When I was growing up,I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't 1      lives, he was planting trees. His house sat on ten acres(英亩) ,and his life's 2       was to make it a forest.

  The good doctor came from "No pains,no gains" school of gardening. He had some inter?esting 3       about plant management. He 4       watered his new trees. Once I asked why, he said that watering plants spoiled(宠坏) them,and that if you 5       them,they would grow 6       . So you had to make things 7       for them and got rid of the weak trees early on.

  He talked about how watering trees made for 8       roots, and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in 9       of water.

  So he never watered his trees. He planted an oak(橡树) and, 10       watering it every morning,he would 11       it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him 12       he did that,and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Dr. Gibbs 13       a couple of years after I left home. But the trees he planted are 14       now.

I planted some trees a few years ago, 15       water to them for a whole summer,and prayed over them. Two years of careful care has 16       in trees that grow weaker and weaker. Whenever a cold wind blows, they 17       .

So I'm 18       my view to life, because life is hard. Too many times we pray for comforta?

ble life. In fact, what we need to do is to pray for 19       that reach deep into the Eternal(永恒) ,so when the rains fall and the winds blow,we won't be 20       .

(   ) 1.A. starting   B. seeing   C. saving   D. spending

(   ) 2.A. goal   B. courage   C. time   D. money

(   ) 3.A. activities   B. theories   C. services   D. records

(   ) 4.A. always   B. sometimes   C. never   D. Often

(   ) 5.A. watched   B. spoiled   C. heated   D. watered

(   ) 6.A. taller   B. weaker   C. deeper   D. faster

(   ) 7.A. rough   B. sharp   C. easy   D. soft

(   ) 8.A. deep   B. high   C. shallow   D. low

(   ) 9.A. honor   B. terms   C. face   D. search

(   ) 10.A. instead of   B. because of   C. as a result of   D. due to

(   ) 11.A. treat   B. destroy   C. cover   D. beat

(   ) 12.A. how   B. why   C. when   D. where

(   ) 13.A. passed by   B. passed away   C. got around   D. died out

(   ) 14.A. straight   B. alone   C. strong   D. dying

(   ) 15.A. carried   B. contained   C. prevented   D. moved

(   ) 16.A. stayed   B. finished   C. experienced   D. resulted

(   ) 17.A. sing   B. die   C. tremble   D. vary

(   ) 18.A. losing   B. changing   C. keeping   D. exploring

(   ) 19.A. roots   B. fortunes   C. waters   D. materials

(   ) 20.A. punished   B. troubled   C. panicked   D. damaged

   Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. Green said, "Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. With?out me all animals would 1      " Blue interrupted, "You only think about the 2       ,but consider the sky and the sea. 3       the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea. Without my peace you would all be 4      .”

Yellow chuckled (笑道) ,"You are all so serious. I bring laughter fun and 5       into the world."

Orange started next to blow her trumpet, "I am the color of health and strength. I may be 6       but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life. When I fill the sky 7       ,my beauty is so striking that no one gives another 8       to any of you.”

Red could stand it 9       and he shouted out, "I am the ruler of all of you. I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to 10       truth. I am also the color of passion and love.”

Then came Purple and Indigo(深蓝) .…

The colors went on boasting each convinced of his or her own 11       Their quarreling be?came louder and louder. Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightning. Thunder rolled and boomed. Rain started to pour down 12      . The colors crouched(蜷缩) down 13       drawing close to one another for comfort.

In the midst of the clamor(叫嚷) rain began to speak, "You foolish colors fighting 14       yourselves each trying to dominate 15      . Don't you know that you were each made for a spe?cial purpose 16       and different? Join hands with 17       and come to me.”

Doing as they were told,the colors 18       and joined hands. They formed a colorful rain?bow. From then on,whenever a good rain 19       the world, a rainbow appears in the sky. They remember to 20       one another.

(   ) 1.A. stay   B. leave   C. go out   D. die

(   ) 2.A. earth   B. moon   C. star   D. sun

(   ) 3.A. That is   B. I am   C. It is   D. This is

(   ) 4.A. anything   B. nothing   C. something   D. everything

(   ) 5.A. warmth   B. sadness   C. depression   D. anxiety

(   ) 6.A. usual   B. normal   C. common   D. scarce

(   ) 7.A. at midnight   B. at noon or at night

   C.  at sunrise or sunset   D. during the day

(   ) 8.A. gift   B. honor   C. thought   D. respect

(   ) 9.A. for more   B. any more   C. very much   D. no longer

(   ) 10.A. turn to   B. fight for   C. struggle with   D. bend over

(   ) 11.A. superiority   B. disadvantages   C. inferiority   D. weakness

(   ) 12.A. gently   B. quietly   C. violently   D. peacefully

(   ) 13.A. with care   B. in fear   C. by chance   D. on purpose

(   ) 14.A. amongst   B. by   C. for   D. against

(   ) 15.A. others   B. themselves   C. the other   D. the rest

(   ) 16.A. simple   B. similar   C. common   D. unique

(   ) 17.A. each other   B. me   C. one another   D. them

(   ) 18.A. combined   B. separated   C. united   D. divided

(   ) 19.A. cleans   B. washes   C. brightens   D. dampens

(   ) 20.A. appreciate   B. quarrel with   C. ignore   D. praise

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