7.If you have ever been discouraged because of failure,please read on.Usually,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,several older boys stopped by to watch.
"What are you doing?"asked one of the visitors.
"We plan to dig a hole all the way through the earth!"one of the brothers answered excitedly.
The older boys began to laugh,telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible.After a long silence,one of the diggers picked up a bottle full of spiders and insects.He removed the lid(蓋子) and showed the wonderful contents to the visitors who were laughing at them.Then he said quietly and confidently,"Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth,look at what we found along the way!"
Their goal was far too difficult,but it made them big.And that is what a goal is for-to make us move in the direction we have chosen.In other words,it sets us digging!
But not every goal will be fully achieved.Not every job will end successfully.Not every hope will come to pass.Not every love will last.But when you fall short of your aim,perhaps you can say,"Yes,but look at what I found along the way!Look at the wonderful things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!"And I believe it is the joy in the journey,in the end,that truly matters.
24.One of the brothers showed a bottle to the older boys toB.
A.present what tools they were using
B.show what they had found in their digging
C.frighten them away
D.make them curious
25.We can infer from the passage thatC.
A.digging a hole all the way through the earth is impossible
B.the writer thinks that the two brothers will reach their goal one day
C.a(chǎn) goal is something that we have chosen and want to achieve
D.everyone can succeed if he sets a goal
26.What is the best title for the passage?D.
A.Failure is the mother of success
B.Where there is a will,there is a way
C.No pains,no gains
D.Joy in the journey.
分析 本文用一個故事,來講述了一個道理,人們應該有目標,并為實現(xiàn)該目標而付出自己的勞動,盡管這個目標有可能實現(xiàn)不了,而在做的過程中卻得到了自己的快樂是非常重要的.
解答 24.答案是B.細節(jié)理解題,"Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth,look at what we found along the way!""即使我們不能挖通地球,看看我們這一路發(fā)現(xiàn)的,所以答案選B.
25.答案是C.推理判斷題,根據(jù)文章最后一段的內(nèi)容可以推斷作者的意思是 目標是我們選擇并想要實現(xiàn)的,所以答案選C.
26.答案是D.標題歸納題.根據(jù)I believe it is the joy in the journey,in the end,that truly matters.我相信這是旅程中的樂趣,最終,真正重要的,這是文章的中心句,故選D
點評 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋.考生首先要仔細閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準確把握作者觀點.