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 hole behind his house. As he was ,a couple of old boys stopped by to give a/an . “What are you doing？” asked one of the .“ I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy excitedly. The older boys began to ,telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a while,the boy picked up a jar(罐子). He it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and ,“Maybe I can’t finish digging all the way through the earth, look at what I’ve found during this period! ”
The boy’s goal was far too ,but it did cause his to go on. And that is what a goal is --to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not goal will be fully achieved. Not every job will up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at I’ve found along the way! So many wonderful things have my life because I tried to do something!” is in the digging that life is lived. It is a joy on the that really makes sense.
| 小题2: | | A．working | B．playing | C．moving | D．wondering |
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| 小题3: | | A．hand | B．look | C．tool | D．order |
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| 小题4: | | A．visitors | B．girls | C．friends | D．neighbors |
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| 小题5: | | A．dug | B．answered | C．admitted | D．debated |
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| 小题6: | | A．laugh | B．shout | C．attack | D．explain |
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| 小题7: | | A．dangerous | B．illegal | C．impossible | D．unnecessary |
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| 小题8: | | A．took | B．gave | C．passed | D．showed |
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| 小题9: | | A．excitedly | B．happily | C．confidently | D．successfully |
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| 小题11: | | A．good | B．difficult | C．clear | D．common |
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| 小题13: | | A．road | B．way | C．path | D．direction |
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| 小题15: | | A．begin | B．end | C．start | D．finish |
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| 小题17: | | A．whether | B．when | C．where | D．what |
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| 小题18: | | A．come into | B．got into | C．devoted to | D．turned to |
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| 小题20: | | A．life | B．goal | C．failure | D．journey |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:C
小题10:A
小题11:B
小题12:C
小题13:D
小题14:A
小题15:B
小题16:B
小题17:D
小题18:A
小题19:C
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试题分析：文章讲述的是我们不一定非要从目标的实现中才能取得收获，在实现目标的过程中，我们同样可以得到很多。
小题1:考查形容词辨析。A. small小的；B. big大的；C. deep深的；D. wide宽的。小男孩决定在他的房子后面挖一个深洞。故选C
小题2:动词辨析。A. working工作；B. playing玩；C. moving移动；D. wondering想知道。这里指在他（小男孩）正在工作（挖洞）的时候。故选A
小题3:考查短语固定搭配。这里考查短语固定搭配give a look看一眼。几个大男孩经过这里，停下来看一了眼。故选B
小题4:上下文连串。根据后面的He it to the visitors可知这里用visitor这个名词。“你在干什么？”，其中一位参观者问道。故选A
小题5:上下文连串。根据前面asked one of the .，故这里指男孩回答到，故用动词answer。“我要挖一个洞直到穿过地球”，男孩兴奋地回答到。故选B
小题6:考查动词辨析。A. laugh 嘲笑；B. shout大喊；C. attack攻击；D. explain解释。这里指那些大男孩开始嘲笑小男孩。故选A
小题7:考查形容词辨析。A. dangerous危险的；B. illegal非法的；C. impossible不可能的；D. unnecessary没有必要的。他们告诉小男孩挖一个洞一直穿过地球是不可能的。故选C
小题8:考查短语搭配。这里考查短语的固定搭配：show sth. to sb.把……展示给某人看。他（小男孩）把它（罐子）展示给围观者看。故选D
小题9:考查副词词义辨析。A. excitedly激动地；B. happily快乐地；C. confidently自信地；D. successfully成功地。这里指然后他平静地并自信地说。故选C
小题10:考查连词辨析。这里前后句之间为转折关系。也许我无法挖完整个地球，但看看我在挖掘的过程中发现了什么 !故选A
小题11:考查形容词词义辨析。A. good好的；B. difficult困难的；C. clear清晰的；D. common共同的。小男孩的目标也许太困难，但却没有使他放弃挖洞。故选B
小题12:考查介词辨析。破折号后面是具体解释这个目标是为了什么，故用for。那就是制定目标是为了什么——来使我们向着我们选择的方向前进。故选C
小题13:考查名词词义辨析。A. road道路；B. way方法；C. path路；D. direction方向。这里指来使我们向着我们选择的方向前进。故选D
小题14:考查代词辨析。这里考查not every，表示部分否定。为“不是所有……”之意。不是所有的目标都可以达成。故选A
小题15:考查短语固定搭配。这里考查固定短语end up with，表示“以……告终”之意。不是所有的任务都能在最终迎刃而解。故选B
小题16:考查短语固定搭配。这里考查固定短语搭配fall short of，表示“没有达到”。 当你无法实现你的理想时，你却还可以说: “对啊，我没有完成，但看看我在这过程中获得了什麼！”故选B
小题17:考查关系词。这里考查what引导的宾语从句，在从句作宾语。我没有完成，但看看我在这过程中获得了什麼！故选D.
小题18:考查短语固定搭配。这里考查短语固定搭配come into one’s life活着。就是在这持续的挖掘中我们才真正活著。故选A
小题19:考查强调句。这里考查强调句it is … that …结构，这里强调状语in the digging。就是在这持续的挖掘中我们才真正活著。故选C
小题20:考查名词词义辨析。A. life生命；B. goal目标；C. failure失败；D. journey旅程。就是这不期而遇的发现在沿途的旅程中才是最有意义的。故选D |
核心考点
试题【Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for often. achieving】；主要考察你对
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[详细]举一反三
One determined student stepped off the traditional job for blind people in China, and now challenges a new life at university in Britain. Being a message therapist （按摩师）is a perfect job for many people with a visual disability, but for Zheng Jianwei, it was far from enough.
The 30-year-old former massage therapist gave up his hospital job in 2009to prepare for admission to graduate school. He took IELTS（雅思考试）, the language-fluency test necessary for university admission in the UK, in 2012 and scored 6.5 points. He was the first blind examinee to take the IELTS in the Southeast Chinese region. After about four year’s struggles, Zheng successfully gain an offer from the University of Essex in the United Kingdom and became a graduate student.
However,Zheng’s path to graduate school was not easy. “I can’t take China’s national entrance exam for graduate school, which doesn’t provide study material（材料）for blind students,” he says.
He then turned to search for graduate school overseas. However, English became his nightmare. Zheng studied in special schools for visually challenged students since primary school, but foreign language was never a main subject.
Before giving up his job and learning English again in 2009, Zheng only knew the alphabet, a few words and some basic expressions. “Learning English again in my late 20s is not easy,” he says.
It took him three years of intensive study to gain entrance to a graduate school overseas. Because of the lack of study material, Zheng needs to spend hours and days looking for textbooks for the visually disabled and copying them, while it may take only five minutes for a sighted person to order a plain English textbook from Amazon.
In his parents’ eyes, Zheng has been a sensible, independent and decisive man from a young age. Zheng made all the major decisions by himself, including studying abroad and choosing majors. “We just follow his decisions, ” the mother says.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, a blind person in China is likely to . | A．go abroad for graduate school | B．work as a message therapist | | C．be far from pleased with life | D．enjoy a perfect job |
小题2:It can be learned from the passage that the blind students in China .| A．can’t take the national entrance exam to college | | B．can find less study material than normal students | | C．can never learn a foreign language well | | D．can’t afford the English textbooks for an entrance exam |
小题3:Which of the following can match Zheng Jianwei’s story?| A．All mankind is created equal. | B．Many hands make light work. | | C．Rome is not built in a day. | D．Nothing is impossible when mind is set. |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that Zheng’s .| A．parents have to follow any of his decisions | | B．parents don’t understand or care about him | | C．visual disability meant a hopeless damage to him | | D．mind is healthy though physically disabled |
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There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, grief and misery.
So they Socrates for advice on where happiness . But giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a first. The group of guys had to the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through painstaking effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then together in it, singing with .
Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We be happier!” Socrates , “That’s it! you are too busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”
From the story I got to know that happiness hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through work and creativity.
We may have to pain in our daily life and in the process of happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long term happiness, however, comes from within our and spirit. So why not turn suffering into life, and tears into the light in your heart? Only in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.
So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a state of mind and a matter of , and I you all a life of happiness.
| 小题1: | | A．pointed to | B．referred to | C．turned to | D．kept to |
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| 小题2: | | A．lay | B．belonged | C．stood | D．laid |
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| 小题3: | | A．apart from | B．instead of | C．other than | D．for fear of |
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| 小题4: | | A．house | B．boat | C．bridge | D．school |
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| 小题5: | | A．set about | B．set down | C．set out | D．set up |
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| 小题7: | | A．joy | B．sorrow | C．curiosity | D．hope |
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| 小题8: | | A．mustn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．couldn’t | D．needn’t |
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| 小题9: | | A．declared | B．thought | C．added | D．assumed |
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| 小题10: | | A．Unless | B．Whenever | C．Until | D．However |
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| 小题11: | | A．never | B．always | C．ever | D．seldom |
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| 小题12: | | A．cautious | B．endless | C．hard | D．effective |
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| 小题13: | | A．experience | B．avoid | C．enjoy | D．deny |
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| 小题14: | | A．searching | B．seeking | C．hoping | D．improving |
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| 小题15: | | A．spiritual | B．nice | C．new | D．material |
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| 小题17: | | A．blaming | B．praising | C．ending | D．cursing |
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| 小题18: | | A．turn | B．put | C．divide | D．draw |
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| 小题19: | | A．time | B．energy | C．fact | D．choice |
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| 小题20: | | A．wish | B．promise | C．bring | D．require |
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It was 9:00 am already! Richard had to leave for work! Before leaving he hurriedly looked at the newspaper and stood still! Is he seeing it right? He rubbed his eyes and saw again… Yes, it was his name in the obituary(讣告)! He threw the paper in the bin and screamed.
Richard started to recollect. He remembered that last night when he went to bed he had a chest pain and he was rushed to hospital. Then he went into a sound sleep. But what happened after that?
He could suddenly see his living room filled with people… all in tears; his mom, his wife and his children. He also saw his best friend, the one he had a serious misunderstanding a few days back. He wanted to say “Sorry” to him… but now no one could hear his voice.
He wondered how he could tell his mom that he felt so thankful to have her in his life! He wanted to tell his children how much he loved them. He wanted to tell his wife how much he loved her; he felt sorry to have hurt her sometimes.
Richard started crying and pleading to God for one LAST chance! “God, one last chance, please”, shouted Richard and opened his eyes.
Oh, this was a dream!
He woke up; looked around everywhere. He was on his bed; his wife lay beside him, deep in sleep. Richard whispered in her ears, “You are the best thing to have ever happened to me!”
He went up to the window, looking outside. Yes, everything was just the way he has been knowing so long. He decided to meet up his friends and clear all misunderstandings; he also decided to tell everyone who mattered to him all that has remained unsaid so far!
小题1:When Richard saw his name in the newspaper, he felt _________.| A．sad | B．shocked | C．regretful | D．worried |
小题2:Richard felt sorry to his wife because _________.| A．they had a quarrel the other day | B．he misunderstood her | | C．he hurt her sometimes | D．he didn’t love her |
小题3:After the dream, Richard would probably _________.| A．be on good terms with his friend again | | B．express appreciation and thanks to his friend | | C．demand an apology from his friend | | D．break up with his friend |
小题4:The writer of the story mainly tells us that _________. | A．misunderstanding between friends is common | | B．we need to see a doctor when having a chest pain | | C．getting along well with friends is important | | D．we should tell our family how much we love them |
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It was an early morning in summer. In the streets, sleepy-eyed people were moving quickly, heading towards their . This was the beginning of another day in New York City. this day was to be different.
Waiting the crowded streets, on top of a 110 stories high, was Philippe Petit. This daring Frenchman was about to a tightrope (绷索) between the two towers of the World Trade Center.
Philippe took his first with great care. The wire held. Now he was he could do it. only a balancing pole, Philippe walked his way across, a of 131 feet.
Soon the rush-hour began to notice. What a ! There, 131 feet above the street, a figure was walking on air.
Philippe made seven , back and forth (来回). He wasn"t satisfied with just . At times, he would turn, sit down, and go on his knees. Once, he had the astonishing to lie down on the thin thread. And thousands of watchers stared with their hearts beating fast.
After the forty-five-minute , Philippe was taken to the police station. He was asked he did it. Philippe shrugged (耸肩) and said, "When I see two tall buildings, I walk."
| 小题1: | | A．jobs | B．homes | C．buses | D．offices |
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| 小题2: | | A．working | B．hot | C．same | D．ordinary |
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| 小题5: | | A．roof | B．position | C．wall | D．building |
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| 小题6: | | A．throw | B．walk | C．climb | D．fix |
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| 小题7: | | A．act | B．landing | C．step | D．trip |
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| 小题8: | | A．sure | B．uncertain | C．glad | D．nervous |
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| 小题9: | | A．Through | B．Against | C．With | D．On |
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| 小题10: | | A．distance | B．height | C．space | D．rope |
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| 小题11: | | A．streets | B．crowds | C．passengers | D．city |
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| 小题12: | | A．height | B．pleasure | C．wonder | D．danger |
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| 小题13: | | A．great | B．strange | C．public | D．tiny |
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| 小题14: | | A．experiments | B．circles | C．trips | D．movements |
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| 小题15: | | A．walking | B．staying | C．acting | D．showing |
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| 小题16: | | A．almost | B．even | C．often | D．rather |
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| 小题17: | | A．spirit | B．result | C．strength | D．courage |
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| 小题18: | | A．patient | B．terrified | C．pleased | D．enjoyable |
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| 小题19: | | A．show | B．trick | C．try | D．program |
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| 小题20: | | A．how | B．why | C．whether | D．when |
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In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank. He got into a life boat, but his supplies were . His chances of surviving were small. when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much than he was when he started, but alive.
His of how he survived is fascinating. His cleverness —how he to catch fish, how he evaporated (蒸发) sea water to fresh water—is very interesting.
But the thing that my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no in continuing the struggle. He was starved and worn-out. Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice.
When people these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going. Many people in desperate circumstances in or go mad. Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on difficulties.
“I tell myself I can it,” wrote Callahan in his book. “Compared to what others have been through, I’m fortunate. I tell myself these things over and over, up courage…”
I wrote that down after I read it. It me as something important. And I’ve told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed off or when my problems seemed too terrible. And every time I’ve said it, I have always come back to my .
The truth is, our circumstances are only bad to something better. But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you’re fortunate. Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you through the rough situations with a little more courage.
| 小题1: | | A．full | B．rich | C．few | D．enough |
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| 小题3: | | A．thinner | B．stronger | C．worse | D．healthier |
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| 小题4: | | A．attitude | B．assumption | C．instruction | D．account |
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| 小题5: | | A．assisted | B．tended | C．managed | D．intended |
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| 小题6: | | A．make | B．absorb | C．select | D．replace |
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| 小题7: | | A．attacked | B．caught | C．froze | D．cheated |
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| 小题8: | | A．operation | B．taste | C．message | D．point |
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| 小题9: | | A．firmly | B．completely | C．hardly | D．generally |
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| 小题10: | | A．deal | B．defend | C．survive | D．observe |
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| 小题11: | | A．similarly | B．differently | C．gradually | D．commonly |
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| 小题12: | | A．pull | B．take | C．break | D．give |
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| 小题13: | | A．for the lack of | B．in the face of | C．in exchange for | D．as a result of |
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| 小题14: | | A．handle | B．carry | C．follow | D．inspect |
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| 小题15: | | A．rolling | B．using | C．building | D．making |
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| 小题16: | | A．defeated | B．recommended | C．introduced | D．struck |
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| 小题18: | | A．feelings | B．senses | C．ideas | D．influences |
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| 小题19: | | A．related | B．measured | C．contributed | D．compared |
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