Question

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions, he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup(银杯) for the Rose of the Year.

Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses were very close to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted to throw a stone(石头) or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr. Flower did his best to be in or close by his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.

But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers had tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing had been useful. He had been to report to the headmaster, but this bad not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys when they threw stones. He had even picked up all the stones around his garden, so that the boys would have nothing to throw, but they soon found others.

At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice. It was made of good, strong wood. It was some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After that, Mr Flowers had no further trouble: The boys were much more attempted to throw stoned at the notice than at the glass-houses.

1.It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to ____

A．build glass-houses in his spare time

B．grow the rose in a glass-house

C．win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color

D．grow a rose with the longest name

2.Boys were often tempted to ____

A．throw stones at Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

B．throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

C．be in or close by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

D．play with Mr. Flowers near his glass-houses

3.Mr Flowers stayed in or close by his glass-houses ____

A．at times when school-boys were walking near them

B．all the school day when there were no boys around

C．where he could not be seen by the boya passing

D．in his spare time at the beginning and end of the school day

4.Mr. Flowers had tried to ____ to protect his glass.

A．be on watch in his spare time

B．ask the headmaster for help

C．pick up all the stones around his garden

D．do all the above

5.Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to ____

A．write some words on the glass

B．put up a larger notice to cover his glasshouses

C．give the boys something else to throw stones at

D．send for policemen

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：养花是Mr Flowers唯一的生活乐趣。他花费了所有的业余时间，用四个玻璃房子，培养各种颜色的花朵，他试图培育出一个新的颜色的玫瑰，赢得玫瑰年的银杯。Mr Flowers的玻璃房子，非常靠近一所中学。 13岁左右的男孩经常朝玻璃房子上扔石头。因此，Mr Flowers要在上学放学期间来保护他的玻璃房。但它并不总是在这些时间都有时间。Mr Flowers曾试图在许多方面，以保护他的玻璃，但没有一直有用。最后Mr Flowers有一个好主意。他用木材做了一个大型的通知牌。它离玻璃房子很远。他在上面写的话”不扔石头”。在那之后，男孩子们就向牌子扔石头。

1.细节理解题，根据文中语句“he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup(银杯) for the Rose of the Year.”理解可知。他想通过培育一种新的玫瑰品种来赢取奖牌，故选C。

2.细节理解题，根据文中语句“Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted to throw a stone(石头) or two at one of Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses.”理解可知。小男孩经常用石头砸他的玻璃房子，故选A。

3.细节理解题，根据文中语句“So Mr. Flower did his best to be in or close by his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.”理解可知。当孩子们路过他的玻璃房子的时候，他就必须站在那里看着，故选A。

4.细节理解题，根据文中语句“He had been to report to the headmaster, but this bad not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys when they threw stones. He had even picked up all the stones around his garden,”理解可知。Mr. Flowers做了很多事情来保护他的玻璃房子，故选D。

5.理解归纳题，根据文中语句“At last Mr. Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice. It was made of good, strong wood. It was some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After that, Mr Flowers had no further trouble: The boys were much more attempted to throw stoned at the notice than at the glass-houses.”理解可知。Mr. Flowers造了一个警示牌让男孩们来砸，故选C。

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