Mr Baker lives in a small town. Nobody is richer than him there, but he wishes to get more money all the time. One day, on his way home, he finds there is a ____1____ on the ground. He picks it up and puts it into his pocket. That evening after he has supper, he brings it out and begins to ____2____ it in the room. He is interested in a piece of news on it. Some gold is found in a desert (沙漠). He is afraid someone would know about it and he starts off, without ____3____ anybody about it. He wants to find out ____4____ the gold is.
The greedy (贪婪的) man walks on the desert for two weeks, but he doesn’t find any gold, and his food and water is gone. His horse is so weak that he can’t ____5____ it. He has to go back to his hometown, but it is too ____6____. His horse at last died and he is too hungry and thirsty to go any further. He looks ____7____, and finds there is nothing but sand. Suddenly he sees a man ____8____ on the ground far away. He crawls(爬) to him and finds he is dead, with a bag in his hand. He hurries to open the bag to find something to eat, but it is full of ____9____. He throws it away. As he is dying, he cries and says, “Now, a bag of bread is far ____10____ than a bag of gold. How sad!”
1 A. book B. newspaper C. wallet D. box
2. A. read B. copy C. listen D. write
3. A. saying B. speaking C. telling D. reading
4. A. why B. where C. when D. what
5. A. ride B. drive C. mend D. feed
6. A. early B. late C. easy D. possible
7. A. over B. around C. up D. away
8. A. standing B. running C. lying D. singing
9. A. gold B. sand C. water D. bread
10. A. cheaper B. lighter C. nicer D. heavier
【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. B 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. C
