题目内容：

With his leg lame and his teeth uneven, the boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He      played with his classmates; and when asked to answer questions, he always _        his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗).          of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever         his sapling best shall get a favorite gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get his father's gift.        seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he __        an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So after watering it once or twice,  he never __        it.

A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was        to find it not only didn't die, but also grew some fresh          . Compared with those of his brothers and sisters, his appeared greener. His father kept his        ，bought the little boy one of his favourite gifts and said from the tree he planted, he would surely become an outstanding         when he grew up.

From then on, the little boy slowly became       and confident. One night, he suddenly           his biology teacher once said that plants        grow at night. Why not go to see his tree? When he came to the courtyard, he found his father was working near his tree with a ladle(长柄勺). All of a sudden, he        ： his father had been secretly          his small tree! He returned to his room, tears          in his eyes.

Decades passed. The little boy didn't become a botanist.          ，he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

      is the best nourishment(滋养品)of life;          it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well.

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

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

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

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

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

6.A. cared for         B. got rid of       C. hit upon             D. put forward

7.A. appealed to       B. attended to      C. adapted to           D. turned to

8.A. surprised         B. frightened       C. disappointed          D. amused

9.A. roots            B. leaves            C. branches             D. seeds

10.A. word            B. balance            C. agreement           D. opinion

11.A. teacher          B. gardener             C. president             D. botanist

12.A. satisfied         B. certain               C. optimistic            D. independent

13.A. believed         B. recalled              C. repeated             D. knew

14.A. generally         B. hardly               C. recently             D. probably

15.A. remembered      B. understood            C. wondered           D. admitted

16.A. cutting           B. decorating            C. watering            D. providing

17.A. welling           B. falling               C. dropping            D. crying

18.A. Therefore         B. Besides              C. Moreover           D. Instead

19.A. Love             B. Water               C. Disability           D. Father

20.A. so long as         B. if only              C. now that             D. even though