B. answered C. admitted D. debated
6.A.laugh B. shout C. attack D. explain
7.A.dangerous B. illegal C. impossible D. unnecessary
8.A.took B. gave C. passed D. showed
9.A.excitedly B. happily C. confidently D. successfully
10.A.but B. or C. so D. and
11.A.good B. difficult C. clear D. common
12.A.with B. on C .for D. in.
13.A.road B. way C. path D. direction
14.A.every B. each C. all D. both
15.A.begin B. end C. start D. finish
16.A.reach B. fall C. find D. set
17.A.whether B. when C. where D. what
18.A.come into B. got into C. devoted to D. turned to
19.A.That B. This C. It D. There
20.A.life B. goal C. failure D. journey
— I’m afraid I can’t finish the magazine within the required time.
— _________.
A. Please go ahead B. That’s right
C. Not at all D. Take your time
--Come on, please give me some ideas about the project.
--With so much work filling my mind, I almost ______.
A. break in B. break out
C. break down D. break off
Only when I woke up______ what had happened.
A. I knew B. I did know
C. did I know D. had I known
The weather turned out to be very good, _________ was more than we expected.
A. which B. what C. that D. this
Look out! Don’t get too close to the house _________ roof is under repair.
A. which B. whose
C. of which D. of that