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Sir Henry Stewart was certainly successful. I asked one day, soon after he’d retired to attend his garden, what it was like to have achieved all of one’s ambitions. He looked down at his roses, and went on watering them. Then he said, “The only value in achieving one’s ambitions is that you then realize that they are not worth achieving. ” Within a moment we were back to a safe discussion on the weather. That was two years ago.

I recall this incident, for yesterday, I was passing his house, and had drawn up my cart just outside his garden wall. I had pulled in from the road for no other reason than to let a bus pass me. As I set there filling my pipe, I suddenly heard a shout of sheer joy come from the other side of the wall.

I looked over. There stood Sir Henry doing nothing less than a dance of pure unashamed delight. Even when he observed my puzzled face staring over the wall he did not seem embarrassed, but shouted to me to climb over.

“Come and see, Jan. Look! I have done it at last! I have done it at last!”

There he was , holding a small box of earth in his hand. I observed three tiny shoots out of it.

“And there were only three!” he said, his eye laughing to heaven.

“Three what?” I asked.

“Peach stones”, he replied. “I’ve always wanted to make peach stones grow, ever since I was a child, when I used to take them home after a party, or as a man after a banquet. And I used to plant them, and forget where I planted them. But now at last I have done it , and , what’s more, I had only three stones, and there they are, one, two, three shoots,” he counted.

And Sir Henry ran off, calling for his wife to come and see his achievement—the achievement of simplicity.

21．The main idea of this passage probably is

A．great achievements can bring comfort B．real joy comes from simple things．

C．gardening is a pleasure D．one’s best life comes after retiring

22．What was Sir Henry’s attitude towards success?

A．Delightful B．Valuable C．Worthless D．Suffering

23．What was the writer doing when he heard the shout of joy from Sir Henry?

A．Preparing to smoke. B．Repairing the pipe

C．Drawing up his cart D．Staring at the garden.

24．What did Sir Henry do when he saw the writer?

A．He felt ashamed about his behavior B．He invited the writer to climb over to share his joy.

C．He called his wife to join them. D．He ran away with the three shoots