For years I wanted a flower garden. I would spend hours thinking of the different things I could that would look nice together.
But then I had five lovely children: Matthew and Marvin, the twins Alisa and Alan, and then Helen. I was too raising them to grow a garden.
Money was tight (紧的) ,as well as time. When my children were little, if they wanted something that too much I’d have to say, “Do you see a money outside? Money doesn’t grow on trees, you know.”
Finally, all five got through high school and college, and started living on their own. And I started thinking again about having a .
One spring morning, on Mother’s Day, I the window and was surprised to see a new tree in my yard. I put my glasses on and I couldn’t believe what I was looking at. There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look. It was true! There was as much as one hundred on that tree. All I could think of was all the garden flowers I could with that money! There was also a(an) attached(附上): “ Love, Marvin.”
My other had bought me tools, ornaments(装饰物) and gardening books.
That was three years ago. My garden is now very , just the way I
wanted.
I’m still not sure whether money on trees. But I know love does!
1.A. sellB. catchC. plantD. feed
2.A. stressedB. excitedC. boredD. busy
3.A. costB. tookC. spentD. paid
4.A. pocketB. treeC. boxD. market
5.A. gardenB. dream C. presentD. yard
6.A. looked afterB. looked for C. looked out ofD. looked over
7.A. dollarsB. flowersC. butterfliesD. lights
8.A. seeB. solveC. design D. buy
9.A. DocumentB. SuggestC. NoteD. excuse
10.A. friendsB. childrenC. volunteers D. members
11.A. prettyB. oldC. usualD. small
12.A. decoratesB. hangs C. grows D.
puts
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