1 . Once a neglected(无人照管的）piece of land, Chapel Hill High School Community Garden has been changed into a productive space.

In early fall 2008, Kristen's teacher mentioned the_______empty land next to the school’s tennis court(球场). The 50x70-foot area was overgrown with _______ ; on it stood an old greenhouse covered with dirt. It was the_______place for a garden, the teacher said. But who had the time and interest to_______the mess? “It sounds great and I can’t_______to do the job, ”says Kristen, who was the president of the high schools environmental club, the Green Tigers. With six members at first, tidying up the garden seemed_______and the project seemed possible.“We realized we could make a _______ ,”she says.

_______, growing season was three months away. “It was enough time to get the land_______,”says Kristen. But there was a __________.”We were Green Tigers without green fingers,”she says.The students didn’t__________what to grow, and preparing the yard for planting was more__________than they’d expected. “At first I thought we should make the garden__________ as soon as possible,”Kristen says. “But cleaning it up was the__________thing to do before researching what would grow well.”

Soon the garden’s changes encouraged other kids, parents and teachers to__________. Students received service credits(学分)for__________like cleaning out the greenhouse and planting flowers, but soon they were stopping by the garden__________ to stay there. Local gardeners__________ways to help with the growing. In spring 2010, the Green Tigers had their first __________harvest: mustard greens, potatoes and onions. It was enough to fill 50 bags with produce for a salad feast(盛宴)for the 100 volunteers-most of them students-who had __________a piece of Chapel Hill under Kristen’s direction.

2 . A teacher in a primary school is doing a science lesson. She asks all the children to do a/an ________ of their own choosing. After the children have been ________ for a few minutes, she gets to the desk of little Johnny. Johnny has a/an ________ on his desk and she asks what he is doing.

“Well, Miss, the spider’s name is Herbert and ________ this,” Johnny says. Then he ________ down to the spider and whispers(低语), “Run, Herbert!” And the spider, as if by magic, moves across the desk. The teacher is a little puzzled. Johnny then takes the spider and ________ one leg. The teacher is ________ but lets the experiment continue. Johnny again whispers, “Run, Herbert!” And the spider moves across the desk again. Johnny then ________ the spider and removes another 2 legs and ________ the experiment. By this time the teacher is getting a little ________.

The experiment ________ in the same way until Herbert, the spider, has one leg left. The teacher at this point is ________ dumbfounded(目瞪口呆). Johnny then bends down to the spider and removes the ________ leg. Again he whispers, “Run, Herbert!” But Herbert doesn’t ________. He repeats the ________ but a little bit louder. After several attempts(尝试), Johnny is now ________, “Run, Herbert!” But still no movement. Johnny then looks at the ________ and she asks, “Well, a ________ experiment, but what are you trying to ________ with it?” Johnny replies, “Well, Miss, spiders with no ________ are deaf.”