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There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree _______  there. Both the patch _______ the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and _______  were the pride of the gardener. But _______   knows that the vegetables and the _______  couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影) , _______   it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand,   _______  the vegetables because they drank nearly all the_______ , leaving him just enough to live.

The situation became _______ serious that the vegetables decided _______  up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables _______ the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.

The gardener wondered why and stopped_______ them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables _______ that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were   _______ , the gardener gave the _______  care to the vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.

1.A. grow             B. grows              C. grew          D. grown

2.A. and              B. or                 C. but           D. nor

3.A. they              B. them               C. their         D. themselves

4.A. somebody         B. anybody             C. nobody       D. everybody

5.A. gardener         B. tree               C. light         D. leaves

6.A. when              B. before             C. if           D. because

7.A. liked           B. hated             C. loved         D. helped

8.A. shadow            B. water             C. soil         D. sunlight

9.A. so               B. such               C. too           D. very

10.A. used            B. using             C. to use        D. use

11.A. from             B. for                C. by            D. on

12.A. water            B. watering           C. to water      D. waters

13.A. realized        B. improved            C. received      D. remembered

14.A. do             B. doing              C. did          D. done

15.A. good             B. better            C. best          D. well