Mr. Williams lives in a nice house in the country with his wife. He has got a nice  21  round his house, and he often works in it on Saturdays and Sundays, because he likes flowers and enjoys working with his own  22  . Last Saturday Mr. Williams put some old  23  on after his breakfast and began  24  in his garden. After a little while he found something shining on the ground near his feet. To this  25  , it was five pence. He put it in one of his  26  and began digging again. Then he  27  another five pence on the ground and he was very happy now.

He shouted to his wife, "Elizabeth, come quickly. Someone's   28  a lot of money in our garden  29  I'm finding it." His wife was  30  the lunch and making a cake for tea, but she stopped and ran out  31  the garden. Then Mr. Williams found  32  more money. His wife came near and looked at it. She was very happy too and said, "A thief  33  a lot of money from one of the banks  34  here a few weeks ago. The police  35  him, but didn't find  36  of the money. Did the  37  bring it here and hide it in our garden?" Mr. Williams began looking for more money in the ground ,but then he  38  something cold in his trousers. It ran down off his legs like cold water. Mr. Williams put his  39  down quickly and five pence fell into it. A  40  ! He had a hole in his pocket!

21.  A. garden      B. road       C. ground     D. field

22.  A. brains      B. body       C. hands      D. strength

23.  A. tools       B. clothes      C. money      D. flowers

24.  A. digging      B. looking      C. walking     D. reading

25.  A. sorrow      B. delight      C. worry      D. disappointed

26.  A. pockets      B. bags       C. boxes      D. books

27.  A. watched      B. found       C. searched    D. observed

28.  A. lost        B. hidden      C. left       D. grown

29.  A. and        B. but         C. because     D. so

30.  A. eating      B. having      C. burning     D. cooking

31.  A. from       B. of         C. into       D. for

32.  A. little       B. lot         C. so        D. some

33.  A. robbed      B. cheated      C. made      D. stole

34. A. near        B. from        C. to        D. by

35. A. stopped      B. scolded      C. caught     D. punished

36. A. nothing      B. none       C. anything     D. any

37. A. prisoner     B. policeman     C. owner      D. thief

38. A. found       B. felt         C. saw       D. knew

39. A. foot        B. pocket      C. hand      D. tool

40. A. penny       B. hand       C. wallet      D. hole

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