As is universally acknowledged, fresh food benefits our health. As a small child, I didn’t know about the benefits of fresh food. ____, I considered canned fish and fruit, bottled soft drinks and ____ snacks to be the most appetizing (令人垂涎的). As I learned to prefer fresh and ____ foods to the artificial taste of chemically-enhanced snacks, I began to ____ starting a vegetable garden in our backyard.
“What would it take?” I asked my mom. We had the space and were ____ to take care of the plants every day. ____ doing some research online, we ____ to dig out a space of 16 square feet in our yard. It would have to be at least a foot deep ____ with a raised vegetable bed, the vegetables would have two feet of depth to grow.
It was April of 2014. We knew that we had to work ____ if we wanted to plant vegetables that spring. That month, every day after school, I pushed ____ the tough clay (粘土) under our lawn with a large shovel (铲子). Luckily, the rain made the soil ____, and before we knew it, we had finished digging the bed. Next came my favorite part: shopping for ____ and plants. By June, our plants, especially the tomatoes, were growing ____. We had never ____ such fresh tomatoes; they were so sweet that you could almost taste the ____ in them. To give our friends gifts, we packed jars of our little tomatoes. We also ____ Italian pasta sauce with our tomatoes and basil (一种香料). It reassured (使…放心) us to know that we were eating healthy and fresh produce.
The work which we put into our vegetable garden was ____ worthwhile. As long as we had the ____ to start and maintain the garden, we ____ a bountiful (大量的) harvest for the entire summer and fall in return. Thanks to the success of my vegetable garden, I can say that if the ____ of life is to be happy, I’m one little step closer.

A．Likewise B．Instead C．Therefore D．Otherwise

A．preserved B．prepared C．prevented D．protected

A．particular B．delicious C．nutritious D．special

A．think about B．worry about C．adapt to D．appeal to

A．absent B．late C．satisfied D．willing

A．Before B．Since C．As D．After

A．led B．refused C．decided D．afforded

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

A．quickly B．hardly C．gradually D．suddenly

A．over B．through C．across D．beyond

A．harder B．softer C．heavier D．deeper

A．flowers B．fruits C．seeds D．vegetables

A．at risk B．with care C．in excitement D．like crazy

A．tasted B．sensed C．watched D．smelt

A．tear B．cloud C．sunshine D．wind

A．cooked B．offered C．provided D．supplied

A．rather than B．other than C．no more than D．more than

A．fact B．force C．doubt D．willpower

A．received B．accepted C．spent D．fulfilled

A．way B．quality C．goal D．standard