Question

When I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never shouted at us for playing in his yard. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t _______ lives in the hospital, he was planting as many trees as possible in his yard. And his life’s goal was to make it a _______.

The good doctor had some _______ ideas on planting trees. He believed in “No pains, no gains”. He never _______ his new trees, which was different from many people. Once I asked him why. He _______ that watering plants spoiled (宠坏) them and that if you water them, each following tree generation will grow _______. He talked about how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots (根) in _______ of water.

However, I didn’t buy his words then. A few years later. I planted a couple of trees and I took good care of them. Two years’ caring had resulted in trees that expected to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blew _______, they trembled (颤动) their leaves and branches. The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that the lack of water seemed to benefit them in ways comfort and ease never could.

Now I am the father of two sons. I used to wish that my sons’ lives will be easy. But lately when I think of Dr. Gibbs and his trees, it reminds me that it’s time to change my attitude (态度). I know my children are going to meet hardship, and they can’t be too dependent to live on. _______ I need to do is to pray for deep roots, ________ when the winds blow, they won’t be swept away.

1.A.making B.valuing C.saving

2.A.street B.forest C.farm

3.A.perfect B.terrible C.difficult

4.A.watered B.raised C.loved

5.A.wondered B.answered C.doubted

6.A.weaker B.taller C.straighter

7.A.face B.honor C.search

8.A.quickly B.strongly C.hardly

9.A.How B.What C.Why

10.A.so B.or C.but

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