Joy in the journey

If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing. Let me explain.

    Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to      . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the      !” one of the brothers volunteered      .

    The older boys began to      , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was      . After a long silence, one of the         picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He       the lid and showed the wonderful       to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and      , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found       the way!”

    Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is       a goal is for — to cause us to move in the       we have chosen, in other words, to keep us      ! But not every goal will be fully      . Not every job will end      . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be      . But when you fall       of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things       my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging       life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly      .

1.A. rest             B. work        C. watch          D. laugh

2.A. house           B. earth        C. wall          D. road

3.A. calmly          B. patiently      C. excitedly              D. impatiently

4.A. laugh           B. think        C. stare                   D. smile

5.A. important       B. difficult       C. impossible        D. interesting

6.A. passers-by       B. watchers    C. visitors                D. diggers

7.A. moved           B. removed  C. broke          D. pushed

8.A. contents         B. scenes     C. pictures                D. jars

9.A. properly         B. confidently          C. carefully        D. happily

10.A. in               B. along               C. to                 D. out

11.A. what            B. how                    C. where              D. which

12.A. way             B. direction    C. life                D. sight

13.A. thinking         B. moving        C. digging           D. living

14.A. made            B. prepared            C. kicked                D. achieved

15.A. hopelessly        B. pleasantly            C. surprisingly      D. successfully

16.A. come true        B. realized              C. made              D. treasured

17.A. short             B. lost          C. out                D. behind

18.A. breaking into     B. turning to            C. coming into       D. holding to

19.A. when            B. where         C. which                D. that

20.A. matters          B. happens      C. appears           D. exists

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.C

6.D

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.D

16.B

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.A

【解析】

試題分析：本文告訴我們要享受成功過程中的快樂，要享受奮斗的過程，人生重要的也許不是最后的結(jié)果，而是在奮斗的過程中，我們遇見的人或事。

1.C 動(dòng)詞辨析。A休息B工作C注視D嘲笑；兩兄弟正在房子后面挖坑，一些人停下了看他們?cè)谧鍪裁础?/p>

2..B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文40空前面的through the earth可知兩兄弟想挖穿地球。故B正確。

3..C 副詞辨析。A鎮(zhèn)定地B耐心地C興奮地D步耐煩地；看到別人在問問題，有一個(gè)兄弟很興奮地告訴別人，他們想挖穿地球。

4.A 動(dòng)詞辨析。A嘲笑B思考C盯著看D微笑；看到這個(gè)兩個(gè)小男孩在做如此愚蠢的事情，那些年長的孩子都嘲笑他們，告訴他們挖穿地球是不可能的。

5.C 形容詞辨析。A重要的B困難的C不可能D有趣的；看到這個(gè)兩個(gè)小男孩在做如此愚蠢的事情，那些年長的孩子都嘲笑他們，告訴他們挖穿地球是不可能的。

6.D 上下文串聯(lián)。A過路人B觀察者C游客D挖掘者根據(jù)上文可知兩個(gè)兄弟正在挖，說明他們是diggers，挖東西的人。

7.B 動(dòng)詞辨析。A移動(dòng)B清除C打破D推；他把罐子的蓋子去掉，讓給他們看這個(gè)罐子。

8.A 名詞辨析。A內(nèi)容B風(fēng)景C圖片D罐子；他把罐子的蓋子去掉，讓給他們看這個(gè)罐子。

9.B 副詞辨析。A恰當(dāng)?shù)谺自信地C細(xì)心地D開心地；他靜靜并且自信地說：盡管我們可能不能挖穿地球，但是看看我們?cè)谕诘倪^程中看見的東西，我們就滿足了。

10.B 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)下文51空下一行along the way可知在我們的人生道路上，在追求夢(mèng)想的路上所看到的風(fēng)景也很漂亮。

11.A 考察語法。本題中的what引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)表語從句，what引導(dǎo)起這個(gè)表語從句，并在句中做介詞for的賓語。

12.B 名詞辨析。A道路B方向C生活D風(fēng)景，視力；導(dǎo)致我們朝著我們所選擇的方向前進(jìn)。

13..C 上下文串聯(lián)。根據(jù)本文前一半可知這兩個(gè)兄弟在挖。本句是指正是有目標(biāo)才讓我們不停地在挖。

14.D 動(dòng)詞辨析。A生產(chǎn)B準(zhǔn)備C踢D實(shí)現(xiàn)；固定搭配achieve one’s goal實(shí)現(xiàn)某人的目標(biāo)；

15.D 副詞辨析。A絕望地B令人開心地C令人驚訝地D成功地；不是每個(gè)工作最后都會(huì)成功地。

16.B 固定搭配。Realize one’s dream實(shí)現(xiàn)某人的夢(mèng)想；不是每個(gè)夢(mèng)想都會(huì)實(shí)現(xiàn)。

17.A 固定搭配fall short of達(dá)不到，實(shí)現(xiàn)不了；當(dāng)你沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)你的目標(biāo)的時(shí)候，也許你會(huì)說：雖然我沒有實(shí)現(xiàn)我的目的，但是看看我這一路上鎖看到的風(fēng)景，也是值得的。

18.C 短語辨析。A闖入B轉(zhuǎn)向C進(jìn)入D堅(jiān)持；因?yàn)槲覀兣ψ隽四臣虑�，看看這些進(jìn)入我們生活的東西。也就是在通往成功的道路上我們遇見的一切。

19.D 語法分析。本題是一個(gè)強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，強(qiáng)調(diào)的是介詞短語in the digging。生活就是在不停地挖掘的過程。

20.A 動(dòng)詞辨析。A重要，有關(guān)系；B發(fā)生C出現(xiàn)D存在；最后重要的是旅行中的快樂。

考點(diǎn)：考察人生感悟類短文閱讀

 

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