As a banker, Chip Paillex had never planted so much until he moved to rural Pittstown, New Jersey, seven years ago. __36__ by farms, he quickly became interested in growing and rented a 30-by-30-foot land. One weekend, he __37__ tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant ---- enough to feed his family for the summer.
He ended up with so much __38__ that he couldn’t give it away. __39__ he found a local food __40__, and by the time he delivered his last harvest, he had __41__ 120 pounds of fresh vegetables.
The following year, with a handful of __42__ from his church and a memorable name “America’s Grow-a-Row”, Paillex planted, __43__, and harvested 1,500 pounds of vegetables, all of which he donated to food banks. Later he had more volunteers, rent more land and donated more vegetables.
Pailex also __44__ local school kids. On a __45__ Friday morning in May, 40 third and fifth graders trooped onto a freshly plowed field, each __46__ with a spade. Squatting or kneeling in teams of two, they loosened the dirt, then carefully __47__ the plants. Several rows later, they eagerly lined up to seed corn under a hot midmorning sun. Nobody __48__.
“The __49__ makes kids know there are people __50__, says Paillex, “and it plants the seed for giving back. When they become tomorrow’s __51__, it will be much more possible for them to __52__ their coworkers and employees to get __53__ in something like this.
“Paillex makes people want to __54__,” says Colleen Duerr, a mother of two who has signed on as an __55__ “Grow-a-Row” member. “And families love this. Pallex has given us a way to raise our kids with a giving heart.”
小题1: | A.Trapped | B.Occupied | C.Prevented | D.Surrounded |
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小题2: | A.tasted | B.planted | C.collected | D.wrapped |
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小题3: | A.produce | B.advice | C.cost | D.equipment |
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小题5: | A.shop | B.market | C.bank | D.room |
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小题6: | A.stored | B.sold | C.found | D.donated |
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小题7: | A.neighbours | B.volunteers | C.employees | D.tourists |
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小题8: | A.tended | B.stored | C.bought | D.delivered |
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小题9: | A.refuses | B.chooses | C.welcomes | D.pushes |
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小题10: | A.rainy | B.snowy | C.foggy | D.cloudless |
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小题11: | A.armed | B.combined | C.filled | D.compared |
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小题12: | A.cooked | B.counted | C.pulled | D.positioned |
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小题13: | A.laughed | B.worked | C.complained | D.competed |
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小题14: | A.example | B.program | C.lesson | D.thought |
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小题15: | A.in need | B.in anger | C.on business | D.at war |
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小题16: | A.farmers | B.workers | C.leaders | D.owners |
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小题17: | A.force | B.wait | C.beg | D.encourage |
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小题18: | A.locked | B.involved | C.moved | D.turned |
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小题19: | A.help | B.relax | C.settle | D.grow |
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小题20: | A.unexpected | B.unpaid | C.unseen | D.unknown |
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