Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his 　41 one night when I was ready to give up a political campaign I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.

　 Tired, feeling the many months of 　42　 　in vain(徒劳), I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer when I 　43　 　up one of Dad’s old business cards that he was so proud of. Then I thought about how he 　44　 　with difficult situations. A lot of pictures appeared into my mind, but one 　45　 　came sharply into view.

　 We had just 　46　 　to Holliswood. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even 　47　 　. One was a great blue spruce(云杉)that must have been 40 feet tall.

　 Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible 　48　 　. We came home from the store that night to find the spruce 　49　 　almost totally from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our hearts 　50　 　. But not Dad’s.　

　 The rain was 　51　 　. Then he announced, “OK, we’re going to push him up.” “What are you talking about, Dad?” The 　52　 　are out of the ground. “Shut up, we are going to push him up, and he’s going to 　53　 　again.” We could not say no to him. So we 　54　 　him into the house and we got a rope and we　 55　 the rope around the top of the tree that　 56　 on the street, and he stood up by the house, with me　 57　 　on the rope and Frankie in the street in the rain, helping to 　58 　the great blue spruce. In no 　59　 　at all, we had it standing up straight again. Dad drove stakes(桩) in the ground, tied rope from the 　60　 　to the stakes, and said, “Don’t worry, he’s going to grow again….”

　 I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I couldn’t wait to get back into the campaign.

41. A. classes　　 B. lectures　 C. lessons　　 D. talks

42. A. struggle　 B. working　 C. battle　　　 D. defense

43. A. turned 　　 　B. took　　　 C. came　　 　D. picked

44. A. kept　　　 B. worked　　 C. dealt　　　 D. helped

45. A. sight　　　　　 B. spot　　　　 　 C. scene　　 D. story

46. A. come　　 B. left　　　　 C. got　　　 D. moved

47. A. yard　　　 B. field　　　 C. flowers　　 D. trees

48. A. storm　　　 B. rain　　　 C. snow　　 D. wind

49. A. pushed　　 B. pulled　　 C. put　　　 D. stuck

50. A. fell　　　　 B. rose　　　 C. sank　　　 D. dropped

51. A. stopping　　 B. falling　　 C. coming　 D. going

52. A. leaves　　　 B. branches　 C. roots　　 D. trunks

53. A. stand　 　　B. plant　　　 C. die　　　 D. grow

54. A. led　　　　 B. followed　 C. took　　　 D. brought

55. A. made　　　 B. gave　　　 C. tied　　　 D. kept

56. A. put　　　　 B. left　　　　 C. placed　　 D. lay

57. A. pulling　　　 B. pushing　　 C. holding　 D. fixing

58. A. take　　　　 B. put　　　　 C. pull　　　 D. push

59. A. time　　　　 B. problem　　 C. way　　　 D. difficulty

60.. A. leaves　　　 B. roots　　　　 C. trunk　　 D. branches

40.I’m not going.　　　　　　　　 　(首先), I have no money, and secondly, I have no time. (begin)

39.Not until she got home 　　　　　　　　(她才意识到) that she had lost her keys. (realize)

38.60% of the members voted 　　　　　　　　(支持)his suggestions. (favor)

37.I wish I　　　　　　　　 　(看见)you yesterday. (see)

36.Much attention should be paid　　　　 (改善) people’s living standard. (improve)

35.Great changes 　　　　　　　　(发生) in our hometown in the past five years.(take)