Question

A poor farmer had a friend,who was famous for the wonderful apple he grew.One day,his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him1.(take) it home and plant it.

The farmer was pleased with the gift,but when he got home he did not know where to plant it.He was afraid that 2.he planted the tree in one of his fields,his neighbors would come at night and pick some of the apples.Finally he planted the tree in his wood3.no one could see it.But4.sunlight and good soil,the tree soon died.

Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in5.a poor place."What's the difference?"the farmer said6.(angry)."If I had planted the tree near the road,strangers7.(steal) the fruit."

"Yes,"said the friend,"8.at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit.Now you not only have robbed everyone9.the fruit,but also you10.(destroy)a good apple tree!"

Answer

1.to take

2.if

3.where/so

4.without

5.such

6.angrily

7.would/could/might have stolen

8.but

9.of

10.have destroyed

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个蕴含哲理的小故事。一个农民的朋友非常善于种植苹果树，他的的朋友给了他一棵树苗让他回家种上，农民害怕种在田野里会有邻居把苹果偷走，所以就种在了自己的小树林里，但是因为缺少阳光而且没有肥沃的土壤，苹果树很快就死了，农民认为自己的苹果树死了和种在路边果实被偷走最终的结果都是一样的，但是朋友却告诉他，种在路边至少可以有人能够享受到它美味的果实，现在农民不仅抢走了大家的果实，还毁了自己的苹果树。

1.“tell sb sth”是“告诉某人某事”，“tell sb to do sth”是“告诉某人做某事”，“his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him_____(take) it home and plant it.”这里的意思是这个农民的朋友给了他一颗苹果树苗，告诉他带回家把树苗种上，所以应该是“to take”。

2.根据“but when he got home he did not know where to plant it”可知他不知道应该把这课苹果树种在哪里，说明还没有种，“_____he planted the tree in one of his fields,his neighbors would come at night and pick some of the apples.”抓住“would”一词，推断出这里是一个虚拟语气，用“if”引导条件句，与现在事实相反，直接用过去时。

3.“Finally he planted the tree in his wood______no one could see it”分析句子成分，主谓宾都不缺少，“in his wood”作状语，后面跟一个定语从句补充说明，定语从句不缺主谓宾，因而先行词充当状语成分，用关系副词引导，这里先行词是“wood”，表示一个地点，应该是“where”。

4.根据“But______sunlight and good soil,the tree soon died.”可知这棵树不久就死了，所以可以推测出导致树死亡的原因应该是没有阳光和肥沃的土壤，故应该填“without”，构成介宾短语作状语。

5.考察短语“such+a/an”，such修饰单数名词放于不定冠词之前，意为“这样一个……”，这里是农民的朋友指责他为什么要把苹果树苗种在这样一个环境恶劣的地方。

6.“the farmer said______(angry)”，分析句子成分，空格处的词是用来修饰谓语“said”的，所以是做状语成分，应该用副词“angrily”。

7.这里“If I had planted the tree near the road,strangers the fruit.”是一个虚拟语气，与现在相反的if从句用过去时；与过去相反用过去完成时；这里是用的过去完成时，所以是与过去相反，故主句里应该填写“would/could/might have stolen”。

8.“Yes,"said the friend,"_____at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit.”前面的”yes”，表示同意，后面“至少有人享受到了它的果实”与“同意”的意见是相反的，所以这里应该有一个转折，故填“but”。

9.根据“robbed everyone______the fruit”可知这里应该填“of”，构成“rob of”短语，意为抢走。“Now you not only have robbed everyone of the fruit”即农民的朋友指责他抢走了本应该属于大家的水果。

10.根据“But without sunlight and good soil,the tree soon died.”可知树现在已经死了，所以这里应该用现在完成时，故填“have destoryed”。