When I was a boy we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for __ potatoes. I can still remember those potato __ days. The whole __ helped.
__ my Dad had tilled(耕地)the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my job to __ the little seed potatoes in the rows while my Mom dropped __ of fertilizer (肥料)beside them. My brothers then covered them all __ the freshly turned earth.
For months afterward I would __ over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the ground. When the harvest time came I was __ at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad pulled out of the soil.
Those little seedlings had grown into sweet food. They would be __ meal after meal of baked potatoes, mashed potatoes, fried potatoes, and my __ favorite: potatoes cooked in spaghetti sauce.
They would __ the entire family well fed throughout the whole year. It __ was a miracle to be held.
Thinking back to those special times makes me wonder how many other __ I have planted in tills life that have grown ___in the hearts and minds of others.
How many times has God used some little thing that I said __ did to grow something beautiful? How many __ has Heaven used these little seedlings to __ another's soul with sweet food?
I hope then you always __ the garden around you with care. I hope that you plant only goodness, peace, and___ in the lives of everyone you help. I hope that everyday you help miracles to grow.
1.A. selling B. growing C. cooking D. cutting
2.A. planted B. planting C. being planted D. to plant
3.A. committee B. group C. family D. class
4.A. Before B. Since C. Until D. After
5.A. drop B. throw C. pull D. drive
6.A. boatfuls B. housefuls C. handfuls D. mouthfuls
7.A. at B. with C. by D. on
8.A. see B. notice C. glance D. glare
9.A. encouraged B. annoyed C. tired D. amazed
10.A. run into B. broken into C. looked into D. turned into
11.A. personal B. practical C. pure D. powerful
12.A. know B. knock C. keep D. kick
13.A. truly B. bitterly C. frequently D. conveniently
14.A. rows B. gardens C. seeds D. potatoes
15.A. unmade B. unseen C. unprotected D. untouched
16.A. and B. or C. so D. For
17.A. gardens B. rows C. days D. times
18.A. provide B. shut C. approach D. view
19.A. promote B. take C. close D. tend
20.A. love B. hate C. anger D. sadness