An old man lived alone in a town. He wanted to dig up his potato
garden, but it was very ___46_ work.
His only son, who always ___47_ him in
the past, was then in prison (监狱). So the old man wrote a letter
to his son and said:
Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad
because it looks like I won’t be able to ___48_ potatoes in my garden this year. I ___49_ to miss doing it, because your mother always loved planting time.
I’m just getting too old to dig up a garden. If you were here, all my ___50__ would be over. I know you would dig up the garden
for me __51_you weren’t in prison.
Love,
Dad
Soon the old man ___52_ a
letter: “ Dad, don’t dig up the garden! That’s where I buried (埋藏) the guns (枪)!”
At 4 a.m. the next morning, some ___53 came and dug up the whole garden
without finding any guns. The old man was ___54_
and wrote another note to his son. He told him what had happened, and ___55_ him what to do next.
His son’s reply was: “Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It’s
the best I could do for you from here.”
46.( ) A. hard
B. interesting
C. simple
D. boring
47.( ) A. taught B.
helped
C. changed D.
stopped
48.( ) A. cook
B. dig
C. plant
D. put
49.( ) A. hope
B. forget
C. hate
D. decide
50.( ) A. trouble B. illness
C. danger
D. fear
51.( ) A. if
B. unless
C. because
D. when
52.( ) A. wrote
B. received
C.sent
D. read
53.( ) A. friends B. neighbours
C. policemen D.
prisoners
54.( ) A. ill
B. lucky
C. surprised D.
sorry
55.( ) A. told
B. called
C. invited
D. asked