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Once upon a time, there was 1 old farmer. He loved money very much. He kept a lot of gold coins but 2 used them, and he 3 not give them to others. He put them into a 4 and put it in the ground. He came to the 5 every day to look at it. This made him happy.
6 , when he came to the place, he could not find the 7 . He became very sad. He began to cry, 8 a man came to him and said, “Don’t cry! Put a stone in the ground instead, and 9 it is a box of gold coins. A stone will be just the same, because when the coins were there, you never used 10 . ”
1. A. a B. the C. an D. /
2. A. often B. never C. sometimes D. always
3. A. did B. was C. must D. should
4. A. empty B. paper C. blue D. box
5. A. earth B. ground C. place D. there
6. A. Afternoon B. Usually C. One day D. From then on
7. A. box B. money C. place D. house
8. A. so B. then C. but D. because
9. A. see B. let C. think D. know
10. A. it B. him C. their D. them