Once a farmer lived a comfortable life with his family. His chickens (1) _____many eggs which the farmer used (2)_____food and clothing for his family. One day, he went to collect the eggs and discovered one of the chickens laid a gold egg. He shouted excitedly to his wife: “We are rich! We are rich! “His wife ran to him and they both looked (3)_____ the eggs in amazement. His wife wanted more, so her husband decided to cut open all the chickens and find more gold eggs. Unfortunately, he couldn’t find any eggs. When he finished, all the chickens were dead. There were no more eggs of any kind for the (4) ______farmer and his greedy wife. 1. A. lay B. are laying C. laid D. will lay 2. A. buy B. to buy C. bought D. buying 3. A. at B. for C. after D. forward to 4. A. favorite B. hobby C. enjoyable D. foolish