Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A. B. C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
It’s been so long that I can’t remember the crime, but I’ll never forget the punishment: Dig up the fig tree (无花果) in the backyard and plant it at Mumsy’s place in the country. As I often did when appointed to do a hard job in the garden, I        this was my parents’ way of getting me to do their dirty work.
It was a Sunday morning. With some tools, I went at the tree, dismantling (拆卸) it branch by branch and limb by limb, until all that remained of the once-proud specimen was a sorry-looking stump of a thing.
“What did that      ever do to you?”, my father said, “You left some taproot (主根), at least. Go and load up the truck.” On any other day before, during the     to mumsy’s, we would have pleasantly      school as usual, but I fenced myself off that time.
Then, at Mumsy’s, instead of sitting back to watch me work, he       me. As my father and I took turns to work, I could feel my anger      , making room for the simple satisfaction of working at my father’s side towards a common goal.
“ Well,” my father said when we finished, “ we’ve done what we can do.” “Do you think there’s any       that it can grow up?” I asked. “It’s rich dirt. They say you can plant toenails in it and grow little kids.” My father answered. I never tried the toenail trick, but I did watch as it settled in, took root, and began to prosper. I was amazed and       when bowls of figs began to fill the fridge.
In a        fair world, I don’t deserve the reward. I had hurt the tree for my own complaints. What right did I have to the fruit? Years later, I put this      to my father. Watching him slide a bowl of figs from the fridge one morning, I felt a sudden stab of shame for my boyhood     . My father took a fig from the bowl and let me think of the fruit as forgiveness. “You,” he said, “        some of that.”

A．Convinced B．informed C．suspected D．inspected

A．truck B．tool C．tree D．taproot

A．rest B．flight C．walk D．ride

A．thought over B．talked about C．broke into D．gave up

A．Forgave B．tricked C．entertained D．joined

A．Disappeared B．Concentrated C．approached D．exposed

A．Relationship B．value C．advantage D．chance

A．confused B．relieved C．regretful D．disappointed

A．perfectly B．partly C．mostly D．probably

A．task B．answer C．question D．strategy

A．Misery B．misfortune C．sorrow D．rudeness

A．Deserve B．receive C．protect D．suspect