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Matt grows the nicest vegetables in the village. He grows fruits, too——big, sweet apples and oranges. And what else? Well, the biggest and the prettiest flowers.
Things grow in Mitt’s garden all through the year. He cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table; and, of course, he eats some fruit and vegetables. But he sells everything else in the market. Matt is not a poor man—oh, no, he isn’t poor.
I will tell you people do not understand him. And they do not understand has garden. “Why not?” you will ask, “It’s a good garden, isn’t it?”
It is a wonderful garden. Matt grows things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he does very little work. He sits in the garden with his small radio. And everything grows.
People ask, “How does Matt grow these wonderful things? He waters the plants sometimes, but he doesn’t do anything else. He just sits under an orange tree with his radio. He listens to music nearly all day!” And that is all quite true. People cannot understand it, and so they don’t like it very much.
Mutt likes music. But what about the garden? Who does the work? I will tell you another truth: the music does the work. All plants love music; and Matt knows that.
Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers? Well, just give your plants a lot of music.
1.Matt grows plants in his garden ________.
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A.when he is free
B.when he wants to make some money
C.only when it is warm
D.all the year round
2.Matt is not a poor man because ________.
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A.he sells most of what he grows in the market
B.he has no one to support
C.he grows a lot of fruit and he does not eat any
D.he has sold his sitting-room table in the market
3.Matt knows a few other gardeners ________.
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A.and they are his good friends
B.and they grow better lands than he does
C.who do not understand him
D.who buy all that he sells in the market
4.In fact, besides watering the plants sometimes ________ .
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A.Matt does nothing else at all
B.Matt gives them nothing but music
C.Matt does all he can to help them to grow faster
D.Matt tries to explain why his plants grow so well
5.Plants love music ________.
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A.and Matt knows that well
B.but Matt refuses to give his plants any
C.and everyone understands that
D.but the orange tree in Matt’s garden does not
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