15.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(盖子) 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 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 本文用一个故事来讲述了一个道理----人们应该有目标,并为实现该目标而付出自己的劳动,尽管这个目标有可能实现不了,而在做的过程中却得到了自己的快乐是非常重要的.
解答 24.B 细节理解题,根据第四段After a long silence,one of the diggers picked up a bottle full of spiders and insects.He removed the lid(盖子) and showed the wonderful contents to the visitors who were laughing at them.可知这个男孩向他们展示了一瓶他们在挖掘中所发现的东西,故选B.
25.C 推理判断题,根据倒数第二段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!可知目标是我们选择并且想要实现的目标,故选C.
26.D 标题归纳题.根据最后一段I believe it is the joy in the journey,in the end,that truly matters.可知本文主要向我们介绍了旅途中的乐趣才是最重要的,故选D.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.