题目内容：

    There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care. To water his flowers, he used two buckets(桶). One was a shiny and new bucket. The other was a very dilapidated one, which had been used for many years, but was now past its best.

Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets. Then he would carry them along the road, one on each side, to the flowerbeds. The new bucket was very proud of itself. It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop coming out. The old bucket felt very ashamed (惭愧的) because of its holes; before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked (漏) along the road.

Sometimes the new bucket would say, "See how helpful I am! How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day! I don't know why he still uses you. What a waste of space you are!"

And all that the old bucket could say was, "I know I'm not very useful, but I can only do my best. I'm happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least.”

One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation. After watering the flowers as usual, he said," You both have done your work very well. Now I am going to carry you back. I want you to look carefully along the road.”

Then the two buckets did so. All along the road, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried, there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.

1.The underlined word in the first paragraph" dilapidated" probably means “       ”.

A.肮脏的 B.光鲜的 C.破旧的 D.普通的

2.Why did the old bucket feel ashamed of itself?

A.Because it leaked a lot. B.Because it was too old.

C.Because it was useless. D.Because it didn't look nice.

3.From the conversations between the two buckets we know that        .

A.the old bucket completely agreed with what the new bucket said.

B.the new bucket felt sorry for the old bucket.

C.the new bucket thought it a waste to keep using the old one.

D.the old bucket felt unlucky that the gardener still used it.

4.The writer wrote the passage to tell us that          .

A.practice makes perfect B.east or west, home is best

C.all roads lead to Rome D.old wood is best to burn