第 43 題至第 46 題為題組
A potato farmer was sent to prison just at the time when he should have been digging the ground for planting the
new crop of potatoes. He knew that his wife would not be strong enough to do the digging by herself, but that she could
manage to do the planting; and he also knew that he did not have any friends or neighbors who would be willing to do
the digging for him. So he wrote a letter to his wife which said, “Please do not dig the potato field. I hid the money and
the gun there.”
Ten days later he got a letter from his wife. It said, “I think somebody is reading your letters before they go out of
the prison. Some policemen arrived here two days ago and dug up the whole potato field. What should I do now?”
The farmer wrote back at once, “Plant the potatoes, of course.” 【題組】
43 Why was it a bad time for the potato farmer to go to prison?
(A) It was the time when the policemen found his money and gun.
(B) It was the time when he lost his money and gun.
(C) It was the time for him to dig the ground and plant the new potatoes.
(D) It was the time to harvest potatoes.