Question

Have you ever been sad because you failed in something? If so, please remember, for often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Enjoy the process(過程). Here is a story to tell you why.

One day a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science program. As he was working, a couple of boys stopped by to watch. “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the earth!” the boy answered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that it was impossible to do it. Then they left.

The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly, a few small colorful stones caught his eyes. He collected them and put them into a glass box patiently. Humming a song, he went on digging. The box was full soon. Then he talked to himself quietly and proudly, “Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I have found in the process of digging!”

The boy’s goal was too difficult, but it did cause him to go on, in other words, to cause us to keep working.

Not every goal will be achieved. Not every job will end up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you can’t achieve your goal, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look what I’ve found along the way! There are so many wonderful things that have come into my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really has a meaning.

1. Is achieving what you expect the most important thing in the passage?

2. When did the little boy decide to dig a hole behind his house?

3.Why did the older boys begin to laugh at the little boy?

4. What did the boy find in the process of digging?

5. What does the writer want to tell us?

 

Answer 1

1.No, it isn’t./No.

2.After watching a science program. / After he watched a science program.

3.Because it was impossible to dig a (deep) hole all the way through the earth.

4.He found (small) colorful stones. /Colorful stones.

5.Enjoy the process, although sometimes our goals won’t be achieved.

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要描述了一個想挖穿地球的小男孩，最終沒有挖穿地球。卻在挖掘的過程中，挖掘到了多彩的寶石。從而告訴我們即使努力也不一定就能實現(xiàn)目標，但是我們也許會在過程中有很大的收獲，我們要珍惜努力的過程。

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