单选题 Silas Minton"s funeral was a quiet 1 . It was 2 by the only 3 he had in the world, his niece and nephew, and by a few friends. The priest who 4 5 a hundred miles into this wild part of the county was now getting 6 for the simple ceremony. Minton, 7 "Minty" as his friends 8 call him, 9 a hard life 10 for gold in a lonely part of Western Australia.
He had always refused to work in a gold mine 11 he believed that he could do better 12 his own. Although he was not a boastful (夸口) person, he had often declared that one day he 13 find a lump(块) of gold as big as his head and 14 he would retire and live in 15 for the rest of his life. But his dreams of great wealth 16 came true. For many years he had hardly earned enough money to keep himself 17 .
Two men now gently lifted the rough wooden box that 18 Minty"s body, but they almost dropped it when they heard a loud cry from the grave-digger. His spade (铁锹) had struck something hard in the rocky soil and he was shouting excitedly. Then he held up a large stone. 19 it was covered 20 dirt, the stone shone curious1yin the fierce sun1ight: it was unmistakably a heavy piece of solid gold!