Ifyouhaveeverbeendiscouragedbecauseoffailure,pleasereadon.Foroftenachievingwhatyousetouttodoisnottheimportantthing.Twobrothersdecidedtodigadeepholebehindtheirhouse.Astheywereworkingacoupleofolder
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