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With his leg lame（瘸的）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 the gift.       seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, an idea       him: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So after watering it once or twice, he never      it. A few days later, 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 a gift and said 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         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.

A．ever B．seldom C．still D．often

A．held B．raised C．lowered D．covered

A．Both B．None C．One D．Each

A．likes B．protects C．grows D．watches

A．And B．So C．Before D．But

A．cared for B．got rid of C．occurred to D．put forward

A．appealed to B．took care of C．adapted to D．turned to

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

A．roots B．leaves C．branches D．seeds

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

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

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

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

A．generally B．hardly C．recently D．voluntarily

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

A．cutting B．decorating C．watering D．fertilizing

A．filling B．falling C．dropping D．crying

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

A．Love B．Water C．Disability D．Father

A．So long as B．If only C．Now that D．Even though