Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good ____ and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.
One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went ____ the school psychologist's (心理学家的) office to ask for help.
“Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a ____ study of them,” said the psychologist.
“I've been trying hard,” Johnnie was about to ____.
The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, “People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were ____ able to learn Maths, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will find __ you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very ____ you.”
Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the garden around the town. Soon ____ amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called a “green thumb”. The plants he ____ grew, and the roses blossomed (开花). People started to accept his ____ for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.
One day while he was downtown(在市区), he happened to ____ an unusual dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission (许可), he started the work, ____ he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants that were ____ for it. People gave him young trees, rosebushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little ____.
Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they ____ beauty before the eyes of people.
46. A.job | B.garden | C.lesson | D.present |
47. A.into | B.past | C.along | D.through |
48. A.funny | B.public | C.careful | D.similar |
49. 50. A.always | B.usually | C.sometimes | D.never |
51. 52. A.strict with | B.proud of | C.angry with | D.sure of |
53. A.nothing | B.anything | C.something | D.everything |
54. A.picked up | B.pointed at | C.talked about | D.looked after |
55. A.suggestions | B.invitations | C.situation | D.attention |
56. A.buy | B.rent | C.clean | D.notice |
57. 58. A.common | B.natural | C.possible | D.necessary |
59. A.farm | B.lake | C.park | D.market |
60. A.find | B.spread | C.collect | D.describe |