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Week Two
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晚练
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My father was attached to gardening by birth.One of my earliest memories is following Dad barefoot
around in the garden with both hands blackened from digging (in the soil.The garden is a wonderland full
of possibilities.
As Dad grew older,he still loved gardening.Even when he was diagnosed with cancer,he still planted
all sorts of plants.Sometimes,I would come over to visit,and we would walk together in the garden.But then
something changed.Like the weeds that took over his garden,the cancer grew rapidly in Dad.I stayed with
Dad twenty-four hours a day and I found myself in all kinds of uncomfortable situations with Dad until I
promised to look after the garden.
Though I had heard the words of the doctor,what really made me believe that Dad was dying was the state
of his garden.That year,he only planted tomatoes.Too tired to weed them,he just tied them with strong strings
(to the fence and let them be.It made me sad to see them ignored,so I would come over and water them
once in a while,and remove the weeds.I still remember the day I picked the last tomato from the vine ()
That day was one of the saddest I had ever experienced in my life.
Three years ago,I decided to plant my own garden.I decided I would start out with a few tomatoes.That
morning when I moved to the garden,something caught the corner of my eyes and I had to smile.It was my
eight-year-old son Nathan,standing barefoot in the soil,happily playing in the soil.
Why did the author like his father's garden when he was a child?
A.It was a field that produced much food.
B.It was a wonderful place with unexpected surprise.
C.It was a place where he got educated.
D.It was a piece of land covered with black soil.
What did the author's father care about most in his last days?
A.His son.
B.His illness.
C.His garden.
D.His grandson.
What made the author accept the fact that his father would die soon?
A.That the garden wasn't taken good care of by his father.
B.His communication with h