Question

Mr. Flower was well-known around for growing the best flowers of the year and his four glass-houses were taken good care of. These glass-houses were close to a public path, which was always used ___36__ children and young people walking to and from __37__. Boys of about thirteen years of age, especially, were often tempted（嘗試） to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flower’s __38__ . They managed to resist the temptation(抵制誘惑) when Mr. Flower was around, but the temptation often seemed to be too __39__ when Mr. Flower was __40__ to be seen. For this reason, Mr. Flower did his best to be __41__ his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school days.
However, it was not always possible for him to be on guard at these times.  Mr. Flower had tried __42__ to prevent（阻止） the damage to his glass; but nothing that he had done had been__43__. He had been to the school to complain(抱怨) to the headmaster, but this had not done any__44__. He had hidden in the bushes（灌木叢） and __45__ those boys that threw stones __46__ his garden, but the boys could run __47__ faster than he, and they even __48__ at him at a distance（距離）. He had even walked along the path and picked up all those __49__that he could find so that the boys would have nothing to __50__, but they soon found others, or threw lumps of earth instead.
Then just as he had given __51__ hope of winning the battle（戰(zhàn)斗）, a truly wonderful __52__ came up to him. He set up a large notice board made of good strong wood, some meters away from the glass-houses __53__ it could be clearly seen from the path. On the board he painted the __54__ : DO NOT THROW AT THIS NOTICE. After this, Mr. Flower had no __55__ .The boys were much more tempted to throw stones at the notice board than at the glass-houses.

【小題1】

A．to B．by C．of D．with

【小題2】

A．factory B．office C．school D．work

【小題3】

A．bed-rooms B．living-room C．reading-room D．glass-houses

【小題4】

A．strong B．weak C．limited D．strange

【小題5】

A．impossible B．unable C．possible D．somewhere

【小題6】

A．far away from B．in or close to C．into or out of D．a(chǎn)t or out

【小題7】

A．in no way B．in a way C．in the way D．in many ways

【小題8】

A．successful B．cheerful C．wonderful D．careful

【小題9】

A．harm B．wrong C．good D．wonder

【小題10】

A．watched B．walked to C．waited for D．run after

【小題11】

A．towards B．over C．out of D．into

【小題12】

A．many B．much C．more D．lots of

【小題13】

A．laughed B．looked C．called D．surprised

【小題14】

A．earth B．sticks C．stones D．branches

【小題15】

A．pick up B．catch C．play with D．throw

【小題16】

A．in B．off C．out D．up

【小題17】

A．idea B．friend C．guest D．word

【小題18】

A．where B．there where C．on which D．there

【小題19】

A．a(chǎn)nnouncement B．words C．sentences D．message

【小題20】

A．peaceful times B．further trouble C．more happiness D．questions

Answer 1

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【小題1】B
【小題1】C
【小題1】D
【小題1】A
【小題1】B
【小題1】B
【小題1】D
【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】D
【小題1】A
【小題1】B
【小題1】A
【小題1】C
【小題1】D
【小題1】D
【小題1】A
【小題1】A
【小題1】B
【小題1】B解析:
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