There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄榄园）. He was very hardworking, and the  36  always prospered（繁荣）under his care. But he knew that his three  37  looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.
When the farmer was  38  and felt that he would die, he  39  the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold  40  in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
The sons tried to  41  him to tell them in what part of the orchard the  42  was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was  43 , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not  44  where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one  45  of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They  46  until they had turned up the  47  from one end of the orchard to the other,  48  the tree-roots and between them.  49  no pot of gold was to be found. It seemed as if someone must have stolen it, or as if the farmer had been wandering in his wits. The three sons were bitterly  50  to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive  51 , the olive trees in the orchard bore（结果实）more fruit than they had  52  given; when it was  53 , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had  54  the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had  55  when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

A．farm B．garden C．factory D．hospital

A．friends B．sons C．relatives D．children

A．healthy B．old C．unlucky D．sad

A．showed B．led C．called D．visited

A．sent B．put C．hidden D．locked

A．wait B．cause C．make D．get

A．goods B．jewel C．clothes D．gold

A．weak B．lost C．dead D．sick

A．think B．know C．wonder D．realise

A．end B．top C．surface D．bottom

A．dug B．searched C．discovered D．expected

A．sand B．soil C．ground D．floor

A．over B．among C．round D．across

A．Since B．And C．Before D．But

A．disappointed B．surprised C．worried D．sad

A．season B．part C．distance D．degree

A．already B．even C．ever D．still

A．made B．sold C．shipped D．saved

A．come on B．come about C．come up D．come from

A．thought B．planned C．guessed D．meant