GONE WITH THE WIND Author: Margaret   Mitchell ?25 (in bookstores) ?18 (online) Gone With the Wind   is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil   War. Scarlett Ohara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is   strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time.

A LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances   Hodgson Burnett ?18.3 (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 her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑) of her fellows. 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)    The most famous   novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle between free states and slave   states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it   first came out 150 years ago.

THE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances   Hodgson Burnett ?35 (in bookstores)  ?30 (online) Mary Lennox, a   sickly orphan(孤儿), 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. 1.

   All of the following books have children as their main characters except_____.

   1. A.
      PETER PAN
   2. B.
      GONE WITH THE WIND
   3. C.
      A LITTLE PRINCESS
   4. D.
      THE SECRET GARDEN
2. 2.

   We can know from the passage that_____.

   1. A.
      there are only three books with tapes
   2. B.
      we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores
   3. C.
      two of the books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett
   4. D.
      THE SECRET GARDEN is ¥5 cheaper in bookstores than online
3. 3.

   Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of_____.

   a. the power of hope  b. friendship    c. her uncle      d. Nature’s magic

   1. A.
      a, b, c
   2. B.
      a, c, d
   3. C.
      b, c, d
   4. D.
      a, b, d
4. 4.

   Which of the following about the books is mentioned in this text?

   1. A.
      What Sara did to help her fellows
   2. B.
      Why Peter Pan wouldn’t grow up
   3. C.
      What kind of woman Scarlett is
   4. D.
      How Marry Lennox came into her uncle’s house
5. 5.

   This text is most probably taken from a_____.

   1. A.
      newspaper
   2. B.
      science magazine
   3. C.
      storybook
   4. D.
      book guide