Are forests always created by nature? A man from rural India proves that this is not necessarily 41 ．
Abdul Kareem，who used to be an airline ticketing agent，has a great love for the
42 ．Though he never went to college，he can talk about plants and trees like a(n)
43 ．In 1977，he bought a piece of 44 wasteland with the hope of growing trees on it．In the beginning，people thought he was 45 to waste his time and money on the land．But he 46 ignored them and kept working on the soil and planting trees there．The land was so 47 that it had to be watered several times a day．Kareem had to fetch the water from a 48 that was a kilometer away．In the first two years，none of the trees he planted 49 .However，in the 50 year，several young trees started growing．Greatly 51 by the result，Kareem planted more trees and his man made forest began to 52 ．
Kareem let his forest grow 53 ，without using fertilizers or insecticides．He believed in the 54 of nature to renew itself without the interference of humans．That’s 55 he did not allow fallen leaves or branches from the forest to be removed.
After years of 56 ，Kareem has not only realized his dream but also transformed a piece of 57 land into a beautiful forest．Today，his forest is 58 to 1，500 medicinal plants，2，000 varieties of trees，rare birds，animals，and insects. Now，
59 from all over the world come to visit his creation．They hope to do research on the secret of his 60 so that other parts of the world could benefit from it．
41．A．wrong B．good C．true D．natural
42．A．job B．planes C．tickets D．woods
43．A．expert B．actor C．guide D．farmer
44．A．rich B．rocky C．green D．expensive
45．A．pleased B．wise C．crazy D．disappointed
46．A．simply B．hardly C．rarely D．rudely
47．A．damp B．hard C．poor D．dry
48．A．resource B．source C．force D．course
49．A．died B．recovered C．survived D．succeeded
50．A．third B．second C．fourth D．last
51．A．surprised B．satisfied C．challenged D．encouraged
52．A．take place B．take shape C．take steps D．take risks
53．A．slowly B．quickly C．naturally D．nicely
54．A．ability B．activity C．quality D．possibility
55．A．how B．when C．where D．why
56．A．effects B．efforts C．comforts D．harvests
57．A．deserved B．reserved C．deserted D．preserved
58．A．home B．key C．access D．way
59．A．children B．parents C．tourists D．scientists
60．A．1ife B．success C．company D．happiness