I hired a man to help me repair an old farmhouse．His first day on the job made him mad﹣﹣a flat tire （轮胎） made him lose an hour of work，he cut his finger with a knife and his old truck refused to start．While Idrove him home，he sat in silence．

On arriving，he invited me to meet his family．As we walked towards the front door，he stopped at a small tree and touched the tips of the branches with both hands．When opening the door，his face was full of smiles and he hugged his two children and gave his wife a kiss．

Afterwards，he walked with me to the car．We passed the tree．I was so curious that Iasked him about what I had seen carlier．"Oh，that's my trouble tree，"he replied．"I know I can't help having troubles on the job，but one thing is for sure．Those troubles don't belong to my children and wife．So I hang themin the tree every night and ask God to take care of them．Then in the morning，I pick them up again．"

"The funny thing is，"he smiles，"when I come out to pick them up in themorning，there aren't as many as those hung up the night before．"

36．What didn't happen on the man's first day of repairing the old farmhouse？ 　　

A．	One of his tires had no air．
B．	His finger was cut by a knife．
C．	He couldn't start his old truck．
D．	He arrived an hour earlier．

37．Seeing the man touch the tree．what did the author feel？ 　　

A．	Sorry．
B．	Curious．
C．	Worried．
D．	Bored．

38．What does the underlined word"them"refer to？ 　　

A．	The man's children and wife．
B．	The man's children．
C．	The troubles on his job．
D．	The trees．

39．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ 　　

A．	The man invited the author to meet his family．
B．	Seeing his children and wife．the man was very sad．
C．	Once the man met troubles on his job．he hung them in the tree and never took them again．
D．	What the man did was very funny．

40．What do you think of the man？ 　　

A．	He liked planting trees，
B．	He was always late for work．
C．	He always worried about his job．
D．	He loved his family very much and never brought troubles to them．