阅读下列材料,从材料后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
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When I was growing up, I had an old neighbour named Dr Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctors I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(惯坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker. So you had to make things difficult for them and weed(除去) out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow roots(浅根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he'd beaten it with a rolled-up newspaper. Smack! Slap! Pow! I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
Dr Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walk by his house and look at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very tall, big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and watched them for a whole summer. After two years of too much care, they shake a lot whenever a cold wind blows.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray(祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There is always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we can face them strongly and not be beaten down.
() 1. When Dr Gibbs said "weed out the weaker trees early on", what did he mean?
A. The weak trees would be easily discovered in the beginning.
B. The weak trees would be sent to his patients later.
C. He would not plant weak trees so early any more.
D. He would choose the weak trees to water earlier.
() 2. What can we know from the passage?
A. The writer beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper.
B. The writer took too much care of his trees.
C. The writer didn't often water his trees.
D. The writer didn't have a large field.
() 3. The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that .
A. his trees will be stronger than Dr Gibbs's
B. his sons will be better at planting trees
C. his sons will be able to face difficulties
D. his trees will not be beaten down
() 4. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Watering trees B. Growing roots
C. A doctor and his neighbour D. Father and his children