RecentlyIhadaconversationwithafriendwhohasalong-termgoalthatwilltakeseveralyearstoachieve．Heseemedoverwhelmedbythesizeofthegoalandwasgettingdiscouraged．Itletmerememberthestoryoftheclockthathadbeenrunning
RecentlyIhadaconversationwithafriendwhohasalong-termgoalthatwilltakeseveralyearstoachieve．Heseemedoverwhelmedbythesizeofthegoalandwasgettingdiscouraged．Itletmerememberthestoryoftheclockthathadbeenrunningandrunning．
Oneday，theclockbegantothinkabouthowmanytimesithadtostickeachyear．Itcountedthesecondsupandfounditwouldhavetostick31，536，000timesayear．Theclockwasoverwhelmed．Itsaidtoitself，"Ican'tdoit．That'stoomuch．"Soitstopssticking．Thensomeonetolditthatitdidn'tneedtodoitallatonce，butonetickeachtime．Theclockthenrealizedthatwasokayandstartedtickinghappilyagain．
Whenwesetourgoals，it'sgoodtothinkaboutthefinalresults．Butgettingtoagoalisdoingalittlebiteveryday，notdoingitallatonce．Sonexttimeyoufindyourselftooverwhelmedbyyourgoal，remembertheclockandthenumberofticks-doalittlebiteverydayandyouwillreachyourgoal．
Ontheotherhand，ifyoualwaysfocusonachievingyourgoals，youwillonlytrainyourselftogofromonegoaltothenextwithoutcomingupforair．Youneedtointroducealittlebalanceintoyourlife．Dosomeactivitiesthathavenothingtodowithyourgoals，likefindinganewparktowalkthrough，discoveringanewroutetorun，orpickingagreatnoveltoread．Giveyourselftimetorelaxanddon'tmissoutonthepleasureoflife．
28．Whatwastheproblemoftheauthor'sfriend？___
A．Hehadnolifegoals．
B．Hesetawronggoal．
C．Heworriedtoomuchabouthisgoal．
D．Hisgoalwastoobigtoachievebyhimself．
29．Accordingtotheauthor，whenwetrytoachieveagoal___．
A．Theresultdoesn'tmatteraslongaswemakeefforts．
B．Weshouldn'tfocusonitallthetime．
C．Wewillgiveupifitistoobig．
D．It'snecessarytotakeadvice．
30．Theunderlinedword"balance"inthelastparagraphrefersto___．
A．Ashort-termgoal
B．Thepleasureofreachingagoal
C．Activitiesthatfreeyoufromagoal
D．Waysthathelpyoureachyourgoalsoon
31．Whatcanbeusedasthebesttitleforthepassage？___
A．Alittlebiteveryday
B．Thestoryoftheclock