If you’re going to do something,my dad used to say,do it right. Mostly he said that after my half-hearted(不尽力的) 4l to weed the vegetable garden.For some reason,he knew that there were white roots still 42 deep in the ground without looking around the garden.So I would be in the 43 again the next day with a spade dig deep and 44 the roots of our garden.As I tried to focus my attention on 45 ,Dad’s words kept echoing in my mind:“Do it right.” I saw a perfect example ofwhat Dad was mlldng about last week when one ofthe teams,in the company was 46 .All of us were sad to see them go.They were good friends and 47 ,and we worried about them.And 48 ,at such times you always wonder:am I next? But as we watched them during the week they were given to 49 , many of us noticed that they weren't handling this in quite the way we expected them to. 50 none of them found another job,there was also no bitterness or 51 in their departure.I didn’t hear a negative word.I didn’t see any 52 or unhappy flaces-at least,not from them.Instead,I saw grace. “It’s 53 ,”one of my colleagues whispered.“1 went over there to offer comfort and support to them,and they 54 comforting me.” Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their 55 .I don't know if my departing friends 56 their ending as a“swan song”or not,but the calm,quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and 57 us. Lee,a man who has seen and 58 lots of lay-offs during almost 40 up-and-down,on-again-off-again years with the company, 59 nicely for all of us. “Now.that’s doing it right,”he said. Somewhere,I just know Dad was smiling his 60 . 41.A.attempts B.judgments C.expectations D.requests 42.A.planted B.buried C.grown D.stuck 43.A.house B.school C.garden D.company 44.A.look forward to B.come up with C.fit in with D.get down to 45.A.watching B.thinking C.digging D.working 46.A.turned down B.1aid off C.cut down D.given up 47.A.competitors B.colleagues C.directors D.consultants 48.A.frankly B.naturally C.equally D.generally 49.A.hurry up B.turn up C.pack up D. come up 50.A.Since B.When C.Unless D.While 5l. A.sadness B.puzzle C.anger D.delight 52.A.tears B.smiles C.dangers D.fears 53.A.up setting B.exciting C.disappointing D.amazing 54.A.objected to B.insisted on C.ended up D.kept on 55.A.birth B.death C.arrival D.party 56.A.view B.recognize C.choose D.describe 57.A.discouraged B.warned C.inspired D.amused 58.A.celebrated B.witnessed C.resisted D.survived 59.A.made up B.summed up C.picked up D.sped up 60.A.disagreement B.indifference C.admiration D.approval
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