Ifyouhaveeverbeendiscouragedbecauseoffailure，pleasereadon.Foroftenachievingwhatyousetouttodoisnottheimportantthing.Twobrothersdecidedtodigadeepholebehindtheirhouse.Astheywereworkin

　　Ifyouhaveeverbeendiscouragedbecauseoffailure，pleasereadon.Foroftenachieving

　　whatyousetouttodoisnottheimportantthing.

　　Twobrothersdecidedtodigadeepholebehindtheirhouse.Astheywereworkingacoupleofolderboysstoppedbytowatch.

　　"Whatareyoudoing?"askedoneofthevisitors.

　　"Weplantodigaholeallthewaythroughtheearth!"oneofthebrothersvolunteeredexcitedly.

　　Theolderboysbegantolaughtellingtheyoungeronesthatdiggingaholeallthewaythroughtheearthwasimpossible.Afteralongsilenceoneofthediggerspickedupajarfullofspiders wormsandinsects.Heremovedthelidandshowedthewonderfulcontentstothevisitors.Thenhesaidquietlyandconfidently，Evenifwedon’tdigallhewaythroughtheearthlookatwhatwefoundalongheway!”

　　Theirgoalwasfartoogreatbutitdidcausethemtodig.Andthatiswhatagoalisfortocauseustomoveinhedirectionwehavechosen;Inotherwordstosetustodigging!Butnoteverygoalwillbefullyachieved.Noteveryjobwillendsuccessfully.Noteverylovewilllast.Noteveryattemptwillbecompleted.Noteverydreamwillberealized.

　　Butwhenyoufallshortofyouraimperhapsyoucansay，“YesbutlookatwhatIfoundalongheway!LookatthewonderfulthingswhichhavecomeintomylifebecauseItiredtodosomething!"

　　Itisinthediggingthatlifeislived.AndIbelieveitisjoyinhejourneyinheend，thattrulymatters.

　　49.Readersmayprobablyget____fromthepassage.

　　A.discouragement B.encouragement C.comfort D.delight

　　50.Theunderlinedphrase“fallshortof"possiblymeans____.

　　A.failtoachieve B.managetoachieve C.fallbecauseof D.getridof

　　51.Whatishemostimportantbrothersintheirdigging?

　　A.Tofindwonderfulthings. B.Tohavepeoplelookingon.

　　C.Toachievetheirgoal D.Tokeepondigging.

　　52.Thebrothers'attitudetolifeis____.

　　A.worriedaboutfuture B.doubtfulwhethertoachieveanything

　　C.hopefulaboutthefuture D.carefulindoingeverything