【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 17-20
In February last year, my wife lost her job. Just as suddenly, the owner of the Green House where I worked as manager died of a heart attack. His family announced that they were going to close the business because no one in the family wanted to run it. Things Jooked pretty gloomy. My wife and I read the want ads each day. Then one morning, as I was hanging a "going out of business" sign at the Green House, the door opened and in walked a customer. She was an office manager whose company had just moved into the new office park on the edge of the town. She was looking for potted plants to place in the reception areas in offices. "I don't know anything about plants", she said, "I am sure in a few weeks, they'll all be dead." While I was helping her select her purchases, my mind was racing. Perhaps as many as a dozen firms that recently opened offices in the new office park and there were several hundred more acres with construction underway. That afternoon, I drove up to the office park. By 6 o'clock that evening, I had signed contacts with 7 companies to rent plants from me and pay me a fee to maintain them. Within a week, I had worked down to an agreement to lease the Green House from the owner's family. Business is now increasing rapidly. And one day we Hope to be the proud owners of the Green House.

[解析] 本题为推理题。定位词组Green House。独白一开始，作者便谈到Green House的拥有者因心脏病去世。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为细节题。从“as l was hanging a 'going out of business' sign at the Green House, the door opened and in walked a customer”可知，当时作者正挂出going out of business的告示牌。

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为主旨题。这位经理对园艺一无所知，作者为其打理好一切，赢得了发展的契机，最后逐渐发展壮大。因此，此处可理解为全新的商业机会。

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 本题为主旨题。从全文最后一句“And one day we hope to be the proud owners of the Green House”来看，作者想成为Green house的拥有者。