Once upon a time there were two neighbors living next to each other. One of them was a teacher and the other was a doctor. Both of them planted different _________ in their gardens.

The teacher gave a little water to his plants and didn’t always give _________ care to them, while the other neighbor gave a lot of water to his plants and looked after them very _________.

The teacher's plants were simple _________ looked good. The doctor’s plants were much fuller and greener. One night, there was a heavy rain. The next morning, both of them came out to their gardens. The doctor's plants were totally destroyed. However, the teacher's plants still looked good.

The doctor was _________ to see that. He went to the teacher and asked, “I _________ my plants better than you did, and even gave them more water. How is that possible? ”

The teacher smiled and said, “You gave your plants more attention and water, but because of that, they didn't need to work by _________.You made it easy for them, While I gave them just a little water and let their roots (根)search for _________ Because of that, their roots went deeper and that made their position stronger.”

Children are like plants. If everything is _________ to them, they will not learn to work alone. Sometimes it's best to __________ them instead of giving them. Teach them how to walk, but let them follow their path(道路).

1.A.flowers B.trees C.plants D.corns

2.A.full B.awful C.honest D.main

3.A.badly B.carefully C.rapidly D.slowly

4.A.and B.or C.so D.but

5.A.pleased B.surprised C.moved D.excited

6.A.cared about B.threw away C.stuck to D.laid out

7.A.yourselves B.myself C.themselves D.itself

8.A.less B.more C.worse D.better

9.A.lent B.connected C.driven D.given

10.A.refuse B.punish C.guide D.force

One day, a teacher entered his classroom and gave his students a surprise test. He walked around the classroom and handed out the question papers with the text facing downwards.

Once he had given them all out, he asked his students to _______ the page and begin. To everyone's _______ , there were no questions, but just a black dot in the center of the _______ .

The teacher saw the _______ on everyone's face and said, "I want you to write what you _______ there. You have three minutes to finish this." The confused students got started on the _______ task. After three minutes, the teacher _______ all the answer papers and started reading each one of them. All of them, with no _______ , described the black dot and tried to explain where it was on the paper.

After each paper had been _______ , the classroom was silent. The teacher began to ________ .I am not going to grade you according to this. I just wanted to give you something to ________ .No one wrote about the white part of the paper, Everyone ________ on the black dot, and the same thing ________ in our lives, we have a piece of white paper to enjoy, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our ________ is a gift filled with love and care. We always have reasons to celebrate-friends that help us or jobs that support our lives. However, we keep focusing only on the dark spots-the health problems, the lack of money or the bad relationships with other people. The dark spots are really ________ , but they are very small. Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy each moment that life gives you. Be happy and live a positive life!"

1.A.read B.set C.turn D.check

2.A.delight B.surprise C.sadness D.disappointment

3.A.blank B.picture C.page D.text

4.A.symbols B.mash C.appearances D.expressions

5.A.remember B.see C.imagine D.desire

6.A.unusual B.common C.boring D.important

7.A.chose B.divided C.corrected D.collected

8.A.exception B.means C.doubt D.attention

9.A.answered B.counted C.read D.written

10.A.complain B.explain C.question D.reply

11.A.prefer to B.make up C.work out D.think about

12.A.depended B.lay C.focused D.agreed

13.A.happens B.appears C.remains D.develops

14.A.family B.life C.friendship D.heart

15.A.exciting B.interesting C.strange D.annoying

My friend Richard went far to work, so he asked me to take care of his yard in the mountains. He worked hard and often kept the yard _______ without any grass. But I was too lazy to sweep the fallen leaves, and I_______pluck (拔 ) grass, allowing it to grow rapidly. In the early_______, in March, the leaves were green and soft. A month later, when the leaves spread quickly, I discovered they were like wild orchids (兰花) in the forest.

As the summer came, the "grass" really flowered. The flowers looked like those forest orchids, _______ they were yellow, unlike those purple or brown red forest orchids. I picked one flower, then went to find a friend who studied _______.As soon as my friend saw it he asked me_______ I picked it. "It's amazing!" He _______ explained, "This kind of orchid is hard to find. Now it is worth at least 10,000 dollars each."

I told the good news to Richard. He was_______. After a while he said gently, he saw the orchid in the yard every year, but he thought it was common grass, so he always plucked it. He said, "If I could_______, it would flower a few years before." Yes, all of us might miss some rare( 稀有的) orchids in our own lives. We don't give them the time to flower to prove their value.

Give the "grass" time to flower and give everybody a ________ to prove his value. Don't pluck a leave of any "grass" or negate (否定) a person rudely and how many "rare orchids " we will get in our lives!

1.A.wild B.clean C.dry D.dirty

2.A.sometimes B.often C.never D.always

3.A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter

4.A.so B.but C.then D.or

5.A.colors B.rivers C.seasons D.plants

6.A.that B.why C.where D.who

7.A.proudly B.successfully C.carelessly D.excitedly

8.A.worried B.surprised C.scared D.relaxed

9.A.wait B.get C.take D.make

10.A.tree B.yard C.flower D.chance

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