5. A. politely　　　　 B. quickly　　　 C. slowly　　　　 D. carefully

4. A. dear　　　　　　　　　　 B. bad　　　　　　 C. big　　　　　　 D. small

3. A. buys　　　　　　　 B. sells　　　　　 C. borrows　　 D. lends

2. A. better　　　　　　 B. worse　　　　 C. less　　　　　　 D. later

1. A. week　　　　　　 B. month　　　　 C. season　　　　 D. year

10．C。牛主人问及Nasreddin打牛的原因，这里需要一个引导词引导 knew的宾语从句，且在从句中作状语，根据上文可知这里应填 why。

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Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers in the village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the __1__ and they are much __2__.

Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting room table, eats some fruits and vegetables, but he __3__ most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruit and flowers are so __4__ and beautiful that they sold much more __5__ in the market than those of other villagers.

How does Tom grow these beautiful things? He is so __6__ that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio.

He __7__ the music all day.

That is quite true. Tom __8__ things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything __9__. It is the music that does the work. Tom knows more clearly that music makes the biggest vegetables and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love __10__ as much as people.

9．B。do sth. to sb.结构中to后面常接动作的对象。

8．D。这里需要一个引导词，引导saw的宾语从句，同时在句子里作do的宾语，故选 what。

7．B。形容词nearby一般作定语，表示“不远的，附近的”，合乎文意，为正确选项。

6．A。从句子意思看，空白处前后构成因果关系，故选择so。