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Once there was a little girl named Mary Lennox and her two little friends, Dickon and Colin.

Both of Mary’s parents died when she was a little baby. She was sent to her uncle, Mr. Archilbald Crave, who had a son named Colin.

Mary was one a selfish (自私的. girl. She cared for nobody else except herself and she was always alone. She started to know the word “friend” after the met Dickon, the gardener’s son. The little boy was very kind to Mary. They went to the Secret Garden every day, planting and playing.

Mary never expected that making the garden beautiful would bring such a wonderful feeling to her.

She was so happy to be with Dickon that she almost forgot all the sad things around her. She came out of her small lonely world.

After she met Colin, Mary finally found the very person to take care of Colin, the sick boy who couldn’t even walk, had been in bed for about ten years. Before he met Mary, he was taken care of by the servants, but no one really cared how he was. He couldn’t find any reason to live.

So he cried and cried, thinking about death. But Mary came. Colin was completely attracted to Mary and to all those fresh thoughts and stories which came out of her mouth. Of course, the most exciting of all was the Secret Garden.

The feeling of having someone share your secret is wonderful, especially for the children.

Colin used to be too weak to change his life, but now he had Mary, Dickon and the Secret Garden.

All these gave him courage. Finally, with the help of his two little friends, he managed to stand up for the first time.

1.Did Mary care for anybody else except herself at first?

2.Why was Mary sent to her uncle’s?

3.What did Mary and Dickon do in the Secret Garden?

in it.

4.How was Colin before he met Mary?

5.Where did Colin’s courage come from?

6.Who do you think changed the most in the story? Give your reason (s）

Answer 1