Planting Potatoes

When I was a boy, we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for growing potatoes.

I can still remember those potato planting days. All the family 31________ helped. After my Dad had 32________ the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my 33________ to drop the little seed potatoes in the 34________ while my Mom dropped handfuls of fertilizers beside them. My brothers then covered them all with the 35________ turned earth.

For months 36 ________ I would glance over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the 37________. When the harvest time came I was amazed at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad 38________ out of the soil. Those little seed potatoes had grown into big potatoes. They would be turned into meal after meal of 39________ food. They would keep the 40________ family well fed throughout the whole year. It truly was a miracle.

 

A: true

B: ground

C: members

D: job

E: delicious

F: prepared

G: rows

H: afterward

I: freshly

J: entire

K: tools

L: pulled

Are There Truths In Dreams?

Imagine waking up after dreaming 41___(dream) about a terrible plane crash. The next day you will make a plane journey that you have  42___(plan) long before. Will you get on the plane? A survey shows that you may not cancel your trip. But your dream will probably influence your  43___(thought) during the journey. You may feel  44___(worry) and find the trip much 45___ (long) than before. So dreams may influence what we are (real) doing while we are awake.

The explanation of dream is still a(n)  46___(clear) area. A team of researchers are entering a new field of studies: Do dreams actually influence our 47___(behave)? Over the past few years, they have 48___ (do) studies in different cultures and found out that dreams contain some 49 ___(hide) truths: dreams affect the way people live and work. But researchers also tell people not to be 50 ___(easy) influenced by their dreams.

 

A: true

B: ground

C: members

D: job

E: delicious

F: prepared

G: rows

H: afterward

I: freshly

J: entire

K: tools

L: pulled 

Judging from the passage, the primary use of pictures by an ESL teacher is to（ ）.

• A、draw students' attention

• B、train students in writing

• C、vary classroom activities

• D、enlarge students' vocabulary