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