Passage 8 The gold is in the fields

An old farmer had three sons. The old farmer worked very hard all his life, but his sons were lazy. They were only interested in getting rich quickly.

When the farmer was dying, he said to his sons, "My sons, there is a lot of gold in the fields. Dig for it, if you want to have it. It is all I have to give you."

The sons tried to get him to tell them the exact place where the gold was, but he said nothing more.

After the old farmer was dead, the sons went to look for the gold. They didn't know the exact place, so they dug all over the fields. They dug and dug, but they didn't find any gold.

The next autumn, they had a very good harvest. After the three sons sold their grains, they got much money, suddenly they understood what their father said.

快乐练习

一、根据短文内容，用适当的介词填空。

1.The farmer's sons weren't interested________working in the field.

2.The farmer asked his sons to dug______the gold in the field.

3.The farmer's sons looked______the gold after the farmer died.

4. They dug all_____the fields, but they didn't find any gold.

二、根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

(　)1.The old man had________.

A.three children

B.no sons

C.three farms

(　)2.The farmer's sons were____________.

A.clever

B.lazy

C.kind

(　)3. The farmer didn't tell their sons the exact place of the gold, because_________.

A.he was dying

B.he thought they understood what he meant

C.he wanted them to dig all over the fields

(　)4.No gold was found because___________.

A.the farmer's sons hadn't dug the fields deep enough

B.the gold had been stolen

C.there was no gold in the fields

(　)5. They_________, and got a lot of money.

A.found the gold at last

B.sold the grains

C.borrowed much money from the bank

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