Planting Potatoes

When I was a boy, we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for growing potatoes.

I can still remember those potato planting days. All the family 31________ helped. After my Dad had 32________ the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my 33________ to drop the little seed potatoes in the 34________ while my Mom dropped handfuls of fertilizers beside them. My brothers then covered them all with the 35________ turned earth.

For months 36 ________ I would glance over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the 37________. When the harvest time came I was amazed at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad 38________ out of the soil. Those little seed potatoes had grown into big potatoes. They would be turned into meal after meal of 39________ food. They would keep the 40________ family well fed throughout the whole year. It truly was a miracle.

 

A: true

B: ground

C: members

D: job

E: delicious

F: prepared

G: rows

H: afterward

I: freshly

J: entire

K: tools

L: pulled

True Friendship

How can we find true friendship in this often phony, temporary world? Friendship involves recognition or familiarity with another's personality.26 ________  

How can we recognize potential friendship? 27________ Beyond that, genuine friendship involves a shared sense of caring and concern, a desire to see one another grow and develop, and a hope for each other to succeed in all aspects of life. True friendship involves action: doing something for someone else while expecting nothing in return; sharing thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment or negative criticism.

True friendship involves relationship. Those mutual attributes we mentioned above become the foundation in which recognition transpires into relationship. Many people say, "Oh, he's a good friend of mine," yet they never take time to spend time with that "good friend." Friendship takes time: time to get to know each other, time to build shared memories, time to invest in each other's growth.

 28________ We all need someone with whom we can share our lives, thoughts, feelings, and frustrations. We need to be able to share our deepest secrets with someone, without worrying that those secrets will end up on the Internet the next day! Failing to be trustworthy with those intimate secrets can destroy a friendship in a hurry.29 ________ Without them, we often feel betrayed, left out, and lonely. In true friendship, there is no backbiting, no negative thoughts, no turning away. True friendship requires certain accountability factors. Real friends encourage one another and forgive one another where there has been an offense. 30________ Friends are dependable. In true friendship, unconditional love develops. We love our friends no matter what and we always want the best for our friends.

 

A: Faithfulness and loyalty are key to true friendship.

B: Signs include a mutual desire for companionship and perhaps a common bond of some kind.

C: Genuine friendship supports during times of struggle.

D: Trust is essential to true friendship.

E: Friendship can make one being vulnerable.

F: Friends often share likes and dislikes, interests, pursuits, and passion.

According to the author, pictures include all the following EXCEPT（ ）.

• A、tables and charts

• B、graphs and maps

• C、newspaper advertisements

• D、drawings and photographs