Planting Potatoes

When I was a boy we had several gardens around our old house. The largest one of all was used just for growing potatoes.

I can still remember those potato planting days. All the family _____（31） helped. After my Dad had _____（32） the soil, my Mom, brothers, and I went to work. It was my _____（33） to drop the little seed potatoes in the _____（34） while my Mom dropped handfuls of fertilizer beside them. My brothers then covered them all with the _____（35） turned earth. For months _____（36）I would glance over at the garden while I played outside and wonder what was going on underneath the _____（37）. When the harvest time came I was amazed at the huge size of the potatoes my Dad _____（38） out of the soil. Those little seed potatoes had grown into

big potatoes. They would be turned into meal after meal of _____（39）

food. They would keep the _____（40） family well fed throughout the whole year. It truly was a miracle. 

A．true

B．ground

C．members

D．job

E．delicious

F．prepared

G．rows

H．afterward

I．freshly

J．entire

K．tools

L．pulled 

Modern farmers do not have to work hard.

• A、True

• B、False

• C、Not Given

Workplace English Learning

English plays (play) an important role in the workplace. When _____（41） (use) correctly and appropriately, it will be _____（42）(help) in developing a career or a business. Some may need or want to study business English before they start their _____（43） (career). Those who are already _____（44）(work) have the opportunity to see what they can and cannot do _____（45）(effective) with English in their current job. A _____（46） (value) skill to have in business is how to negotiate. You need to know what you want, as well as how to bargain and make concessions （讓步）. Being able to deal with a conflict and _____（47） (know) how to end negotiations can make a big _____（48） (different) to the outcome. Workplace English learning will encourage _____（49）(profession) and efficient communication. It can better serve customers, business partners and _____（50）(supplier), and it will be a positive push for any business.