请认真阅读下面短文，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项补全短文。（共15小题，计15分）

　　One hot afternoon, a poor farmer was digging his field. Suddenly, his spade(铲) hit something. It was a big metal 36   , which was big enough to boil rice for more than one hundred people. "It does not seem to be of any use to me. I will dig   37   . Maybe I will find something else," thought the farmer. He   38   to dig.

　　 Feeling tired, he threw the spade into the pot and sat under a tree to    39   . When he got up to leave, he could not    40    his eyes. There were one hundred spades in the pot. What a   41   pot!

　　After that, he put a    42   into the pot. Then he found one hundred mangoes in the pot.    43   that pot, he became a rich man. The King came to know of the pot,   44   he was very greedy（贪婪的）.“I want to find out the   45    of the magical pot．If it is valuable，it should be   46   ," the King thought. So, at once, he ordered his men to bring the farmer and his pot.

　　The King   47   the pot and did not know what to do. He thought, "Let me see what is inside this pot that makes his pot so magical?" He slipped(滑) and   48   inside the pot. After climbing up out of the magical pot, he was    49   to find that there were one hundred Kings.

　　All the Kings then    50   among themselves and died. This magical pot has killed the King himself!

　　36. A. bottle                B. bowl                C. plate                D. pot

　　37. A. higher                B. nearer                C. deeper                D. earlier

　　38. A. chose                B. decided            C. hoped                D. continued

　　39. A. have a rest            B. have a meeting        C. have fun            D. have a try

　　40. A. fix                    B. believe            C. open                D. close

　　41. A. exciting                B. terrible            C. magical            D. beautiful

　　42. A. mango                B. spade                C. king                D. man

　　43. A. In                    B. With                C. Without            D. By

　　44. A. but                    B. so                C. or                D. and

　　45. A. price                B. secret                C. cost                D. wealth

　　46. A. the farmer's            B mine                C. yours                D. his

　　47. A. looked after            B. looked for            C. put away            D. looked at

　　48. A. fell                    B. jumped            C. joined                D. felt

　　49. A. relaxed                B. excited            C. shocked            D. bored

　　50. A stayed                B. competed            C. discussed            D. fought