阅读下列短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。 A farmer had a brother in town. His brother was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good gardener and had the finest apple trees in the town.
One day the gardener gave the farmer a good apple tree {#blank#}2{#/blank#} asked him to plant it. The workers {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (take) the tree to the farmer's house. The next morning the farmer began {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (think) about where he should plant it.
"If I plant it {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the hill," he said to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (he), "the wind might blow down the delicious fruit before it is ripe (成熟的). If I plant it near the road, people {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (see) it and pick apples. But if I plant it near the door of my house, the children may pick them."
At last he planted the tree behind his house. But it didn't bear any apples.
He told the gardener about that {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (sad). The gardener laughed and said, "You have planted the tree where it {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) exposed to cold winds, and it can't get the sun there. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} could you get flowers and fruit? You have planted the tree with a greedy (贪婪的) heart and how could you get a good harvest?"
