Withhisleglameandhisteethuneventheboythoughtofhimselfasthemostunfortunatechildintheworld.He36playedwithhisclassmatesandwhenaskedtoanswerquestionshealways37hisheadwithoutaword.One

 Withhisleglameandhisteethuneventheboythoughtofhimselfasthemostunfortunatechildintheworld.He  36  playedwithhisclassmatesandwhenaskedtoanswerquestionshealways  37  hisheadwithoutaword.

Onespringhisfatherbroughthomesomesaplings(树苗).  38  ofhischildrenwouldplantasaplingandhepromised“Whoever  39  hissaplingbestshallgetagift.”Theboycertainlywantedtogetthegift. 40  seeinghisbrothersandsisterswateringthetreeshe    41  anidea:hehopedthetreeheplantedwoulddiesoon.Sowateringitonceortwicehenever  42  it.

Severaldayslaterhewas  43  tofinditnotonlydidn’tdiebutalsogrewsomanyfresh_____44 .Comparedwiththoseofhisbrothersandsistershisappearedgreener.Hisfatherkepthis     45 boughttheboyagiftandsaidhewouldbecomeanoutstanding  46   aftergrowingup.

Fromthenontheboyslowlybecame  47  andconfident.Oneeveninghesuddenly  48___  hisbiologyteacheroncesaidthatplants  49  growatnight.Whynotgotoseethetree? 

Whenhecametothecourtyardhefoundhisfatherworkingnearthetree!Instantlyhe  50 :Fatherhadbeensecretly  51  histree!Hereturnedtohisroomtears  52  inhiseyes.

   Decadespassed.Theboydidn’tbecomeabotanist.  53 hebecametheU.S.President.HisnamewasFranklinRoosevelt.

 54  isthebestnourishment(滋养品)oflife.  55  itisjustabucketofwateritcanmakethetreeoflifegrowwell!

36.A.ever                       B.seldom                  C.still                        D.often

37.A.held                       B.raised                          C.lowered                D.covered

38.A.Both                       B.None                     C.One                      D.Each

39.A.likes                       B.protects                C.grows                          D.watches

40.A.And                        B.So                         C.Before                         D.But

41.A.caredfor                B.gotridof               C.hitupon                D.putforward

42.A.appealedto                 B.attendedto