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Twobrothersdecidedtodigadeepholebehindtheirhouse.Astheywereworkingacoupleofolderboys 1 towatch.
“Whatareyoudoing?”askedoneofthe 2 .
“WeplantodigaholeallthewaythroughEarth!”oneofthebrothersanswered 3 .
TheolderboysbegantolaughtellingtheyoungeronesthatdiggingaholeallthroughEarthwas 4 .
Afteralongsilenceoneofthediggers 5 ajarfullofspiderswormsandawidetypesofinsects.Heremovedthelid(盖子)and 6 thewonderfulthingstothevisitors.
Thenhesaidquietlyand 7 “Evenifwedon’tdigallthewaythroughEarthlookatwhatwe’vefoundalongtheway!”
Theirgoalwasfartooambitious(有雄心的)butitdidcausethem 8 .Andthatiswhatagoalis 9 —tocauseustomoveinthedirectionwehavechosen.
Butnoteverygoalwillbefully 10 .Noteveryjobwillend 11 .Noteveryhopewillcometopass.Noteverylovewilllast.Notevery 12 willberealized.
But 13 youfallshortofaim(达不到目标)perhapsyoucansay“YesbutlookatwhatI’vefoundalongtheway!Lookatthe 14 thingswhichhavecomeintomylifebecauseItriedtodosomething!”
Itisinthediggingthat 15 islived.AndIbelieveitisjoyinthejourneyandintheendthattrulymatters.
1.A.went B.ran C.stopped D.followed
2.A.visitors B.workers C.brothers D.diggers
3.A.angrily B.excitedly C.slowly D.luckily
4.A.difficult B.harmful C.useless D.impossible
5.A.dealtwith B.pickedup C.workedout D.showedoff
6.A.showed B.threw C.gave D.offered
7.A.comfortably B.wildly C.normally D.confidently
8.A.todig B.digging C.doing D.todo
9.A.against B.for C.with D.at
10.A.changed B.achieved C.told