第I卷（选择题）
一、阅读理解
On the eve of our daughters' weddings， I gave both of them what I considered to be excellent marital advice： never leave your husband unsupervised （无人监督的） with pruning shears （修枝剪）．
If only I had taken my own advice． I recently let my guard down． Thirty﹣some years of marriage can do that to a woman． Give a man pruning shears and electric trimmers （电动修剪器） and he will give new meaning to "armed and dangerous．"
One day earlier this year， my husband said that the crab apple tree was dead．
"Why do you think it is dead？" I asked．
"Look at it． There's not a leaf on it．"
