A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew.
One day, his friend gave the farmer a young apple tree and told him to take it home and plant it. 75.The farmer was pleased with the gift, but when he got home he did not know where to plant it.
He was 74①_________ that if he planted the tree near the road, strangers would steal the fruit. If he planted the tree on his farm, his neighbors would come at night and steal some of the apples. If he planted the tree near his house, his children would take the fruit.
Finally he planted the tree in a forest where no one could see it. But74②__________ sunlight and good soil, the tree soon died.
Later, the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a poor place. "What's the difference?" the farmer said loudly. uIf I had planted the tree near the road , strangers would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree on my farm, my neighbors would have come at night and stolen some of the apples. If I had planted it near my house, my74③_______children would have taken the fruit."
“Yes," said his friend, "but at least someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now no one can get a taste of the fruit . What's worse, you have destroyed a good apple tree!"
1.What was the farmer's friend good at?(No more than 7 words)
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2.Why didn't the farmer want to plant the tree in his field?(No more than 10 words)
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3.Why did the young tree die in the end?(No more than 8 words)
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4.Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word.
①__________ ②____________ ③ _____________
5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 into Chinese.
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6.What does the story tell us?(No less than 5 words)
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Thank you for giving me some useful ____________(建议). It's of great value to me.
Tony's mum looks young and beautiful. It's hard to imagine she is already in her __________(五十).
Too much time is s___________ on computer games by teenagers every day.
T____________ his efforts he succeeded in making so many useful inventions.
Though money isn't everything, it still m____________ a lot to the poor.