My friend Henry has a most unusual hobby. He likes planting flowers in strange places. When spring comes around,you can always be told that Henry has been somewhere because the dirty sides of canals,land covered with rubbish,and railway banks suddenly become full of flowers. In Henry's spare time,with pockets full of seeds,he goes round on his bicycle. He has a long pipe with him to blow seeds into spots that are hard to reach. When his flowers fade (凋謝) ，he goes around again to collect their seeds. In this way he always has a big supply.

Many people make fun of Henry,but he never lets himself get upset. Recently I often had tea with him and he told me that once he was planting seeds in a large piece of waste land,the owner came along and sent him away. Henry returned some days later when there was no one around. You can imagine how surprised the owner was when he saw a large letter "H" in flowers which went right across this neglected        (waste) piece of land!Henry took me round his house and I was astonished to see that there was only one small bunch of flowers in a pot. When I questioned him about this,he answered, "They're not fresh. They're artificial. Fresh flowers should be out there where they belong. " And he pointed out of the window to a garden full of flowers.

(   ) 11. We can know from the reading that Henry         .

   A. likes planting flowers in winter

   B. doesn't grow flowers in good lands

   C. loves to plant flowers where people hardly reach

   D. plants flowers in dirty places

(   ) 12. Henry uses a long pipe because         .

   A. he plants seeds in strange places

   B. he wants to grow flowers more beautifully

   C. his bike is hard to run quickly

   D. it's windy around there

(   ) 13. The underlined sentence "In this way he always has a big supply" in the passage means         .

   A. he can get lots of seeds from the plants he grew

   B. other people lend too many seeds to him

   C. he will get a lot of seeds in a large piece of waste land

   D. there are lots of seeds for collecting on the way

(   ) 14. The writer thinks that         .

   A. it's all right that many people make fun of Henry

   B. Henry should get worried when he is sent away

   C. it's surprising for Henry to move about

   D. it's unusual for Henry to plant flowers like that

(   ) 15. Which of the following is true?

   A. Henry thinks there must be fresh flowers everywhere.

   B. The letter "H" in the reading means high.

   C. Henry's garden is full of flowers.

   D. The owner knows the flowers are planted only by Henry.

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