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Mr Baker lived in a small town. Nobody was __1__ than him there, but he wished to get __2__ money all the time. One day, on his way home, he found there was a __3__ on the ground. He picked it up and put it into his pocket. That evening after he had supper, he brought it out and began to __4__ it in the room.He was interested in a piece of news on it. Some gold __5__ in a desert (沙漠). He was afraid someone wouldknow about it and he started off,__6__telling anybody about it. He tried to find the place __7__ gold was.
The greedy (贪婪的) man walked on the desert for two weeks, but he didn't find any gold and his food and water was __8__. His horse was so weak that he couldn't __9__ it. He had to go back to his hometown, but it was too __10_. His horse at last died and he was too hungry and thirsty to go any __11_. He looked around, there was nothing __12_ sand. Suddenly he saw a man __13_ on the ground far away. He crawled (爬) to him and found he was dead, with a bag in his hand. He hurried to open the bag to find something to __14_, but it was full of gold. He threw it away. As he was dying, he cried and said, "Now, a bag of bread is far more __15_ than a bag of gold. How unhappy I am!"
(     )1. A. happier
(     )2. A. little
(     )3. A. newspaper
(     )4. A. read
(     )5. A. discover
(     )6. A. which
(     )7. A. with
(     )8. A. lifted
(     )9. A. ride
(     )10. A. early
(     )11. A. near
(     )12. A. except
(     )13. A. standing
(     )14. A. wear
(     )15. A. beautiful

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