Question

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 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. 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, 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

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.B

6.B

7.D

8.A

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.A

18.A

19.B

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：

1.考查介词的用法：by这里表示“被”，用于被动语态，表示这条路是被孩子和年轻人用的，选B

2.考查名词：既然是孩子和年轻人，那就是上下学。选C

3.考查上下文暗示题：从前面的These glass-houses 可知是选D

4.考查形容词：表示：这种诱惑太强烈，用strong，选A

5.考查词组;be unable to do“不能做…”符合句意：当看不见Mr Flower时，选B

6.考查介词：句意是;在接近上下学的时间Mr Flower都会在温室里或在温室附近。选B。

7.考查词组辨析：A. in no way 绝不，B. in a way以某种方式，C. in the way阻碍，D. in many ways在很多方面， D项符合句意，Mr Flower会用许多方法保护他的玻璃。

8.考查词组：从后面的He had been to the school to complain(抱怨) to the headmaster,说明他做得都没成功。选A

9.考查词组：do good“有好处”，do harm“有害处”，do wrong“做错事”，句意是：这么做都没有好处。选C

10.考查词组：从后面的the boys could run __47__ faster than he,说明他躲在灌木丛中，追赶仍石头的孩子。选D

11.考查介词：throw sth towards sth“向…仍…”,选A

12.考查副词的用法：much修饰比较级faster，表示“快得多”选B

13.考查词组：根据even这个词的用法，说明孩子的做法很过分。是laugh at “嘲笑”选A

14.考查上下文衔接，从上文知道孩子们是用石头砸玻璃的，所以他去捡地上的石头让他们没有东西可以砸。选C

15.解析同上题。选D

16.考查词组辨析：A. give in屈服，B. give off散发，C.give  out分发，D. give up放弃，句意是：就在他想放弃的时候，选D

17.考查名词：句意是：他想到了一个好主意。选A

18.这题考查定语从句，修饰the glass-houses ，填where或in which，选A

19.考查名词，从木板上的内容看是一些单词。选B

20.从做后一句话：The boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice board than at the glass-houses.可知他没有什么麻烦了。选B

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