A long time ago， there was a huge apple tree．A little boy loved to come（1）　　play   around it everyday．He climbed to the tree top．（2）　　the apples or played under the tree．He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him．

    Time went by．The little boy had（3）　　and he no longer played around the tree．

    One day， the boy came back to the tree and（4）　　sad．"Come and play with me，"the tree asked the boy．

    "I am no longer a kid．I do not play around trees any more．"the boy（5）　　， "I want toys．I need（6）　　to buy them．""Sorry， but I don't have money，But you can pick all my apples and（7）　　them．So， you will have money．"The boy was back so（8）　　．He picked all the apples on the tree and left happily．The boy didn't come back（9）　　 he picked the apples．The tree was（10）　　．

    One day， the boy（11）　　 and the tree was so excited， "Come and play with me， "the tree said．"I don't have time to play．I have to work for my family．We need a（12）　　．Can you help me？""Sorry， but I don't have a house．But you can（13）　　my branches to build your house．"So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left（14）　　．

    The tree was glad to see him full of joy but the boy didn't appear．Since then the tree felt again（15）　　and sad．

（1）A．but	B．and	C．or	D．so
（2）A．ate	B．destroyed	C．played	D．loved
（3）A．lain down	B．stood up	C．grown up	D．put down
（4）A．fell	B．saw	C．sounded	D．looked
（5）A．asked	B．replied	C．told	D．laughed
（6）A．money	B．wood	C．branches	D．apple
（7）A．cook	B．eat	C．sell	D．offer
（8）A．surprised	B．excited	C．nervous	D．sorry
（9）A．if	B．before	C．when	D．after
（10）A．sad	B．afraid	C．pleased	D．angry
（11）A．disappeared	B．left	C．moved	D．returned
（12）A．kitchen	B．yard	C．home	D．house
（13）A．take off	B．pick	C．cut off	D．plant
（14）A．happily	B．seriously	C．slowly	D．silently
（15）A．alone	B．lonely	C．proud	D．satisfied