My friend Richard went far to work, so he asked me to take care of his yard in the mountains. He always worked hard and often kept the yard ________ without any grass. But I was too ________ to pull out the grass, allowing them to grow freely. In the early spring, in ________, the leaves were green and soft. A month later, when the leaves spread quickly, I ________ they were like wild orchids (兰花) in the forest. Unlike those purple or brown red forest orchids, they were yellow.

I ________ one flower, then went to a friend who studied plants. As soon as my friend saw it, he asked me ________ I picked it. “It’s amazing!” He explained ________, “This kind of orchid is hard to find. Now it is worth at least 10,000 dollars each.”

I called to tell the good news to Richard. He was very surprised and then said he had seen the orchids in the yard every year, but he thought they were common grass, so he always ________. He said, “It would have flowered a few years if I could ________.” Yes, all of us might miss some rare (稀有的) orchids in our own lives. We don’t give them the time to flower to prove their value.

Give the “grass” time to flower and give everybody a ________ to prove his value.

【推荐3】Have you ever planted a few trees on Tree-planting Day? Every year, millions of people, both young and old, ________ a lot of trees. But this may not be the best way to make our ________ a greener place.

Last week we visited a park in Hebei province. We were ________ to find most of the trees had been burned. The workers told us that the trees ________ soon after they were planted because they weren’t watered well enough. So the ________ burned them and cleaned the place for ________ trees to be planted this year. On a ________ that found in one of the dead trees, a student wrote, “I hope this ________ will grow up with me to be the backbone(栋梁)of our country.” The worker said the trees were ________ important in the world.

Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate some money and let professionals(专业人士)plant and ________ the trees.