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 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 (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.

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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 #p#分頁標題#e#

(B) Mr. Flowers嗜花如命，他種花的暖房位于一所學校附近。一些男孩子經常朝他種花的暖房上扔石塊。盡管他絞盡腦汁，想盡了一切辦法，都無濟于事。最后Mr. Flowers想出了一個高招。他掛起了一塊結實的布告牌，上面寫著“請不要朝布告牌扔石塊”。孩子們的興趣于是轉向了這塊木牌，Mr. Flowers自此高枕無憂了。

6. C。“…to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.”一句中，不定式在句中作目的狀語，也是Mr. Flowers的愿望之所在。

7. A。第二段前兩句有明確的說明。

8. D。“So Mr. Flowers did his best to be in or near his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.”是該題的出處。(from www.zkenglish.com)

9. D。為了保護自己的玻璃房子不受損壞，想盡了各種方法。選項A、B、C所述內容均在文中有明確的闡述。

10. C。由最后一段，特別是其中的關鍵詞large, good, strong以及布告上的DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICE, 可知他制作布告牌的真正目的不是要它對孩子們起警示作用，而是利用孩子們的心理讓其當作他們投擲的靶子。

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