Joy in the journey If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on. For often, 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, a couple of older boys stopped by to . “What are you doing?” asked one of the visitors. “We plan to dig a hole all the way through the !” one of the brothers volunteered . The older boys began to , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was . After a long silence, one of the picked up a jar full of spiders, worms and many other kinds of insects. He the lid and showed the wonderful to the scoffing（嘲笑的）visitors. Then he said quietly and , “Even if we don’t dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found the way!” Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig. And that is a goal is for — to cause us to move in the we have chosen, in other words, to keep us ! But not every goal will be fully . Not every job will end . Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every dream will be . But when you fall of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I found along the way! Look at the wonderful things my life because I tried to do something!” It is in the digging life is lived. And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly . 小题1: A．rest B．work C．watch D．laugh 小题2: A．house B．earth C．wall D．road 小题3: A．calmly B．patiently C．excitedly D．impatiently 小题4: A．laugh B．think C．stare D．smile 小题5: A．important B．difficult C．impossible D．interesting 小题6: A．passers-by B．watchers C．visitors D．diggers 小题7: A．moved B．removed C．broke D．pushed 小题8: A．contents B．scenes C．pictures D．jars 小题9: A．properly B．confidently C．carefully D．happily 小题10: A．in B．along C．to D．out 小题11: A．what B．how C．where D．which 小题12: A．way B．direction C．life D．sight 小题13: A．thinking B．moving C．digging D．living 小题14: A．made B．prepared C．kicked D．achieved 小题15: A．hopelessly B．pleasantly C．surprisingly D．successfully 小题16: A．come true B．realized C．made D．treasured 小题17: A．short B．lost C．out D．behind 小题18: A．breaking into B．turning to C．coming into D．holding to 小题19: A．when B．where C．which D．that 小题20: A．matters B．happens C．appears D．exists