Question

There was once a man called Mr. Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his free time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competitions (比赛). 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 near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen 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 near 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 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 ha-d tried to drive away the boy 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 (布告) made of good, strong wood some meters away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flowers had no further trouble; the boys were 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 free 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

D. grow a rose with the longest name

2. Boys were often tempted to ________.

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

B. throw stones at Mr. Flowers from their school

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

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

3. Mr. Flowers stayed in or near 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. where he could not be seen by the boys passing

D. in his free 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 free 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 large notice to cover his glass-houses

C. give the boys something else to throw stones at

D. send for policemen

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.C

【解析】

试题分析：本篇文章讲述的是养花是Mr Flowers唯一的生活乐趣。他用四个玻璃房子，培养各种颜色的花朵，并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，靠近一所中学。 13岁左右的男孩经常朝玻璃房子上扔石头。为保护他的玻璃房，他用木材做了一个上面写着”不扔石头”的大型的通知牌。在那之后，男孩子们就向牌子扔石头。

1.C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.A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.D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D。

4.D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.综合理解题。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。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。