1. (2018·广州模拟) 完形填空
    One early morning, an old gardener found lots of his flowers were missing. He was so1that he shouted, “Who did this?” He wanted to protect (保护) his flowers,2 he locked (锁上) the garden in the evening.
    The next morning, he found some of his flowers missing again. So he 3 to find out what had happened. When night came, he sat 4 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 5.
    The gardener ran to the tortoise and shouted, “I 6 you this time!”“I'm sorry. If you want to punish (惩罚) me, please do not 7 me into water. It is 8to 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 9 next to his garden. After some time, the tortoise swam away10. Then the old gardener realized it was so silly to throw the tortoise into the lake because the tortoise was not afraid of water.