There is always something unexpected in our life. I find it humorous sometimes that even the most ordinary thing can have an _______ on us.

My wife, daughter, and I moved into our home nine years ago and we _______ a lot of time and energy working in the yard to get it look like what it does today. We called this area our "rock garden" because there were so many rocks. We did the best we could to make the yard _______. Then, we started to grow plants and flowers and _______ them carefully.

Last summer I walked to the end of the rock garden and found a tiny little plant that I could not immediately tell what it was. I knew I didn't plant it and Denise said that she didn't _______. We decided to let it continue growing until we could _______ what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the mystery (神秘的) plant, I found it grow taller. It appeared to be a Sunflower. As I pulled rocks from the area, I noticed something _______. The Sunflower didn't start where I saw the stalk (茎) begin. It actually began under a big rock and grew under and around it to _______ the sun.

Suddenly I realized something. "_______ a tiny little Sunflower has the ability of overcoming a big rock standing in its way of developing, we also have the ability of doing the same thing. "Like the Sunflower, it knew it had the ability to overcome difficulties.

Stand tall like the Sunflower and take ________in who and what you are and the environment will begin to support you. You will find a way to go under or around big difficulties in order to achieve your goal.

1.A.idea B.opinion C.experience D.influence

2.A.spent B.paid C.took D.cost

3.A.unclean B.tidy C.messy D.dirty

4.A.looked for B.looked after C.looked through D.looked over

5.A.too B.also C.either D.so

6.A.find out B.look out C.put out D.try out

7.A.interesting B.enjoyable C.ordinary D.unusual

8.A.hold B.reach C.catch D.have

9.A.Because B.Although C.If D.But

10.A.praise B.pride C.attention D.advice

Hi, I’m Gina. In February, 2018 my mother had a yard sale. During the sale, she had a conversation with a young girl called Nancy, for they had a common interest in some books she had for sale. They enjoyed their conversation so much that they exchanged their phone numbers. Later they became friends and got together a few times. When my mom moved into her new house, she had a family dinner and invited Nancy and introduced her to my brother. Five months later Nancy married (结婚) my brother.

In 2018, there was another special “yard sale” that I’ll never forget. One day, after work from school, I found one of my neighbors had a lot of things out in their front yard with cars and people everywhere. I ran to the yard at once and wanted to find some good cheap things too before everything good was gone. But then I found out it wasn’t a yard sale. In fact, policemen were taking the stolen (被偷的) things out of the house. My neighbor was a thief! Luckily, I didn’t ask how much the TV was.

根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

1.When did Gina’s mother have a yard sale?

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2.Why did the writer’s mother have a conversation with Nancy?

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3.Did Nancy marry Gina’s brother at last?

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4.Did Gina buy a TV from her neighbor’s “yard sale”?

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5.What did one of Gina’s neighbor do?

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