GrowingrootsWhenlwasgrowingup,IhadanoldneighbornamedDr．Gibbs．Hedidn'tlooklikeanydoctorI'd36known．WhenDr．Gibbswasn't37lives,hewasplantingtrees．Thegooddoctorhadsomeinterestingtheories38plantingtrees．Hebel

　　Growingroots

　　Whenlwasgrowingup,IhadanoldneighbornamedDr．Gibbs．Hedidn'tlooklikeanydoctorI'd36known．WhenDr．Gibbswasn't37lives,hewasplantingtrees．

　　Thegooddoctorhadsomeinterestingtheories38plantingtrees．Hebelievedin"Nopains,nogains"．Henever39hisnewtrees,whichwas40manypeople．OnceI41why．Heansweredthatwateringplantsspoiledthem,andthatifyouwaterthem,eachfollowingtreegenerationwillgrow42．Soyouhavetomakethings43forthem．Hetalkedabouthowwateringtrees44shallowroots,andhowtreesthatweren'twateredhadtogrowdeeprootsin45ofwater．Itookhimtomeanthatdeeprootsweretobe46．IplantedacoupleoftreesafewyearsbackandItookgoodcareofthem．Twoyearsofdevotionhas47treesthat

　　expecttobewaitedonhandandfoot．Wheneveracoldwindblows,they48andtrembletheirbranches.FunnythingsaboutthosetreesofDr.Gibbs'.Thelackofwaterseemedto49theminwayscomfortandeasenever50．

　　Iusedtoprayformysonsthattheirliveswillbe51．ButlatelyI'vebeenthinkingthatit'stimetochangemy52．Iknowmychildrenaregoingtomeet53,andI'mprayingtheywillbestrong．Theprayerforcomfortis54met．Whatweneedtodoistoprayfordeeproots,sowhenthewindsblow,wewon'tbe55away.

　　36．A．even

　　B．ever

　　C．never

　　D．hardly

　　37．A．taking

　　B．making

　　C．enjoying

　　D．saving

　　38．A．dealing

　　B．covering

　　C．concerning

　　D．considering

　　39．A．watered

　　B．spoiled

　　C．loved

　　D．cared

　　40．A．against

　　B．beyond

　　C．within

　　D．from

　　41．A．wondered

　　B．asked

　　C．wandered

　　D．guessed

　　42．A．weakerandweaker

　　C．tallerandtaller

　　B．strongerandstronger

　　D．happierandhappier

　　43．A．easy

　　B．comfortable

　　C．tough

　　D．wonderful

　　44．A．madefor

　　B．madeout

　　C．broughtdown

　　D．broughtup

　　45．A．charge

　　B．favor

　　C．case

　　D．search

　　46．A．treasured

　　B．challenged

　　C．respected