There was once a father who had two sons. One day, the younger son asked his father for his    51      of the father’s property. The father agreed to the    52       and split his property, giving the younger son his fair portion.        The younger son left immediately with his newfound wealth and went to live in another country. The young man came to live a life of    53      ； he bought many expensive things, ate the finest foods, and became careless.       However, the young man’s wealth was not infinite, and it wasn’t long before he had spent all of his money. He found that he was poor, and he had no place to stay and nothing to eat. Worse yet, the country where he was living was struck by famine, and food became    54      . Unable to    55      himself any longer, he went to work on a pig farm. One day while feeding the pigs, he was so hungry that he wanted to eat the pigs’ food.
【題組】51.
(A) pleasure
(B) scarce
(C) share
(D) support
(E) request