Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both of the vegetables and the tree made the garden look wonderful.

One day, the vegetables and the tree couldn't get on well with ______. The vegetables disliked the tree because they thought the tree didn't leave them enough ______ by covering them with its thick leaves while the tree thought that the vegetables drank nearly all the water before it could reach him.

The situation became worse and worse. One day the vegetables decided to ______ all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to offer the vegetables shade(树荫). Soon they both began to dry up under the hot sun.

Neither of them expected that the gardener would stop ______ his vegetable field because he thought it was ______ to save the vegetables. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how ______ they were. There seemed to be no way to solve the problem. Then a small pumpkin decided to do something to change the situation. The small pumpkin did all he could to grow ______ there was little water and it was too hot.

Finally, the gardener ______ the growing pumpkin among the dying vegetables. _____, he started to water the field again because he still wanted to make a(n) ____ to win the beautiful pumpkin. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables were saved. Since then, they realized that it was better to help each other than to fight, and they lived in harmony with other plants.

1.A. other plants B. the gardener C. each other D. the pumpkin

2.A. light B. water C. air D. wind

3.A. look up B. use up C. pick up D. put up

4.A. picking B. growing C. planting D. watering

5.A. hopeless B. important C. hopeful D. necessary

6.A. angry B. hungry C. thirsty D. comfortable

7.A. so B. though C. but D. and

8.A. watched B. knew C. harvested D. noticed

9.A. Therefore B. However C. Besides D. Also

10.A. decision B. idea C. effort D. chance

A LITTLE PRINCESS

Author(作者): Frances Hodgson Burnett

¥18 (online)

Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin’s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against anything. It’s an excellent book with 4 tapes for children.

PETER PAN

Author: J.M Barrie

¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online)

It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, John and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes)

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN

Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

¥20 (in bookstores) ¥16 (online)

The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle(战争) between free states and slave(奴隶) states during the American Civil War(内战)and is as powerful today as when it first came out 165 years ago.

THE SECRET GARDEN

Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett

¥35 (in bookstores) ¥30 (online)

Mary Lennox, a sick orphan, finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life.

1.We can know from the passage that _________.

A. there are two books with tapes

B. we can buy the 4 books in bookstores

C. three of the books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett

D. the books are cheaper in bookstores than online

2.Which of the following is about UNCLE TOM’S CABIN?

A. It first came out in the 1850s.

B. It’s about the struggle during the African Civil War.

C. A brave girl successfully fought against slaves.

D. It’s a famous American novel full of imagination and adventures.

3.How much does it cost to order these four books online

A. $ 88 B. $76 C. ¥88 D. ¥76

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