Persevancethequalityofnevergivingupwhenfacinggreatchallengesliesbehindeverygreatachievementinanyone’slife.Withperseverancealameboycanlearntoswim;withpersistenceaconqueredcountrywillwinfreedom.

Onlywithstrongdeterminationcanpeoplefighttheirwaytofinalvictories.Manyafamousmanhasthesameexperience.Theyhaveobtainedtheirstatusbecausetheyhavehadthewilltoovercomenumerousdifficulties.Outstandingathletesgoallouttotrainthemselves.Their willpower isbeyondimagination.Weallhavereadofgreatmusicianswritersandinventors havecreatedordiscoveredbreakthroughsrecordedinhistory.Alwaystheyhavesaidthattheyowealltheirsuccesstoperseverance.Astostudentsquiteabignumberofthem havebeensuccessfulthroughperseverance.Howeveracertaingroupofthemjuststophalfwayandtheirpreviouseffortsturnouttobefruitless.

The same istrue of manyrichbusinessmen.Whatweusuallyseearetheirachievementsbutoncewegobehindtheseeneswewillfindthattheyhaveputinalotofcontinualsteady effortsOfallcountless exarmplesthestoryofColonelSaundersisperhapsoneofthemost

outstanding.The65-year-oldmanfromKentucky hadadream，tostartachainoffriedchicken restaurantsallovertheworld.Torcalizehisdream，heknewthatheneededarestaurant togointopartnershipwithhimtoopenthefirstrestaurantandtofrychickenaccordingtothe secretrecipe(配方）hehad.ColonelSaundershadknockedon1008doorsbefore hefinally foundaproperpersontoco-operatewith.Itisdoubtfulwhethermanyofuswouldhavehadtheperseverancetoknockevenahundreddoors.

Wecanconcludethatsuccesscomestoanyonewhokeepsworkingperseveringly whileofperseverance canonlyresultinfrustrationandfailure.

28.Whichofthefollowingistrueofperseverance?

A.Lameboysneeditmore. BItmeansnevergivingup.

C.Moststudentslackit. D.It'smoreimportantthaneffort

29.Whatcanbeinferredfromthethirdparagraph?

A.Saunderssucceededallbyhimself.

B.Saunderswouldn’tknockon1008doors.

C.Saundersowedhissuccesstohissecretrecipe.

D.Saundershadfailedmanytimesbefo