My wife and I moved into our home two years ago．We had a yard with a lot of ．Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some to the area．

Last summer, I found a tiny little in the yard that I could not immediately identify．I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either．We decided to let it growing until we could find out what it was．

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the plant, it appeared to be a sunflower．I decided to the weeds around it．As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ．The sunflower had not where I saw it begin．It actually had begun under a big and grown under and around it to reach the ．

That’s when I that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing．If we ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we to go and get what we need for growth．

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the to achieve our goals．Like the , it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had in itself that it would succeed．Stand tall like the sunflower and be who and what we are, then the environment will begin to us．We will find a way to go under or any “rocks” in order to reach our goals．

1.A．flowers B．insects C．rocks D．vegetables

2.A．color B．water C．fertilizer D．shape

3.A．weed B．seed C．rock D．plant

4.A．stop B．continue C．improve D．escape

5.A．weak B．lonely C．strange D．pretty

6.A．remove B．tend C．watch D．collect

7.A．wonderful B．terrible C．valuable D．unusual

8.A．passed B．started C．left D．died

9.A．tree B．table C．rock D．wall

10.A．a(chǎn)ir B．top C．sun D．house

11.A．realized B．doubted C．regretted D．hoped

12.A．place B．way C．course D．process

13.A．fill in B．put in C．worry about D．believe in

14.A．forget B．hate C．a(chǎn)im D．wait

15.A．a(chǎn)bility B．wish C．plan D．idea

16.A．yard B．sunflower C．home D．summer

17.A．energy B．virtue C．courage D．faith

18.A．a(chǎn)ware of B．a(chǎn)fraid of C．proud of D．tired of

19.A．support B．a(chǎn)ffect C．upset D．forgive

20.A．into B．a(chǎn)round C．through D．from

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This woman was ．

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“I suppose I’ll pay for the next order then,” he replied, nodding and waving at the impatient driver him．He over the cash and received his pre-paid hot drink．

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Five vehicles passed, then ten, then twenty．No one refused to pay．Customers stood at my window a fist-full of change to buy drinks for a complete stranger．Cars drove off, honking（鳴笛） and their thanks．

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