Unit 5 Music reading课时作业

一、完形填空

　　Frederick Albert is not a name you will find in a history book. It is, ___1___, the name of a German farmer who was such a hero in Reynoldsburg, Ohio during the Great Depression that people there ___2___ him a lot. He was also my great-grandfather.

　　Although my great-grandfather died before I was born, he has had a ___3___ influence on my life. I always hear stories about his ___4___. My favorite one that my mother has often told me brings ___5___ to my eyes as I'm so moved.

　　In 1935, my great-grandfather planted watermelons for extra money. To cut___6___, he always saved the seeds for the next season. While ___7___ supplies at the feed store(饲料店) one fall morning, my great-grandfather learned of a young girl who was ill with kidney(肾) disease. Her mother had ___8___ from a local amateur doctor that watermelon seeds could be crushed(压碎) into tea to help ___9___ her daughter, she ____10____ my great-grandfather and asked if she could have some of his watermelon seeds. Without hesitation, my great-grandfather gave all his watermelon seeds to the mother --- he was such a(n)____11____ man.

Unfortunately, all the watermelon tea in the world could not ____12____ the child and with winter's first snowfall, she died. The girl's