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Mr Baker lived in a small town. Nobody was __1__ than him there, but he wished to g et __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 would  know 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 |
B. sadder B. less B. picture B. copy B. invent B. without B. where B. lost B. drive B. late B. nearer B. of B. running B. eat B. use |
C. richer C. a little C. photo C. improve C. was discovered C. for C. when C. wasted C. mend C. easy C. far C. in C. lying C. write C. useful |
D. poorer D. more D. map D. touch D. was invented D. about D. that D. gone D. feed D. possible D. further D. off D. singing D. draw D. nice |