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Once there was a boy who lived alone with his father. The boy loved American football very much, but he couldn’t take part in the games because he was half the size of other boys. At all the games, this hopeful boy sat beside the football field and 1. played.

The boy was always beside the football field, but his father always stood next to him and never 2. a game. All through in high school he was still an audience. His father always encouraged(鼓励)him.

When the boy went to junior high school, the American football teacher kept him on the school team because he always practiced hard and provided(提供) the other team members with high spirits(精神). But, he never got to play in a game.

It was the 3. of his last American football season. His father died that morning and the teacher allowed(允许) him to take a rest. The following Saturday, the boy came back and wanted to play in the game. The teacher and the players could not believe their eyes. He ran and passed 4. a star. In the closing seconds of the game, he ran all the way for the winning touchdown.

He told the teacher with tears(泪水) in his eyes, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know that my dad was blind(失明的)? Dad came to 5. our games in the past, but today was the first time I could play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”

It is the father’s love for his son that helps the son succeed(成功).

A lot of families in Britain grow vegetables. A few people grow unusual or strange vegetables. But a great many people grow tomatoes. My neighbor grows the biggest, sweetest, happiest tomatoes in the world. “How do you do it?” I ask. “Why can’t I grow tomatoes like yours?”

“I talk to them,” my neighbor says. “I’ve been talking to my tomatoes for years.” Up to now, I have always laughed at this.

This summer, some scientists carried out an interesting experiment(实验), and I have just read their report.

Three sets of tomato plants were grown. Nobody talked to the first set, but every day for a month, a recording of a man’s voice was played to the second set, and a recording of a woman’s voice was played to the third set. At the end of the month, the second set of plants had grown four centimeters taller than the first, and the third set of plants had grown five centimeters taller than the second. The plants liked the woman’s voice best.

“We can’t explain it,” a scientist said. “But sound waves surely help the tomatoes to grow. Plant growers have always paid attention to light and water. Now_we_advise_you_to_think_of_sound_waves_in_the_same_way.

1.The writer’s neighbor grows better tomatoes because he ________.

A. stays with them

B. laughs at them

C. talks to them

D. thinks of them

2.Through the experiment, the scientists proved that ________ helps tomatoes to grow best.

A. a man’s voice

B. a woman’s voice

C. the sound of nature

D. the sound of animals

3.By the underlined sentence the scientist means ________.

A. plants don’t grow without sound waves

B. scientists have found the secret of sound waves

C. sound waves are more important than light and water

D. plant growers should also pay attention to(注意;关注) sound waves

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