When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor，a doctor named Gibbs. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was 1 trees. His house sat on ten acres(英亩), and his life’s goal was to make it a 2 . The good doctor had some interesting 3 concerning planting trees. He never 4 his new trees. Once I asked why. “Watering plants will 5 them.” He said, “If you water them, each younger generation will grow 6 . So you have to make things 7 for them.” He talked about how watering trees 8 shallow roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow 9 roots in search of water. He’d planted an oak and, 10 watering it every morning, he’d 11 it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s 12 . Dr. Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and again, I returned and walked by his 13 and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some twenty-five years ago. They’re incredibly 14 now. Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two 15 . I stand over them and pray for them. 16 I pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my 17 . I know my children are going to encounter hardship. Life is tough, whether we want it to be or not. Too many times we pray for 18 , but that’s a prayer seldom met. What we need to do is pray for 19 that reach deep into the earth 20 they won’t be swept apart when the rains fall and the winds blow. 小题1: A．planting B．examining C．watching D．cutting 小题2: A．hospital B．forest C．park D．garden 小题3: A．instructions B．experiences C．theories D．experiments 小题4: A．covered B．shook C．watered D．pulled 小题5: A．strengthen B．enlarge C．drown D．spoil 小题6: A．taller and taller B．faster and faster C．smaller and smaller D．weaker and weaker 小题7: A．rough B．easy C．smooth D．pleasant 小题8: A．set aside B．made for C．put away D．break down 小题9: A．countless B．numerous C．deep D．limited 小题10: A．thanks to B．along with C．apart from D．instead of 小题11: A．protect B．fasten C．appreciate D．beat 小题12: A．patience B．growth C．attention D．movement 小题13: A．laboratory B．house C．office D．clinic 小题14: A．dead B．broken C．weak D．strong 小题15: A．trees B．sons C．works D．houses 小题16: A．Mostly B．Occasionally C．Scarcely D．Loudly 小题17: A．mind B．decision C．direction D．prayer 小题18: A．gifts B．reunion C．ease D．freedom 小题19: A．branches B．leaves C．tops D．roots 小题20: A．so that B．even though C．now that D．in case