完形填空"Look at this!" I said to my friend Lily, holding up the paper. "There's an art club at the Students' Center this winter."
Lily looked through it. "Jane, drawing is your 1 point!" she said, "But not mine".
"You may not think you can draw, but you can learn." I said in an encouraging voice, trying to 2 her to join the club.
"I tried, but my little brother thought the corns I painted were spaceships." Lily replied.
Later that day, I called my other friends. Then in a low spirit. I 3 my head down on the paper.
"What is it?" Mom asked. "An ad for an art club." I explained.
Would you like to join?" Mom asked. "Probably not." I said, "None of my friends 4 to join it."
Mom hugged me. She knew I had a difficult time jumping into something with only5 around. "Maybe next year."
"Maybe." I sighed. But how I wished I could be 6 enough.
I sat at the front door and took out my pencil. Once starting drawing, I 7 my eyes on the picture — I even didn't notice the fly buzzing around me. I jumped when I heard my neighbor Mr. Smith say, "You've done a great job showing the power of that tree on the paper — It even shows the 8 of life!"
"Thanks." I smiled.
"I have planted pine trees before." he said, "You have to spread out the roots (根) near the surface (表面), so the tree can 9 enough water and grow tall. If you plant the root ball too deep, the tree dries up and dies 10 ."
I stared at the picture. I'd 11 realized how far a tree's roots could stretch (伸展) outward. It made me12 my own roots. I was always planting them too deep in the earth because it could lower the risk of being 13 by the outside world.
That night, I made my final 14 . With a 15 heart, I thought to myself "I am stretching my roots out into new earth so that I can grow! I am the pine!"