三． 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often.achieving what you set out to do is not the most important thing.

A boy decided to dig a 36   hole behind his house. As he was 37   ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an 38  . “What are you doing？” asked one of the 39  .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy 40  excitedly. The older boys began to  41  , telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was 42  . After a while, the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He 43  it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and 44  ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, 45  look at what I’ve found during this period! ”

The boy’s goal was far too 46  ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is  47   --to cause us to move in the 48   we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!

Not 49  goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will 50  up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you 51  short of your aim, maybe you can say,“ Yes, but look at 52  I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have 53  my life because I tried to do something!” 54   is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the 55  that really makes sense.

36.A.small             B. big             C. deep           D. wide

37.A.working          B. playing          C. moving          D. wondering 

38.A.hand            B. look            C. tool            D. order

39.A.visitors           B. girls            C. friends         D. neighbors

40.A.dug              B. answered        C. admitted        D. debated

41.A.laugh             B. shout           C. attack          D. explain

42.A.dangerous         B. illegal          C. impossible      D. unnecessary

43.A.took             B. gave            C. passed         D. showed

44.A.excitedly         B. happily          C. confidently     D. successfully

45.A.but              B. or              C. so             D. and

46.A.good             B. difficult         C. clear           D. common

47.A.with             B. on              C .for             D. in.

48.A.road             B. way            C. path            D. direction

49.A.every            B. each            C. all             D. both

50.A.begin            B. end            C. start             D. finish

51.A.reach            B. fall             C. find            D. set

52.A.whether          B. when           C. where          D. what

53.A.come into         B. got into         C. devoted to      D. turned to

54.A.That             B. This            C. It            D. There

55.A.life              B. goal            C. failure          D. journey
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