It was just about this time last year that my wife announced that she was no longer going to cut our lawn (草坪); instead, she wanted to let it go wild.
In fact, I did not accept her announcement. First, I could cut the lawn myself, something I hadn’t done for years and was unwilling to do. Second, I could try to hire a 1 to do it but the teenagers here didn’t seem exactly the type of people to be interested in 2 lawns. Third, I could acquiesce(勉强同意) to her suggestion.
Putting aside my pride and kissing goodbye to any hope of winning the first place in the shortest cut lawn competition, I drained (抽干) the oil in our lawn mower, pushed it into a corner and 3 it with a plastic cloth. I hope that once the lawn began to look too high, my wife would 4 her decision.
By the end of the third week of her “not work”, things were not working out as planned. The grass of the lawn was almost a foot in 5 , and the neighbors were beginning to 6 “ Hey Mike, what’s the matter? Is your lawn mower on strike?” one 7 joked. I replied, “No, the lawn mower isn’t. My wife is stopping working.” After six weeks, the lawn had begun to 8 a wild look, the sort of look that an old house has. But like a 9 haircut that turns out to be great once it grows, by the end of spring our lawn was beginning to show signs of real promise.
When in summer, people were stopping to look at the “jungle”. They stopped to admire the island of green. The once lifeless yard was filled with birds hunting for the bugs that now crawled on the moist ground. The 10 of the birds filled the air from dawn to dusk. Many a night we lay in bed listening with pleasure to the birds chattering about their days events.
1. A.teenager B.driver C.worker D.cleaner
2. A.sowing B.cutting C.growing D.treating
3. A.changed B.picked C.covered D.colored
4. A.recall B.retell C.rewrite D.reconsider
5. A.width B.weight C.height D.depth
6. A.enjoy B.notice C.forgive D.argue
7. A.colleague B.relative C.classmate D.neighbor
8. A.take on B.put on C.go on D.bring on
9. A.fashionable B.bad C.good D.broken
10. A.songs B.scream C.voice D.noises
