【状元之路2014-2015学年高中英语 语篇提能14 新人教版必修2.docVIP

【状元之路】2014-2015学年高中英语 语篇提能14 新人教版必修2 Ⅰ.完形填空 An African farmer had heard tales about other farmers who had made millions of dollars by discovering diamond (钻石) mines. These tales __1__ the farmer so much that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and find diamonds himself. So he spent the rest of his life __2__ the African continent, searching unsuccessfully for __3__. Finally, he was so __4__ that he threw himself into a river and drowned. Meanwhile, the man who had bought his farm was __5__ a small stream (小溪) near the farm one day __6__ he saw something gleaming at the bottom of the stream.