When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other

When I was a child, I had an old neighbour named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’ve ever known. He never  11     at us for playing in his yard. I remembered him as a kind and  _12_ person
When Dr. Gibbs didn’t work, he planted trees. His house covered an area of ten acres, and his life’s goal was to make it _ 13_ .
He had some interesting _ 14 _ concerning planting. He belonged to the “No pains, no gains”      15  of plant growing. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked  _16    , he said, “Watering plants will spoil them, and if you water them, each successive tree_ 17_ will grow weaker and weaker. So you have to make things 18    for them and weed out the weak ones.” So he never watered his trees. He would _19    a pine, and instead of _20    it every morning, he beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I     21__ him why he did so, and he said it was to get the tree’s _22    .
I planted a couple of trees a few _23__ ago. I carried water to them for a solid summer, sprayed them and prayed over them. Two years of careful tending has _24     in trees that expect to be _25__ to hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blows in, they tremble their branches.
Dr. Gibbs passed away a _26    of years after I left home. Now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees. They’re _27__ now, big and healthy.
Funny things about Dr. Gibbs’ trees. Hardship and difficulty seemed to benefit them _28__
fort and ease never could.
Life is tough, whether we want 29_ to be or not. Too many times we pray for ease, but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is to pray for 30_ that reach deep into the earth, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be swept away.
【小题1】A．shoutedB．shotC．aimedD．pointed【小题2】A．cruelB．greedyC．pleasantD．disciplined【小题3】A．museumB．parkC．playgroundD．forest【小题4】A．featuresB．theoriesC．charactersD．instructions【小题5】A．classB．collegeC．schoolD．university【小题6】A．whatB．whenC．howD．why【小题7】A．imageB．productC．generationD．species【小题8】A．cheapB．easyC．expensiveD．rough【小题9】A．paintB．plantC．uprootD．establish【小题10】A．starvingB．beatingC．wateringD．feeding【小题11】A．askedB．toldC．informedD．demanded【小题12】A．approvalB．attentionC．painD．munication【小题13】A．weeksB．monthsC．yearsD．days【小题14】A．resultedB．producedC．believedD．spent【小题15】A．treatedB．tendedC．supportedD．attended【小题16】A．numberB．coupleC．rowD．period【小题17】A．tremblingB．dyingC．strongD．intelligent【小题18】A．whileB．thoughC．asD．and【小题19】A．themB．thatC．itD．this【小题20】A．trunksB．rootsC．branchesD．LeavesA