Section C (8 marks)
There once was a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he entered his corn in the state fair(集市) ___ it won a blue ribbon.
One year, a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned ______ interesting about how he grew it. ______ reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn(粮种) with his neighbors.
“How can you afford to do that when they are entering their corn in competition______
yours each year?” the reporter asked.
“Why sir,” said the farmer, “don’t you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the ripening corn and spreads _____ from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross-pollination will gradually reduce the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”
He is fully aware _____ the connectedness of life. His corn can’t improve ______ his neighbors’ corn also improves. ______ it is with our lives.