Question

【題目】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 (比賽). 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 near to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen of age were often tempted (引誘) 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

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

試題分析：本篇文章講述的是養(yǎng)花是Mr Flowers唯一的生活樂趣。他用四個(gè)玻璃房子，培養(yǎng)各種顏色的花朵，并試圖培育出一個(gè)新的顏色的玫瑰，贏得玫瑰年的銀杯。Mr Flowers的玻璃房子，靠近一所中學(xué)。 13歲左右的男孩經(jīng)常朝玻璃房子上扔石頭。為保護(hù)他的玻璃房，他用木材做了一個(gè)上面寫著”不扔石頭”的大型的通知牌。在那之后，男孩子們就向牌子扔石頭。

【1】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句“he tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup(銀杯) for the Rose of the Year.”理解可知。他想通過培育一種新的玫瑰品種來贏取獎(jiǎng)牌，故選C。

【2】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句“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.”理解可知。小男孩經(jīng)常用石頭砸他的玻璃房子，故選A。

【3】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句“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。當(dāng)孩子們路過他的玻璃房子的時(shí)候，他就必須站在那里看著，故選D。

【4】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中語句“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做了很多事情來保護(hù)他的玻璃房子，故選D。

【5】C綜合理解題。根據(jù)文中語句“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造了一個(gè)警示牌讓男孩們來砸，故選C。