Families argue about Buried Cash
Two Australian families are quarreling about $10,100 in cash （现金）dug up by a gardener when he was planting a rosebush in a back garden , Australian media says .
Cliff Anderson said he was helping a couple plant ___36___ in their home when he dug up the treasure , mostly made ___37___ Australian $100 bills , wrapped in plastic bags and covered by a roof tile （瓦片） . But the family which ___38___ owned the house has ___39___ forward to claim （宣称拥有） the treasure ___40___ it was buried by their mother Anna Konior .
Konior died ___41___ in 1997 without telling exactly ___42___ the money was buried . Her ___43 ___ -- Adela , 56 , Lee , 51 and Trudi , 50 -- say their mother told them she had buried the money in the garden ___44___ savings against hard times . They ___45___ madly for it and found about $3,000 ___46___ the house was sold in November 1997 . Now that ___47___ of the money has been found they want it back but the ___48___ owners of the house , Eunice and Joseph Borges , are refusing to ___49___ it over , claiming “finders keepers ” .
“I can’t believe this ___50___ can do this ,” Lee Konior - Gould told The West Australian newspaper Saturday . “It’s a ___51___ they don’t have nightmares （噩梦） with my mum haunting (visiting ) them .” Australian Broadcasting Corp radio said the Borges had been ___52___ with theft , but prosecutors （公诉人） ___53___ the charges because of a number of difficulties , ___54___ deciding who had owned the money originally （最初地） . State prosecutors have since suggested the argument should be ___55___ by civil court action .
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38. A. firmly B. firstly C. recently D. formerly
39. A. gone B. come C. rushed D. looked
40. A. telling B. proving C. saying D. showing
41. A. happily B. slowly C. painfully D. suddenly
42. A. where B. why C. how D. when
43. A. brothers B. sisters C. children D. parents
44. A. to B. in C. at D. as
45. A. searched B. longed C. sought D. thought
46. A. after B. before C. when D. while
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