Gold Rush

My name is John Carter. I am from the state of Virginia. At the close of the Civil War I found（31）_____ without a home, without money and without work, I decided to search for gold in the great（32）_____ of the American Southwest.

I spent almost a year（33）_____ for gold with another former soldier, Captain James Powell, also of Virginia. We were（34）_____ lucky. In the winter of 1865, we（35）_____ rocks that held gold. Powell was trained as a mining（36）_____. He said we had uncovered over a million dollars（37）_____ of gold in only three months. But the work was（38）_____ with only two men and not much equipment. So we decided Powell should go to the（39）_____ settlement to seek equipment and men to help us with the work. On March the third, 1866, Powell said good-bye. He（40）_____ his horse down the mountain toward the valley. Two days later, Powell came back with everything we needed to change our life forever.

A. slow
B. worth
C. rode
D. fortunately
E. myself
F. engineer
G. discovered
H. searching
I. fast
J. nearest
K. extremely
L. deserts