There was once a farmer who had a fine olive orchard（橄榄园）. He was very hardworking, and the 36 always prospered（繁荣）under his care. But he knew that his three 37 looked down upon the farm work, and were eager to make wealth.
When the farmer was 38 and felt that he would die, he 39 the three sons to him and said, “My sons, there is a pot of gold 40 in the olive orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
The sons tried to 41 him to tell them in what part of the orchard the 42 was hidden, but he would tell them nothing more.
After the farmer was 43 , the sons went to work to find the pot of gold; since they did not 44 where the hiding-place was, they agreed to begin in a line, at one 45 of the orchard, and to dig until one of them should find the money.
They 46 until they had turned up the 47 from one end of the orchard to the other, 48 the tree-roots and between them. 49 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. The three sons were bitterly 50 to have all their work for nothing.
The next olive 51 , the olive trees in the orchard bore（结果实）more fruit than they had 52 given; when it was 53 , it gave the sons a whole pot of gold.
And when they saw how much money had 54 the orchard, they suddenly understood what the wise father had 55 when he said, “There is gold hidden in the orchard. Dig for it, if you wish it.”
【小题1】A．farmB．gardenC．factoryD．hospital【小题2】A．friendsB．sons C．relativesD．children【小题3】A．healthyB．oldC．unluckyD．sad【小题4】A．showedB．ledC．calledD．visited【小题5】A．sentB．putC．hiddenD．locked【小题6】A．waitB．causeC．makeD．get【小题7】A．goodsB．jewelC．clothesD．gold【小题8】A．weakB．lost C．dead D．sick【小题9】A．thinkB．know C．wonderD．realise【小题10】A．endB．topC．surface D．bottom【小题11】A．dugB．searched C．discoveredD．expected【小题12】A．sandB．soil C．ground D．floor【小题13】A．overB．amongC．roundD．across【小题14】A．SinceB．AndC．Before D．But【小题15】A．disappointedB．surprisedC．worriedD．sad【小题16】A．season B．partC．distance D．degree【小题17】A．alreadyB．even C．ever D．still【小题18】A．made B．sold C．shippedD．saved【小题19】A．e onB．e aboutC．e upD．e from【小题20】A．thoughtB．plannedC．guessed D．meantA
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解析：
【小题1】A考查名词。“他非常勤劳，而且农场在他的照管下蒸蒸日上。” 与下文的farm work呼应。
【小题2】B考查名词。“他知道自己的三个儿子瞧不起农活”。结合下文的39后的the three son可知答案。
【小题3】B 考查形容词。这个农民上了年岁（old），感到死期快要来临时。与后面的die呼应。
【小题4】C考查动词。将三个儿子叫到身边说。
【小题5】C考查动词。“儿子们，橄榄园里藏有hidden一罐金子。你们想要，就去挖吧。”
【小题6】D考查动词。儿子们想让父亲告诉他们金子藏在果园的那一块地方，可他什么也没再给他们说。get sb to do sth让某人做某事。
【小题7】D考查名词。与41前的gold呼应。
【小题8】C考查形容词。那个农民死后。dead与39前面的die呼应。
【小题9】B考查动词。因为他们不知道know金子藏在什么地方，所以他们一致同意排成一行从果园的一头end开始挖起，知道其中一人挖到金子为止.
【小题10】A考查名词。见44解析。
【小题11】A考查动词。他们从果园的一头一直挖到了另一头dig，翻遍了所有的土soil，果树周围和果树之间（across）也都挖到了，可But还是没有找到那罐金子。
【小题12】B考查名词。dig挖。
【小题13】C考查介词。soil土壤。
【小题14】D考查连词。among横过；穿过。
【小题15】A考查形容词。三个儿子对他们白干了一场，感到大失所望disappointed。
【小题16】A考查名词。到了第二年的橄榄季节season。
【小题17】C考查副词。果园里的橄榄树接出的果子比以往than ever的都多。
【小题18】B考查动词。卖完sell果子后，三个儿子赚了整整一罐金子。
【小题19】D考查动词短语。他们从果园里得到这么多钱后，突然明白了聪明的父亲所说的“果园里藏有金子，想要就去挖吧”这句话的含义。e from来自。
【小题20】D考查动词。mean意思；意义。