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五、任务型阅读。(2025·江苏苏州高新区实验初级中学调研)
There's a story about the California Gold Rush(淘金热) that tells of two brothers who sold all they had and went to look for gold. They discovered a vein(矿脉) of gold, bought it and got down to the serious business of getting the gold out of the mine(矿). All they hoped was to make lots of money and change their lives.
All went well at first, but then a strange thing happened. The vein of gold disappeared! They tried hard but they couldn't find any gold.
Finally, they gave up sadly. They sold their tools and rights to dig the mine for a few hundred dollars, and took the train back home. Later, a man named Tim who bought the gold mine ordered an engineer to examine(检查) the mine carefully. The engineer advised him to continue digging in the same place where the two brothers had left off. To his surprise, the new owner found gold at three feet deeper in the same place. With a little more patience, the two brothers would have been millionaires themselves.
It is also true for us. Sometimes we can't make it just because we are not patient enough. As a result, even though we are so close to success, we just miss the opportunity. Do you need to dig three feet farther in your life?
根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。
1. Why did the two brothers sell all they had and go to look for gold?
2. How did the new owner find the gold finally?
3. Will you keep trying when you can't see any hope? Why or why not?
There's a story about the California Gold Rush(淘金热) that tells of two brothers who sold all they had and went to look for gold. They discovered a vein(矿脉) of gold, bought it and got down to the serious business of getting the gold out of the mine(矿). All they hoped was to make lots of money and change their lives.
All went well at first, but then a strange thing happened. The vein of gold disappeared! They tried hard but they couldn't find any gold.
Finally, they gave up sadly. They sold their tools and rights to dig the mine for a few hundred dollars, and took the train back home. Later, a man named Tim who bought the gold mine ordered an engineer to examine(检查) the mine carefully. The engineer advised him to continue digging in the same place where the two brothers had left off. To his surprise, the new owner found gold at three feet deeper in the same place. With a little more patience, the two brothers would have been millionaires themselves.
It is also true for us. Sometimes we can't make it just because we are not patient enough. As a result, even though we are so close to success, we just miss the opportunity. Do you need to dig three feet farther in your life?
根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。
1. Why did the two brothers sell all they had and go to look for gold?
Because they wanted to make lots of money and change their lives.
2. How did the new owner find the gold finally?
By continuing digging in the same place where the two brothers had left off.
3. Will you keep trying when you can't see any hope? Why or why not?
Yes, I will. Because it is believed that to persevere means victory and that the moment before dawn is the darkest. I am sure if I am patient, I will be successful.（开放性试题，言之有理即可）
答案
五、1. Because they wanted to make lots of money and change their lives.
2. By continuing digging in the same place where the two brothers had left off.
3. Yes, I will. Because it is believed that to persevere means victory and that the moment before dawn is the darkest. I am sure if I am patient, I will be successful.（开放性试题，言之有理即可）
2. By continuing digging in the same place where the two brothers had left off.
3. Yes, I will. Because it is believed that to persevere means victory and that the moment before dawn is the darkest. I am sure if I am patient, I will be successful.（开放性试题，言之有理即可）
