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James Bender, in his book How to talk well tells the story of a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he   41    his corn in the state fair where it won a prize. One year a newspaper reporter   42    him and learned something interesting about    43    he grew it.

    The reporter discovered that each year the farmer   44    his seed corn with his neighbors.

   “How can you   45    to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in   46    with yours each year?” the reporter asked. The farmer’s reply made everything   47   .

   “Why sir,” said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The wind   48    corn pollen (花粉) and blows it from field to field. If my neighbors grow poor corn, cross-pollination(异花授粉) will    49    reduce the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must   50    my neighbors grow good corn.”

    He is very much   51    of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve   52    his neighbor’s corn also improves.

   So it is in other   53   . Those who choose to live well must help   54    to live well, for the value of a life is    55    by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others to find    56   , for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all.

The   57    for each of us is this: If we co-operate and help each other out, life can get    58    for everyone, and the   59    can be shared by all. But if we think only of ourselves, our    60    will not only hurt others but it may come back to hurt us.

41．A．received         B．entered          C．raised           D．sold 42．A．delivered            B．addressed            C．interviewed      D．rewarded 43．A．how              B．why              C．where            D．whether 44．A．mixed            B．exchanged            C．connected            D．shared 45．A．demand           B．afford           C．hesitate         D．prepare 46．A．agreement        B．contact          C．competition      D．association 47．A．fresh                B．natural          C．powerful         D．clear 48．A．takes in         B．puts away            C．sets aside           D．picks up 49．A．steadily         B．hurriedly            C．quietly          D．rarely 50．A．push             B．help             C．drive                D．observe 51．A．tired                B．fond             C．worthy           D．aware 52．A．unless           B．since                C．when             D．though

53.     A.  positions           B.  problems            C.  aspects         D.  incidents 54．A．some             B．others           C．any              D．another 55．A．measured         B．followed         C．recognized           D．discovered 56．A．experience       B．relief               C．happiness            D．possibility 57．A．business         B．dream            C．excuse           D．lesson   58．A．richer               B．better           C．stronger         D．less 59．A．beliefs          B．hobbies          C．benefits         D．chances 60．A．selfishness          B．curiosity            C．expectation      D．independence

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