题目内容：

    Both my parents were born to help plants grow well. Our family ______ the food we grew in our huge vegetable garden. My mother canned much of the produce for winter, and my father sold vegetables to the stores and high schools. Our garden was the ______ of the neighborhood. But one summer, we had a ______. Someone was stealing some of our vegetables.

Then one of the neighbors tipped us off that an old bachelor (单身汉), who lived a short distance from us, was seen ______ some vegetables in a nearby town. Benny didn’t have a garden, so he was ______ getting his vegetables from someone else’s garden. Actually, Benny wasn’t a(n) ______ fellow. My dad often ______ him for part-time jobs just to help him out. My parents figured he was taking our vegetables just to earn a few extra dollars. ______ stealing is stealing. My father decided to ______ this situation his own way: hiring Benny to guard the garden. But the others in my family were all ______ it.

When my father asked him about the job, Benny was obviously a bit ______, but he finally agreed. Needless to say, there were no vegetables missing the next day. Whether or not Benny slept most of the night wasn’t ______. The fact was that Dad’s plan was working, ______ better than my father had planned. You see, each morning, after Benny got done sleeping, guarding the garden, he’d ______ long enough for breakfast with us.

Now, Benny got to like this garden business. By the following spring, Benny had his own garden with my father’s help. Of course… for some ______, we don’t need a garden guard anymore.

1.A.stuck to B.referred to C.depended on D.gave away

2.A.pride B.prize C.price D.project

3.A.fear B.problem C.point D.thought

4.A.buying B.growing C.getting D.selling

5.A.exactly B.obviously C.extremely D.eventually

6.A.strange B.good C.honest D.bad

7.A.asked B.offered C.hired D.invited

8.A.But B.And C.So D.Instead

9.A.charge B.risk C.discuss D.handle

10.A.with B.for C.against D.beyond

11.A.shocked B.disappointed C.relieved D.annoyed

12.A.right B.true C.important D.necessary

13.A.even B.ever C.so D.any

14.A.stay around B.search about C.leave off D.start out

15.A.degree B.benefit C.sense D.reason