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 competition. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.

Mr.Flowers’ glass-houses were close to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted(引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr.Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr.Flowers 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 has tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster, but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden. But the boys could run faster than he could,and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find 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 made of good,strong wood, some metres away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICES. After this, Mr.Flowers had no further trouble:the boys wee much more tempted to throw stones 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 of the Year in a silver cup

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

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

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 about

C.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. both A and B

5.Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to     .

A. write some words on the glass

B. put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses

C. give the boys something else to throw stones at

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了Mr Flowers嗜花如命，他种花的暖房位于一所学校附近。一些男孩经常朝他种花的暖房上扔石头。尽管他绞尽脑汁，想尽了一切办法，都无济于事。最后Mr Flowers想出了一个高招。他挂起了一个结实的布告牌，上面写着“请不要朝布告牌扔石块”。孩子们的兴趣于是转向了这块木牌，Mr Flowers自此可以高枕无忧了。

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考点：人生百味类短文阅读。