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阅读理解。阅读下列材料，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
There’re many rich people in this part of the country because gold was once found here．I was only a small child at the time but I can remember everything well．
Men came from everywhere to look for gold．They bought all the ground near the banks of the river．They made big holes in it, trying to find more gold．Some men found a lot, others found none at all．
Peter Fullerton was one of those who came to find gold．He bought nearly the last piece of ground．It was a long way from the river so no one else wanted to buy it．But Peter paid all his money for it．He worked hard month after month until the ground was full of holes．But Peter found nothing．
Then one night, just before he was going to leave, it began to rain．It rained for three days and three nights．When at last the rain stopped, Peter came out of his small wooden house and looked at his piece of ground．It didn't look the same now．The holes were not there any more．But everywhere therer were small plants．
“ There may be no gold here, ” Peter said, “ but this ground is rich．I can grow things here, I can grow flowers and I can sell them．The women in this town have money now．They have beautiful houses and they will want to put flowers in their houses．If I can grow good flowers here, I will make money, too．” So he did．And soon beautiful flowers were growing in his piece of ground．Later he was able to buy more fields until he owned all the ground near the river．
“ I was the only man who found true gold here, ” he often said, “ The others took their gold out of the ground and went away．But my gold is still here．”
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