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The exact cause of the crime cannot be remembered as it happened a long time ago, but the punishment is still 41 and vivid: Dig up the fig tree（無花果）in the backyard and plant it at Mumsy’s place in the country. As I often did when sentenced to hard labor in the garden, I suspected this was my parents’ way of 42 me to do their dirty work.

It was a Sunday morning. With some tools, I went at the tree, cutting it branch by branch and limb by limb, 43 all that remained of the once-proud specimen（標本，樣本）was a sorry-looking stump of a thing.

“What did that 44 ever do to you?” my father said, “You should have left some taproot (主根) of it, at least. Go and load up the truck.” On any other day before, during the 45 to Mumsy’s, we would have pleasantly 46 school as usual, but I fenced myself off that time.

Then, at Mumsy’s, instead of sitting back to watch me work, he 47 me. As my father and I took turns to work, I could feel that my anger 48 , making room for the simple satisfaction of working at my father’s side 49 a common goal.

“ Well,” my father said when we 50 , “ we’ve done what we can do.” “Do you think there’s any 51 that it can grow up?” I asked. “It’s rich dirt. They say you can 52 toenails（指*）in it and grow little kids.” My father answered. I never tried the toenail trick, but I did 53 as it settled in, took root, and began to prosper. I was amazed and 54 when bowls of figs began to fill the fridge.

In a perfectly 55 world, I don’t deserve the reward. I had 56 the tree for no good reasons. What right did I have to the fruit? Years later, I put this 57 to my father. Watching him slide a bowl of figs from the fridge one morning, I felt a sudden stab of shame for my boyhood 58 . My father took a fig from the 59 and let me think of the fruit as forgiveness. “You,” he said, “ 60 some of that.”

41.A. certain B. strange C. common D. clear

42.A. inviting B. letting C. getting D. helping

43.A. since B. when C. until D. after

44.A. truck B. tool C. tree D. taproot

45.A. rest B. flight C. walk D. ride

46.A. thought over B. talked about C. broke into D. gave up

47.A. forgave B. tricked C. entertained D. joined

48.A. disappeared B. concentrated C. approached D. exploded

49.A. through B. against C. toward D. off

50.A. argued B. continued C. started D. finished

51.A. relationship B. value C. advantage D. chance

52.A. dig B. plant C. remove D. observe