日本400多年树龄的极品盆栽被盗，主人请求盗贼：记得浇水！
A 400-year-old bonsai tree worth more than $50,000 disappeared from a gardener’s collection outside Tokyo, one of several valuable plants stolen last month from a fifth-generation bonsai master. Now the plant’s owners have a request for thieves! “Please, water it.” said Fuyumi Iimura, the wife of bonsai master Seiji Iimura, whose garden sits in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture. “We treated these miniature trees like our children,” Fuyumi Iimura told the reporters, adding, “I want whoever took the bonsais to make sure they are watered.” The 400-year-old plant can’t make it a week without water, she said.
Seiji Iimura walked into his garden the morning of Jan. 13 before noticing four missing among his collection of about 3,000 bonsai trees, according to Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese newspaper.
Growing bonsais outdoors is necessary, and Iimura, 54, kept his farm open to the public so bonsai fans could feel close to the awe-inspiring trees. Now the garden has cameras, though, and Iimura plans to soon install a fence.
Police have had little luck finding the thieves. On the black market, stolen bonsai can sell for tens of thousands of dollars, Asahi Shimbun reported, with Seiji Iimura pricing the 400-year-old bonsai at more than $54,000.
The efforts to grow bonsai is said to form a deep and even emotional bond between gardener and plant, with caretakers often describing the trees in ways typically reserved for pets or relatives. Iimura had cared for the 400-year-old shimpaku for 25 years, and hopes global media coverage of the plants’ theft will stop their sale on the black market.
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1.Why did Fuyumi Iimura ask the thieves to water the bonsai trees?
A She feared they would die.
B She didn’t want the trees to be sold.
C She wanted the trees to be kept by the thieves.
D She wondered who stole them.
解析：选A。推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句The 400-year-old plant can’t make it a week without water, she said.可知如果不浇水，这棵盆景撑不过一个星期，由此可推知她是担心盆景会死才向小偷提出这样的要求的。故选A。
2.How many bonsai trees were stolen from Seiji Iimura’s garden?
A 1.
B 4.
C 13.
D 3,000.
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第二段的Seiji Iimura walked into his garden the morning of Jan. 13 before noticing four missing among his collection of about 3,000 bonsai trees可知他发现自己的3000多株盆景中有四棵树丢失了。故选B。
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A Seiji Iimura is a bonsai master in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture.
B There were about 3,000 bonsai trees in Seiji Iimura’s garden.
C Seiji Iimura will not keep his farm open to the public after the theft.
D Seiji Iimura and his wife had a deep emotion for the stolen trees.
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句Now the garden has cameras, though, and Iimura plans to soon install a fence. 可知为了防止小偷他加强了安保，但并未说明他从此不再向民众开放他的园区。故选C。
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A A 400-year-old bonsai tree worth more than $50,000 was stolen.
B A 400-year-old bonsai tree was dead without water after being stolen.
C A 400-year-old bonsai tree was sold at the price of $54,000 on the black market.
D A 400-year-old bonsai tree’s sale on the black market helped the police find the thieves.
解析：选A。主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要围绕一株有400多年树龄的极品盆景被盗展开叙述。故选A。