One morning it took me an hour to watch a small ant carry a huge feather across my back porch (走廊). Several times it met objects on its path and after a short time it would go around them.

At one point the ant had to deal with a crack (裂缝) about 10mm wide. After a short time of thought, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked across it and picked it up on the other side then continued on its way.

I was attracted by the cleverness of this ant, one of God’s smallest creatures (生物). It was an example of the wonder of creation. Here was an insect, tiny, yet given a brain (大脑) to think, explore, discover and beat difficulties. But this ant, just like people, also shares human weaknesses.

After some time the ant finally reached its home — a flower bed at the end of the porch and a small hole that was the entrance to its underground home. And it was here that the ant finally faced the problem. How could that large feather possibly fit down the small hole?

Of course it couldn’t. So the ant, after all this trouble and using much creativity, beating difficulties all along the way, just left the feather behind and went home.

The ant had not thought the problem through before it began its brave journey and in the end the feather was nothing more than a heavy weight.

Isn’t our life like that?

We worry about how much money we have, we worry about work, about where we live, about all kinds of things. These worries are heavy things, and they make an already difficult life even more difficult. Worrying will do nothing good for us. When we get to where we want to be in life, we will understand that worrying can only bring us down.

65. Did the writer show a great interest in the ant at first?

66. How did the ant cross the crack?

67. Did the ant take the feather into the hole or give it up?

68. What do you think of the ant?

69. What does the writer want to tell us?

1. Sandy got a lot of presents at her ________ (nine) birthday party.

2. Something has been done to reduce the price of buildings. People are very happy when  ________ ( hear) it.

3. It took me an hour ________ (do) my homework last night.

4. Playing too many computer games is          (harm) to you. 

5. My shoes are broken. They need                 (repare).

6. Mr. Black said that he ____________（come）back in five minutes.

7.Look, a young man                      (lie) on the ground.           

8. She is very hungry. She _____    _ （not eat）anything for three days.