Mr. Flower was well-known around for growing the best flowers of the year and his four gla

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（尝试） to throw a stone or two at one of Mr. Flower’s     38     . They managed to resist the temptation(抵制诱惑) 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 plain(抱怨) to the headmaster, but this had not done any    44    . He had hidden in the bushes（灌木丛） 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（距离）. 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（战斗）, 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.
【小题1】A．toB．byC．ofD．with【小题2】A．factoryB．officeC．schoolD．work【小题3】A．bed-roomsB．living-roomC．reading-roomD．glass-houses【小题4】A．strongB．weakC．limitedD．strange【小题5】A．impossibleB．unableC．possibleD．somewhere【小题6】A．far away fromB．in or close toC．into or out ofD．at or out【小题7】A．in no wayB．in a wayC．in the wayD．in many ways【小题8】A．successfulB．cheerfulC．wonderfulD．careful【小题9】A．harmB．wrongC．goodD．wonder【小题10】A．watchedB．walked toC．waited forD．run after【小题11】A．towardsB．overC．out ofD．into【小题12】A．manyB．muchC．moreD．lots of【小题13】A．laughedB．lookedC．calledD．surprised【小题14】A．earthB．sticksC．stonesD．branches【小题15】A．pick upB．catchC．play withD．throw【小题16】A．inB．offC．outD．up【小题17】A．ideaB．friendC．guestD．word【小题18】A．whereB．there whereC．on whichD．there【小题19】A．announcementB．wordsC．sentencesD．message【小题20】A．peaceful timesB．further troubleC．more happinessD．questionsB