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(銀杯) 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(石頭) 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.
小題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 |
小題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 |
小題3:Mr Flowers stayed in or close by his glass-houses ____
| A．a(chǎn)t times when school-boys were walking near them |
| B．a(chǎn)ll 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 |
小題4:Mr. Flowers had tried to ____ to protect his glass.
| A．be on watch in his spare time |
| B．a(chǎn)sk the headmaster for help |
| C．pick up all the stones around his garden |
| D．do all the above |
小題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 |
