If you have a chance to travel in Europe you’d better choose Italy as a good place to visit. Because Italy is a very famous country with a long history, and there are many interesting cities in this country . There are three million people each year who visit the city of Pisa. It is known for the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The tower looks as it might fall at any time . (1)In fact, some visitors stop at the tower just long enough to take a picture, then they hurry away. The tower has 194 steps. Visitors who can climb to the top and come down will feel like heroes.

Engineers say that safe, though, leans, the , are, the , visitors, tower. This tower has been leaning for about eight hundred years. And it leans a tiny bit more every year. If this keeps on, （2）塔最终会倒下. But many engineers are trying their best to keep the tower standing as long as possible.

1.       When did the tower begin to lean?

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2.       把（1）句翻译成汉语。

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    3． 把斜体部分的单词连成一句话。

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    4． 把（2）处的句子译成英语。

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    5. What’s the passage mainly about?

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Have you ever been sad because you failed in something? If so, please remember, for often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing. Here is a story to tell you why.
One day a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after watching a science program. As he was working, a couple of boys stopped by to watch.  "What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors. "I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the earth!" the boy answered excitedly.  The older boys began to laugh, telling him that it was impossible to do it. Then they left.
The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly, a few small colorful stones caught his eyes. He collected them and put them into a glass jar patiently.  Humming a song, he went on digging. The jar was full soon. Then he talked to himself calmly and proudly, "Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at what I have found in the process of digging !"
The boy's goal was too difficult, but it did cause him to go on, in other words, to cause us to keep working!
Not every goal will be achieved.  Not every job will end up with a success.  Not every dream will come true.  But when you can't achieve your goal, maybe you can say, "yes, but look what I've found along the way! There are so many wonderful things that have come into my life because I tried to do something!" It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really has a meaning.
【小题1】What did the boy do after watching a program?