题目内容：

    There were two men who lived next to each other. One of them was a retired (退休的) teacher and the other was an insurance agent (保险代理人) . ______ of them planted many different plants in their gardens. The retired teacher ______ watered his plants and didn't pay a lot of attention to them. But his neighbor was very ______ with his plants and watered them often.

The retired teacher's plants were small, but still looked okay, ______ the insurance agent's plants were much bigger and greener. One night, there was heavy rain and wind because of a minor (较小的) ______ . The next morning, both of the neighbors came out to ______ the plants on their gardens were okay. The insurance agent saw that his plants were pulled out (拔出) from the ground and were completely in a mess. But the retired teacher's plants were still the same as they used to be.

The insurance agent was ______ . He went to ask the retired teacher for ______ . "We both grew the same plants and I ______ for my plants better than you did. How could your plants still be okay?"

The retired teacher smiled and said, "Because you gave your plants too much attention. You made it too ______ for them to grow. I gave my plants just a little water, so their roots (根) had to grow deeper to take in more water. That is why my plants kept alive."

1.A.Neither B.Both C.Either

2.A.always B.never C.hardly

3.A.careful B.careless C.strict

4.A.as B.since C.while

5.A.weather B.storm C.accident

6.A.look for B.talk about C.make sure

7.A.silent B.happy C.surprised

8.A.money B.advice C.land

9.A.cared B.collected C.searched

10.A.hard B.easy C.interesting