A Japanese man of about 50 from Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, was recently ordered to remove three banana trees he had illegally planted and cared for in the median strip (中央隔离带) of a busy city road for a couple of years. It’s unclear why the man chose to plant the trees on public property, and in a median strip of all places, but they eventually got so big that they began to impinge on drivers’ field of view. That might lead to traffic accidents.

It wasn’t difficult for authorities to identify the man responsible for the trees, as he had been watering the plants at least twice a day for the last two years. How the unnamed banana lover managed to remain off the radar (巡视) of the police for so long, especially with his daily habit of watering, remains a mystery. And he was ordered to remove the trees, or risk spending up to a year in jail (监狱) or pay a fine of 500,000 yen ($3,350).

And the Kurume banana trees had been getting nationwide attention for weeks, and on the day of their removal, news journalists from major news channels were on location. They interviewed the man who had planted them and filmed him trying to eat one of the unripe bananas harvested from them. It was too green to be eaten, but the man ate it anyway. “It’s lonely… I feel lonely without my beautiful bananas,” the man told journalists after having to remove the three banana trees. 

Luckily, the banana trees have found new homes. Two of them wound up in the garden of an 80-year-old man who promised to take good care of them, and “Kurume’s banana man” gave the third one to a friend as a birthday present.

1.What do the underlined words “impinge on” mean?

A Improve.

B Affect.

C Change.

D Praise.

解析：选B。B词义猜测题。根据后文的“That might lead to traffic accidents.”那可能引起交通事故可知，这三棵香蕉已经大到开始影响驾驶员的视野。故选B。

2.Which of the following statements is true?

A It was not easy to find the tree owner.

B Someone helped the man plant the trees.

C The man watered the trees every day.

D The man could get $3,350 for removing the trees.

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第二段第一句的“as he had been watering the plants at least twice a day”以及第二句的“with his daily habit of watering”可知，这个男人每天都要给香蕉树浇水。故选C。

3.How did the man feel about parting with his trees?

A Ashamed.

B Angry.

C Shocked.

D Upset.

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句“It’s lonely… I feel lonely without my beautiful bananas”可知，该男子告诉媒体：“太可惜了……没有了我那美丽的香蕉树，我觉得十分孤单。”因此和香蕉树分开他觉得伤心。故选D。

4.What is the text?

A A news report.

B A diary entry.

C A children’s story.

D A biography.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。本文主要讲了日本一位50多岁男子突发奇想将道路中央隔离带当作菜园，种了3棵香蕉树，两年来细心栽培，每天浇水，近来因为香蕉树越长越高，遮住了道路视线，被当局强制铲除，属于新闻报道。故选A。