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Digging up the potato garden
AN old man wanted to spade （铲） his potato garden，but it was very hard work．His only son was in prison （监狱）．The old man wrote a letter to him：
Dear Son，
I won't be able to plant my potato garden this year．
I'm just too old．If you were here，all my troubles
would be over．
Love，
Dad
Shortly，the old man received this telegram （电报）：
Dad，don't dig up （挖） the garden!I buried （埋） the guns （枪） in it!
The next morning，some policemen showed up and dug up the entire garden．But they didn't find any guns．
The old man wrote another note to tell his son what had happened．Soon he received a telegram：
Plant your potatoes，Dad．It's the best I could do for you from here．
56．Where was the old man's son？C
A．He was at home．
B．He worked in a prison．
C．He was in prison．
C．He worked in a police station．
57．The old man couldn't plant potatoes becauseB．
A．he was lazy
B．he was too old．
C．he didn't have money．
D．he was sick．
58．The underlined word"Shortly"meansA．
A．Soon
B．Finally
C．Later
D．Slowly
59．Which of the following is WRONG？B
A．It was difficult for the old man to plant the potatoes．
B．The son buried the guns in the garden．
C．The son sent two telegrams to his father．
D．The policemen went to the old man's house．
60．From the passage，we know thatA．
A．The son was very clever．
B．The son killed someone．
C．The son didn't love his father．
D．The police didn't read the letter before they sent it to the old man．
