Once there was a rich man who had two sons．The elder brother Johnny was greedy（贪婪）and lazy．But his younger brother Rick was hard﹣working and kind﹣hearted．When their father（36） 　　，Johnny got their father's house and land，but Rick received（37） 　　．

One day when Rick was（38） 　　in the fields，he found a bird，but the bird's（39） 　　was broken．He took the bird home and（40） 　　it carefully．Day after day，the bird became（41） 　　．When winter came，it flew away to a（42） 　　place．The next spring it flew（43） 　　and gave Rick a seed（种子）．Rick planted the seed and it soon grew into a plant and produced many gourds（葫芦）．When Rick（44） 　　one of them，he was（45） 　　to see that it was full of treasure．The next day，he bought a big（46） 　　and lived in it with his family．

When Johnny heard about his brother's good luck，he decided to do the（47） 　　thing as his brother．He also found a bird，but he（48） 　　its wing and then took care of it（49） 　　it became strong．The bird also gave him（50） 　　and it soon grew into a plant and produce several gourds．However，when he opened one gourd，goblins（小精灵）came out of it and took everything that he had．

36．A．left	B．died	C．lived	D．returned
37．A．something	B．anything	C．nothing	D．everything
38．A．working	B．playing	C．walking	D．thinking
39．A．leg	B．neck	C．head	D．wing
40．A．looked for	B．looked at	C．looked after	D．looked through
41．A．smart	B．weak	C．stupid	D．strong
42．A．warmer	B．lower	C．colder	D．worse
43．A．up	B．back	C．away	D．down
44．A．used	B．checked	C．closed	D．opened
45．A．sorry	B．surprised	C．sad	D．interested
46．A．land	B．room	C．house	D．factory
47．A．good	B．same	C．had	D．different
48．A．protected	B．bandaged	C．beat	D．broke
49．A．when	B．after	C．until	D．before
50．A．a seed	B．some gourds	C．a plant	D．some treasure．