RecentlyIhadaconversationwithafriendwhohasalong-termgoalthatwilltakeseveralyearstoachieve．Heseemedoverwhelmedbythesizeofthegoalandwasgettingdiscouraged．Itletmerememberthestoryoftheclockthathadbeenrunningandrunning．

Oneday，theclockbegantothinkabouthowmanytimesithadtostickeachyear．Itcountedthesecondsupandfounditwouldhavetostick31，536，000timesayear．Theclockwasoverwhelmed．Itsaidtoitself，"Ican'tdoit．That'stoomuch．"Soitstopssticking．Thensomeonetolditthatitdidn'tneedtodoitallatonce，butonetickeachtime．Theclockthenrealizedthatwasokayandstartedtickinghappilyagain．

Whenwesetourgoals，it'sgoodtothinkaboutthefinalresults．Butgettingtoagoalisdoingalittlebiteveryday，notdoingitallatonce．Sonexttimeyoufindyourselftooverwhelmedbyyourgoal，remembertheclockandthenumberofticks-doalittlebiteverydayandyouwillreachyourgoal．

Ontheotherhand，ifyoualwaysfocusonachievingyourgoals，youwillonlytrainyourselftogofromonegoaltothenextwithoutcomingupforair．Youneedtointroducealittlebalanceintoyourlife．Dosomeactivitiesthathavenothingtodowithyourgoals，likefindinganewparktowalkthrough，discoveringanewroutetorun，orpickingagreatnoveltoread．Giveyourselftimetorelaxanddon'tmissoutonthepleasureoflife．

28．Whatwastheproblemoftheauthor'sfriend？___

A．Hehadnolifegoals．

B．Hesetawronggoal．

C．Heworriedtoomuchabouthisgoal．

D．Hisgoalwastoobigtoachievebyhimself．

29．Accordingtotheauthor，whenwetrytoachieveagoal___．

A．Theresultdoesn'tmatteraslongaswemakeefforts．

B．Weshouldn'tfocusonitallthetime．

C．Wewillgiveupifitistoobig．

D．It'snecessarytotakeadvice．

30．Theunderlinedword"balance"inthelastparagraphrefersto___．

A．Ashort-termgoal

B．Thepleasureofreachingagoal

C．Activitiesthatfreeyoufromagoal

D．Waysthathelpyoureachyourgoalsoon

31．Whatcanbeusedasthebesttitleforthepassage？___

A．Alittlebiteveryday

B．Thestoryoftheclock