（2016黑龙江哈三中高三期中）

　　An African farmer had heard tales about other farmers who had made millions of dollars by discovering diamond mines.These tales were so __1__ the farmer that he could hardly wait to sell his farm and go __2__diamonds himself.So he sold the farm and __3__ the rest of his life looking for diamonds，but without luck.Finally __4__ he threw himself into a river and drowned.

　　__5__ the man who had bought his farm __6__ to be crossing a small stream on the farm one day __7__ he saw something shining at the bottom of the stream.He __8__ the stone and later put it on his fireplace mantel（壁炉架）as a（n）__9__.Several weeks later，a visitor came and admired the stone.After looking __10__ at it and weighing it in his hand，he asked the farmer if he knew __11__ he'd found.When the farmer said no，the visitor told him he had found one of the largest diamonds __12__ discovered.The farmer was __13__.He told the man that his stream was full of these __14__ stones，and that his farmland was covered with them.

　　Needless to say，the __15__ the first farmer had sold，so that he could hunt for a diamond mine，__16__ to be the most productive diamond mine on the entire African continent.

　　__17__ of us is standing on our own land of diamonds.__18__ we have the wisdom and patience to begin by __19__ ourselves，we will find that we __20__ all the riches necessary for future success.

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