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 colour, with long and difficult names, for competitions(比赛)．He tried to grow a rose of a new colour to win the silver cup(银杯)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 or two at one of Mr．Flowers’ glass-house．So Mr．Flowers 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 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 made of good, strong wood, some metres away from the glass-houses．On it he had written the words, DO NOT THROW STONE AT THIS NOTICE．After this, Mr．Flowers had no further trouble：the boys were much more tempted(引诱)to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses．

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阅读理解

　　The class in America is almost the same as that in China．But something is different．

　　1．In America, if the teacher asks you a question but you don’t understand, you should put up your hand and ask the teacher to repeat it．If you don’t know the answer, it is all right to tell the teacher that you don’t know．Then he or she knows what you need to learn．

　　2．You mustn’t be absent on a test day．If you’re seriously ill, call and let the teacher know you will not be there for the test．If your teacher allows make-up test, you should take the test in one or two days after you go back to school．

　　3．Be on time!It is impossible to be late．If you come in late, be sure to do it quietly．Take your books out of your bag after you enter the room．Then go to your seat and sit down quietly．In the US, you needn’t knock before you come into the classroom．

　　4．If you have to leave during the class, do it quietly, too．There is no need to ask for the teacher’s agreement(同意)．

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阅读理解

　　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(比赛)．He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup(银杯)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(引诱)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．

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