We cannot live only on hope, but neither can we live without it. Nobody knew this  36   than John Chapman. John Chapman was a man of great  37  . He was born in 1774 in Massachusetts. In the early 1800s, he became  38   in the opening up of the land in the Northwest Territory, as it was then called the new United States. He found small plots of land 39  for farming and cleared them by hand to grow apple trees. He bought apple  40  in Pennsylvania every year and then carry  them to many of his apple orchards(果园), usually on his   41  .

When the trees were  42   enough to transplant, he sold them to settlers that had come to farm in the West.   43  , he had apple orchards spread around   44   would become the states of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana. Most people forgot, or never knew his real name, and  45   calling him “Johnny the Apple Man”, or “Johnny Appleseed”.

Johnny was like by most of the people who knew him, the native Indians and white settlers   46  . He was a gentleman of great goal. His aim was to  47  the goodness of apple trees everywhere people   48  . Apples, he believed, gave the promise of  49  , and the hope that the wilderness would become home. Each tree that he  50   was a symbol of hope.

Johnny had another curious habit. He  51  books, but did not carry more than two,    52   a Bible and a book of inspiration(灵感). He would share and exchange his books with others.

His grave(坟墓) can be found today in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It says, “Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman). He lives 53   others.”

Johnny clearly  54   his greatest task in his life: to keep hope alive.  55   we keep hope alive, hope keeps us alive.

36. A. wider             B. deeper            C. better         D. earlier

37. A. fortune            B. imagination           C. promise       D. hope

38. A. interested          B. involved          C. proud         D. curious

39. A. suitable            B. right             C. good         D. poor

40. A. seeds             B. fruits            C. leaves        D. stems

41. A. car                  B. shoulder          C. bike          D. back

42. A. large             B. tall              C. new          D. heavy

43. A. Eventually         B. However          C. Thus         D. Therefore

44. A. which             B. what             C. that          D. where

45. A. took up            B. took to               C. took over      D. took on

46. A. alike              B. likely            C. similarly      D. commonly

47. A. spread            B. pass             C. follow        D. turn

48. A. travelled           B. passed            C. settled        D. rested

49. A. change            B. beauty            C. income        D. harvest

50. A. grew             B. found            C. discovered     D. boght

51. A. loved             B. wrote            C. sold          D. evaluated

52. A. hardly            B. commonly         C. usually        D. obviously

53. A. in                B. with             C. by           D. for

54. A. understood         B. started            C. thought       D. wrote

55. A. Though            B. As if             C. When         D. If only

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