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• 1A good gardener prunes tree ____

  A.at intervals throughout the year

  B.as quickly as possible

  C.occasionally when necessary

  D.regularly every winter

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• 2Why is a special substance painted on the tree 、

  A.to make a wound smooth .

  B.to prevent disease entering a wound .

  C.to cover a rough surface .

  D.to help a wound to dry .

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• 3Trees become unhealthy if the gardener_______

  A.allows too many branches to grow in the middle

  B.does not protect them from the wind

  C.forces them grow too quickly

  D.damages some of the small side branches.

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• 4Pruning should be done to _____.

  A.make the tree grow taller .

  B.does not protect them form the wind

  C.get rid of the small branches

  D.make the small branches thicker .

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• 5This passage is mainly about _____.

  A.the young Americans

  B.the generation gap .

  C.the education of the young

  D.an American social phenomenon

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• 6Mrs.Clarke looked forward to Thursday because ___________.

  A.She worked at a club on Thursday

  B.She had visitors on Thursday

  C.She visited a club on Thursday

  D.a special visitor came on Thursday

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• 7If someone had made a forced entry ______.

  A.Mrs. Clarke would have found a broken door or window .

  B.He or she was still in the house

  C.Things would have been thrown about

  D.He or she would have needed a master key

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• 8On the third Thursday Mrs. Clarke went out _____.

  A.because she didn’t want to miss the club again

  B.to see if the thief was hanging about outside

  C.to the club but then changed her mind

  D.in an attempt to trick the thief

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• 9The lock on the front door was one which _____.

  A.needed a piece of wire to open it

  B.could be opened from outside without a key

  C.couldn’t be opened without a key

  D.used a knob instead of a key

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• 10The wire fell to the floor _______.

  A.because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the door

  B.when the man’s glove dropped off

  C.because it was too hot to hold

  D.because the man just wanted to get away

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