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[2024·É½¶«Ê¡¼ÃÄÏÊиßÈýһģ]When I retired, my wife Peg said“Great! You'll have time to clean the garage£¡” After 30 years' __1__ as director of a radio station, I would finally have more time for housework, but I worried I'd lose the sense of __2__ I had felt in my profession.

I pushed at the garage's wooden doors, but they were as __3__ as I felt in this new stage of my life. I finally got the doors open and started to empty the shelves. Then my hand hit something __4__. It was a common old metal can. I __5__ the cover and found a __6__ envelope with a postmark of May 13, 1940 inside. __7__£¬ I opened it and found some flower seeds in it, “ Eighty years old! I wonder if they'll still grow.”

I __8__ the seeds in a plastic pot. I checked it every day, but nothing happened. “I guess they're just too __9__ to be any good£¬” I told Peg in __10__. I picked up the pot to get rid of it, but something made me __11__. I changed my mind and set it aside. Meanwhile, I was keeping __12__£¬ buying some books to improve my photography skills and teaching my granddaughters everything I knew about gardening and dogs.

Six weeks later, I was out in the yard when I __13__ to notice the pot. A new bit of green—a leaf had __14__. I proudly showed it off to my granddaughters. “Look, girls, even something this old can still __15__ for its purpose and be pretty cool. Just like your grand­papa£¡”

1£®A.dream    B£®belief

C£®study    D£®service

2£®A.freedom    B£®purpose

C£®trust    D£®security

3£®A.worn    B£®stuck

C£®broken    D£®lost

4£®A.delicate    B£®special

C£®hard    D£®sharp

5£®A.removed    B£®washed

C£®cleaned    D£®fastened

6£®A.labeled    B£®selected

C£®yellowed    D£®ruined

7£®A.Curiously    B£®Sincerely

C£®Skillfully    D£®Bravely

8£®A.collected    B£®planted

C£®abandoned    D£®stored

9£®A.old    B£®wet

C£®weak    D£®small

10£®A.anger    B£®surprise

C£®regret    D£®relief

11£®A.delay    B£®reflect

C£®hesitate    D£®disappoint

12£®A.upset    B£®awake

C£®social    D£®busy

13£®A.expected    B£®attempted

C£®failed    D£®happened

14£®A.showed up    B£®fallen off

C£®taken off    D£®dried up

15£®A.compete    B£®grow

C£®survive    D£®relax