One evening, a man was on his way home when he saw a woman come by, hauling a cart full of flowers. The smell of her flowers perfumed the air with sweetness so easily that it seemed to lift his spirits. He had never experienced such wonder from the flowers of his own garden. "How much must I pay for your wonderful flowers?" he asked. "Take what you wish for." "What return must I make for them?" he asked again. "Your gratitude is enough." She said. So he filled his arms with flowers and hurried joyfully home. His wife and children also liked the remarkable flowers, for they, too, discovered that the sight of
them was a delight and the smell of them refreshed the soul.
In order not to lose his treasure. the man planted the flowers in his garden. Sunlight and water kept them amazingly beautiful and they still performed their powerful magic. When his children came to play in the yard, the man cautioned them against carelessness and wild play in case they damage the flowers. But the flowers remained hardy and strong as long as there are enough sun and moisture to nourish them.
As the family grew and more children came to play in the garden, the man was even more concerned about his remarkable flowers. He even built a high wall to protect them with the utmost care. Unfortunately, this began to cause consternation among the family members. If the children caused their father stress, he would refuse them access to the flowers. Later, he set up rules as to who could enter the garden and what they must do while they were there. He also established offices to determine accessibility. Eventually, it became necessary to have lawyers to defend, judges to weigh, guards to safeguard.
The man's family, however, saw less and less of the flowers and experienced less and less of their magical power. In the meantime, many of them went out in search of the flower lady. Well, she was still out there, still giving away her amazing flowers.
The family found that the smell of the flowers could_____.

A．remove their spirits

B．make them energetic

C．bring them what they want

D．make them smell sweet

In order to protect the flowers, the man_____.

A．asked the policemen to help him take care of the garden

B．built a high building to keep the children away from the garden

C．set up offices to decide, who can get close to the flowers

D．employed lawyers, judges and guards to protect the flowers

What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．The man began to prevent the, family members coming into his garden.

B．The man asked the family members to enjoy his flowers but no one wanted to.

C．What the man did made the family members less interested in flowers.

D．What the man did made the family members panic.

What lesson can we get from the father's behavior?

A．To give is more fruitful than to get.

B．Shared beauty is real beauty.

C．A problem shared is a problem halved.

D．Many hands make light work.

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