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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      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 52 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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