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Johnnie Martin was born in a worker’s family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the ...
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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 _______ school psychologist's 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 _______ your parents and all of us very proud of you.”
Johnnie didn’t go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon _________ amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called “green thumb”. The plants he _______ grew well, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his ________ for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.
One day while he was downtown, he happened to ________ an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission(允许), he started the work, ________ he couldn’t afford all the tools or the plants that he ________ for it. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, 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.
1.A.job B.garden C.lesson D.present
2.A.into B.past C.along D.through
3.A.funny B.public C.careful D.similar
4.A.lie B.cry C.laugh D.agree
5.A.always B.usually C.sometimes D.never
6.A.how B.when C.what D.where
7.A.tell B.make C.help D.wish
8.A.nothing B.anything C.something D.everything
9.A.picked up B.painted at C.talked bout D.looked after
10.A.ideas B.invitation(邀请) C.question D.attention
11.A.buy B.rent C.clean D.notice
12.A.but B.and C.so D.or
13.A.bought B.borrowed C.planted D.needed
14.A.farm B.lake C.park D.market
15.A.find B.take C.collect D.learn
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