【题目】Once upon a time, a hardworking farmer had a fine farmland. And the harvest is always ____ under his care. But he knew that his three sons ____down upon the farm work, and were ____to make wealth through adventure.
When the farmer was old and felt that he would ____soon, he called the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold hidden in the ____. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
The sons ____to get him to tell them in what part of the farmland the gold was hidden; but he would tell them ____more.
After the farmer was dead, the sons went to work to ____the pot of gold; since they did not know____ the hiding-place was, they ____to begin in a line, at one end of the farmland, and to ____until one of them should find the money. They dug until they had turned up the ____from one end of the farmland to the other, round the tree-roots and between them. ____no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have____it, or as if the farmer had been playing a joke on his____. The three sons were very____to have all their work for nothing.
The next year, the farmland produced ____food than they had ever given; when it was sold, it gave the sons a whole pot of ____.
And when they saw how much money had come____the farmland, they suddenly understood what the ____father had meant.
【1】A. bad B. good C. helpful D. important
【2】A. got B. put C. looked D. started
【3】A. eager B. patient C. upset D. clever
【4】A. live B. work C. play D. die
【5】A. farmland B. house C. garden D. forest
【6】A. refused B. pretended C. tried D. failed
【7】A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
【8】A. find B. sell C. buy D. divide
【9】A. which B. what C. where D. how
【10】A. preferred B. quarreled C. helped D. agreed
【11】A. water B. dig C. plant D. fertilize
【12】A. root B. seed C. pot D. soil
【13】A. So B. But C. And D. Or
【14】A. stolen B. thrown C. touched D. protected
【15】A. friends B. daughters C. sons D. neighbours
【16】A. disappointed B. worried C. satisfied D. excited
【17】A. less B. more C. cheaper D. worse
【18】A. salt B. sugar C. gold D. wine
【19】A. with B. after C. into D. from
【20】A. wise B. foolish C. honest D. bad