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An old man lived alone in a town. He wanted to dig up his potato garden, but it was very
1 work.
His only son, who always
2 him in the past, was then in prison (监狱). So the old man wrote a letter
to his son and said:
Dear Son,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't be able to
3 potatoes in my garden this year.
I
4 to miss doing it, because your mother always loved planting time. I'm just getting too old to dig
up a garden. If you were here, all my
5 would be over. I know you would dig up the garden for
me
6 you weren't in prison.
Love,
Dad
Soon the old man
7 a letter:" Dad, don't dig up the garden! That's where I buried (埋藏) the
guns (枪)!"
At 4 a.m. the next morning, some
8 came and dug up the whole garden without finding any guns.
The old man was
9 and wrote another note to his son. He told him what had happened, and
10 him
what to do next. His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant your potatoes, Dad. It's the best I could do for
you from here."
( )1. A. hard ( )2. A. taught ( )3. A. cook ( )4. A. hope ( )5. A. trouble ( )6. A if ( )7. A. wrote ( )8. A. friends ( )9. A. ill ( )10. A told |
B. interesting B. helped B. dig B. forget B. illness B. unless B. received B. neighbors B. lucky B. called |
C. simple C. changed C. plant C. hate C. danger C. because C. sent C. policemen C. surprised C. invited |
D. boring D. stopped D. put D. decide D. fear D. when D. read D. prisoners D. sorry D. asked |