Mr. Flower was well-known around for growing the best flowers of the year and his four glass-houses were taken good care of. These glass-houses were close to a public path, which was always used ___36__ children and young people walking to and from __37__. Boys of about thirteen years of age, especially, were often tempted（尝试） to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flower’s __38__ . They managed to resist the temptation(抵制诱惑) when Mr. Flower was around, but the temptation often seemed to be too __39__ when Mr. Flower was __40__ to be seen. For this reason, Mr. Flower did his best to be __41__ his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school days.
However, it was not always possible for him to be on guard at these times. Mr. Flower had tried __42__ to prevent（阻止） the damage to his glass; but nothing that he had done had been__43__. He had been to the school to complain(抱怨) to the headmaster, but this had not done any__44__. He had hidden in the bushes（灌木丛） and __45__ those boys that threw stones __46__ his garden, but the boys could run __47__ faster than he, and they even __48__ at him at a distance（距离）. He had even walked along the path and picked up all those __49__ that he could find so that the boys would have nothing to __50__, but they soon found others, or threw lumps of earth instead.
Then just as he had given __51__ hope of winning the battle（战斗）, a truly wonderful __52__ came up to him. He set up a large notice board made of good strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses __53__ it could be clearly seen from the path. On the board he painted the __54__ : DO NOT THROW AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flower had no __55__ .The boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice board than at the glass-houses.
1.A. to B. by C. of D. with
2.A. factory B. office C. school D. work
3.A. bed-rooms B. living-room C. reading-room D. glass-houses
4.A. strong B. weak C. limited D. strange
5.A. impossible B. unable C. possible D. somewhere
6.A. far away from B. in or close to C. into or out of D. at or out
7.A. in no way B. in a way C. in the way D. in many ways
8.A. successful B. cheerful C. wonderful D. careful
9.A. harm B. wrong C. good D. wonder
10.A. watched B. walked to C. waited for D. run after
11.A. towards B. over C. out of D. into
12.A. many B. much C. more D. lots of
13.A. laughed B. looked C. called D. surprised
14.A. earth B. sticks C. stones D. branches
15.A. pick up B. catch C. play with D. throw
16.A. in B. off C. out D. up
17.A. idea B. friend C. guest D. word
18.A. where B. there where C. on which D. there
19.A. announcement B. words C. sentences D. message
20.A. peaceful times B. further trouble C. more happiness D. questions
Please tell me_________
A. where your address is
B. what is your address
C. where your address is
D. what your address is
He tried to tell himself to keep calm instead of being angry. It is________
A. extreme B. frightening C. useless D. stubborn
------- we are going there by _____ sea.
------ Don’t you think it too slow? Why not take ______train?
A .the; / B. the; the C. /; / D./; the
The survivor said it was because of his strong determination _____ he survived the earthquake
A .that B. what C. how D. why
Put on your coat! I _______ you down to the doctor.
A. take B .took C. have taken D. am taking
