18.I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs and he was always very kind.
When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives,he was planting (16)C.His house sat on ten acres,and his life's(17)D was to make it a forest.He had some (18)D theories about planting trees.He hardly (19)A his new trees,which flew in the face(违背)of conventional wisdom.Once I asked (20)B and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made
them grow (21)C.He said you had to make things (22)A for the trees so that only (23)B could survive.He talked about how watering trees made them (24)D shallow roots and how,if they were not watered,trees would grow (25)B roots in search of water.So,(26)A watering his trees every morning,he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper.I asked him why he did that,and he said it was to get the tree's (27)D.
Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home.Every now and then,I walked(28)C
his house and looked at the trees (29)B he planted some twenty five years ago They were all tall,big and robust since they have deep roots now.
I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago.Two years of (30)A these trees meant they grew up weak.(31)D a cold wind blew,their branches trembled.Adversity (逆境) seemed to (32)C Doctor Gibb's trees in way comfort and ease n ever could.
Every night before I go to bed,I check on my two sons.I often (33)A that their lives will be easy.But lately I've been thinking that it's time to (34)B my prayer.I know my children are going to meet with (35)D.There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere.What we need to do is to pray for deep roots,so when the rains fall and the winds blow,we won't be torn apart.
| 16.A.forest | B.woods | C.trees | D.weeds |
| 17.A.pleasure | B.theme | C.topic | D.goal |
| 18.A.traditional | B.rich | C.same | D.interesting |
| 19.A.watered | B.cared | C.beat | D.protected |
| 20.A.how | B.why | C.where | D.when |
| 21.A.higher | B.stronger | C.weaker | D.taller |
| 22.A.tough | B.easy | C.simple | D.comfortable |
| 23.A.the smallest | B.the strongest | C.the youngest | D.the tallest |
| 24.A.need | B.find | C.build | D.develop |
| 25.A.long | B.deep | C.weak | D.short |
| 26.A.instead of | B.because of | C.in spite of | D.but for |
| 27.A.appearance | B.thinking | C.independence | D.attention |
| 28.A.between | B.across | C.by | D.into |
| 29.A.what | B.that | C.where | D.how |
| 30.A.attending | B.looking | C.beating | D.neglecting |
| 31.A.However | B.Whoever | C.Wherever | D.Whenever |
| 32.A.release | B.suffer | C.benefit | D.survive |
| 33.A.pray | B.wish | C.ask | D.tell |
| 34.A.keep | B.change | C.continue | D.control |
| 35.A.strangers | B.competition | C.fighting | D.hardship |