Once upon a time, there was a garden in the village. Its owner was an old man. He had been away for several years to visit his friends. It was a large lovely garden with soft green grass and beautiful flowers. While the old man was away, some children came to play in the garden every afternoon. The birds in the garden sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games to listen to them. For them, the time they spent there was the happiest they had ever had.

One day the old man came back. When he saw the children playing in his garden, he was very angry. "What are you doing here?" he shouted. "Nobody except myself is allowed to play in my garden." The children were terrified and ran away. Then spring came, but it was still winter in the old man’s garden. There were blossoms (花) and birds all over the village, except in the garden. The birds didn’t like singing in his garden, since there were no children." Why is spring arriving so late this year?" the old man thought. "How pretty it would be if it were spring now!" One morning, the old man was woken up by some sounds. He heard birds singing and children laughing. When he opened the window, he saw the birds sitting in the trees and the children running about happily. "I’m sure spring has come. What I’m seeing is the most spellbinding scene (场景) I have ever seen, and the sounds which I’m hearing are the most beautiful in the world," said the old man.

1.When the children were enjoying themselves in the garden, the old man ______.

A. was happy to watch them

B. was away to visit his friends

C. pretended that he didn’t see them

D. was angry but didn’t drive them off

2.What did the children think the old man was like at first?

A. Kind       B. Creative      C. Outgoing      D. Terrible

3.The underlined word "spellbinding" in the passage means "______"in Chinese.

A. 迷人的       B. 无聊的       C. 普通的        D. 丑陋的

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The old man’s garden was small but pretty.

B. The old man didn’t like the birds in his garden.

C. The old man was anxious (渴望)for a peaceful life.

D. The birds and the children made the old man’s garden full of life again.

Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits, and the most beautiful flowers in his village. Plants grow in Tom’s garden all through the year.Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting-room table and eats some fruits and vegetables, but he sells most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so wonderful that they sell much more quickly in the market than those of other villages.

   How does Tom grow these beautiful plants? He is so lazy that he just sits under his orange tree with his radio. He listens to music all day. 

That is quite true. Tom plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And everything grows. It is the music that does work. Tom knows more clearly that music  makes the biggest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love music as much as people.

1.Tom      most of the things in his garden.

    A. sells    B. eats    C. keeps    D. gives

2.Tom listens to the music in the garden because     .

A.is very popular.

B.makes him relaxed.

C.makes his plants stop growing.

D.makes his plants grow better.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.Tom doesn’t plant orange trees in his garden.

B.Tom often gives away his flowers to villagers.

C.Tom is very lazy and he does nothing every day.

D.Tom eats some of the fruits and vegetables in his garden.

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Tom’s garden is in the town.

B.Tom wants to sell his garden.

C.Plants also like listening to music.

D.Tom’s flowers are beautiful and cheap.

Mr. White grows the nicest vegetables in the village. He grows fruit too—big, sweet apples and oranges. And what else? Well, the biggest and the loveliest flowers.

Things grow in Mr. White’s garden the whole year. He cuts some flowers for his sitting room table, and, of course he eats some fruits and vegetables. He sells everything else in the market.

He knows a few other gardeners, but he does not have any friends. People do not understand him. And they know little about his garden. It’s a wonderful garden. Mr. White plants things in spring. After that he does very little work. He sits in the garden with his small radio. And everything grows all year round.

People asks, “How does Mr. White grow those 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 the music nearly all day!” And that is quite true. People can not understand it, and so they don’t like it very much.

Mr. White likes music. But what about the garden? Who does the work? Let me tell you: the music does the work. All plants like music, and Mr. White knows that.

Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers? Well, just give your plants a lot of music.

(     )46. Mr. White grows ______.

A. vegetables, apples and oranges     B. vegetables and flowers

C. vegetables, apples and flowers     D. vegetables, fruit and flowers

(     )47. In Mr. White’s garden, there are plants ______.

A. in spring and summer            B. in autumn and summer

C. in warm seasons                D. in four seasons

(     )48. The new way of growing plants is ______.

A. to stay with the plants            B. to keep the garden cool

C. to let the plants listen to the music  D. to sit under an orange tree

(     )49. Mr. White has few friends because ______.

A. he doesn’t want to have many friends

 B. people don’t like him

C. people don’t understand him and his garden.

D. Mr. White has everything in his garden and other people don’t.

(     )50. This passage mainly talks about ______.

A. Mrs. White’s Wonderful Garden     B. Music

C. Music and Plants                 D. How to Grow