As a banker, Chip Paillex had never planted so much until he moved to rural Pittstown, New Jersey, seven years ago. __36__ by farms, he quickly became interested in growing and rented a 30-by-30-foot land. One weekend, he __37__ tomatoes, potatoes and eggplant ---- enough to feed his family for the summer.
He ended up with so much __38__ that he couldn’t give it away. __39__ he found a local food __40__, and by the time he delivered his last harvest, he had __41__ 120 pounds of fresh vegetables.
The following year, with a handful of __42__ from his church and a memorable name “America’s Grow-a-Row”, Paillex planted, __43__, and harvested 1,500 pounds of vegetables, all of which he donated to food banks. Later he had more volunteers, rent more land and donated more vegetables.
Pailex also __44__ local school kids. On a __45__ Friday morning in May, 40 third and fifth graders trooped onto a freshly plowed field, each __46__ with a spade. Squatting or kneeling in teams of two, they loosened the dirt, then carefully __47__ the plants. Several rows later, they eagerly lined up to seed corn under a hot midmorning sun. Nobody __48__.
“The __49__ makes kids know there are people __50__, says Paillex, “and it plants the seed for giving back. When they become tomorrow’s __51__, it will be much more possible for them to __52__ their coworkers and employees to get __53__ in something like this.
“Paillex makes people want to __54__,” says Colleen Duerr, a mother of two who has signed on as an __55__ “Grow-a-Row” member. “And families love this. Pallex has given us a way to raise our kids with a giving heart.”
A.Trapped B.Occupied C.Prevented D.Surrounded
A.tasted B.planted C.collected D.wrapped
A.produce B.advice C.cost D.equipment
A.Thus B.Or C.Still D.But
A.shop B.market C.bank D.room
A.stored B.sold C.found D.donated
A.neighbours B.volunteers C.employees D.tourists
A.tended B.stored C.bought D.delivered
A.refuses B.chooses C.welcomes D.pushes
A.rainy B.snowy C.foggy D.cloudless
A.armed B.combined C.filled D.compared
A.cooked B.counted C.pulled D.positioned
A.laughed B.worked C.complained D.competed
A.example B.program C.lesson D.thought
A.in need B.in anger C.on business D.at war
A.farmers B.workers C.leaders D.owners
A.force B.wait C.beg D.encourage
A.locked B.involved C.moved D.turned
A.help B.relax C.settle D.grow
A.unexpected B.unpaid C.unseen D.unknown