阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 A poor farmer had a friend {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was famous for the wonderful apple tree he grew.
One day, his friend {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(give) the farmer a young apple tree and told him to plant it. The farmer was pleased with the gift, but he did not know where{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(plant) it.
He was afraid that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree in one {#blank#}4{#/blank#}his fields, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(final) he planted the tree in his wood. But {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(with) sunlight and good soil (土壤),the tree soon died.
Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such{#blank#}7{#/blank#} poor place. "What's the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(different)? " the farmer asked{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(angry). The friend answered, "If you planted the tree in the sunlight, at least {#blank#}10{#/blank#}could enjoy the fruit. Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit, but also you have destroyed (毁掉) a good apple tree !"