题目内容：

One early morning, an old gardener found lots of his flowers were missing. He was so ______ that he shouted, “Who did this?” He wanted to protect (保护) his flowers, ______ he locked (锁上) the garden in the evening.

The next morning, he found some of his flowers missing again. So he ______ to find out what had happened. When night came, he sat ______ to watch his garden. Soon he saw a tortoise (陆龟) moving slowly into the garden. The tortoise opened its mouth and ate a whole ______.

The gardener ran to the tortoise and shouted, “I ______ you this time!”

“I’m sorry. If you want to punish (惩罚) me, please do not ______ me into water. It is ______ to die that way,” said the tortoise.

“You ate so many of my beautiful flowers. I must punish you!” said the old gardener. And he quickly threw the tortoise into a ______ next to his garden.

After some time, the tortoise swam away ______. Then the old gardener realized it was so silly to throw the tortoise into the lake because the tortoise was not afraid of water.

1.A. angry    B. glad    C. surprised    D. brave

2.A. though    B. but    C. so    D. or

3.A. caused    B. decided    C. cheated    D. reported

4.A. quietly    B. brightly    C. crazily    D. fairly

5.A. tomato    B. apple    C. bird    D. flower

6.A. catch    B. take    C. carry    D. rise

7.A. turn    B. fold    C. lead    D. throw

8.A. available    B. terrible    C. difficult    D. important

9.A. river    B. tower    C. lake    D. pool

10.A. happily    B. carelessly    C. dangerously    D. seriously