题目内容：

There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard (橄榄园). He was very hardworking, and the ______ always prospered (繁荣) under his care. But he knew that his three ______ looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.

When the farmer was ______ and felt that he would die, he ______ the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold ______ in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

The sons tried to ______ him to tell them in what part of the orchard the ______ was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.

After the farmer was ______, the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not ______ where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one ______ of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.

They ______ until they turned up the ______ from one end of the orchard to ______. ______ 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(一直在异想天开). The three sons were bitterly ______ to have all their work for nothing.

The next olive ______, the olive trees in the orchard bore (结果实) more fruit than they had ______ given; when it was ______, it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.

And when they saw how much money had ______ the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had ______ when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”

1.A. school    B. farm    C. factory    D. hospital

2.A. sons    B. friends    C. partners    D. children

3.A. healthy    B. old    C. unlucky    D. sad

4.A. showed    B. led    C. called    D. visited

5.A. sent    B. put    C. locked    D. hidden

6.A. wait    B. let    C. get    D. make

7.A. goods    B. overcoat    C. clothes    D. gold

8.A. weak    B. lost    C. dead    D. sick

9.A. think    B. know    C. wonder    D. settle

10.A. end    B. top    C. tip    D. bottom

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

12.A. sand    B. soil    C. ground    D. floor

13.A. other    B. another    C. the other    D. others

14.A. Since    B. And    C. Before    D. But

15.A. disappointed    B. upset    C. worried    D. sad

16.A. season    B. part    C. distance    D. item

17.A. already    B. ever    C. even    D. still

18.A. made    B. sold    C. packed    D. saved

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

20.A. thought    B. planned    C. meant    D. guessed