“You showed me where the key was yesterday,” she laughed. “I’ve got it in my pocket. So you ought to show me the door today!”
The robin (知更鸟) hopped on to an old climbing plant on the wall, and sang his most beautiful song. Suddenly the wind made the plant move, and Mary saw something under the dark green leaves. The thick, heavy plant was covering a door. Mary’s heart was beating fast and her hands were shaking as she pushed the leaves away and found the keyhole. She took the key out of her pocket, and it fitted the hole. Using both hands, she managed to unlock the door. Then she turned round to see if anyone was watching. But there was no one, so she pushed the door, which opened, slowly, for the first time in ten years. She walked quickly in and shut the door behind her. At last she was inside the secret garden!
It was the loveliest, most exciting place she had ever seen. There were old rose trees everywhere, and the walls were covered with climbing roses. She looked carefully at the grey branches. Were the roses still alive? Ben would know. She hoped they weren’t all dead. But she was inside the wonderful garden, in a world of her own. It seemed very strange and silent, but she did not feel lonely at all. Then she noticed some small green shoots (嫩芽) coming up through the grass. So something was growing in the garden after all! When she found a lot more shoots in different places, she decided they needed more air and light, so she began to pull out the thick grass around them. She worked away, clearing the ground, for two or three hours, and had to take her coat off because she got so hot. The robin hopped around, pleased to see someone gardening.
选自The Secret Garden
【小题1】Where was the door according to the passage?| A．Under the ground. | B．In Mary’s room. | C．In a tree. | D．Under the dark green leaves. |
| A．Because she knew she had made a big mistake. | B．Because she was very excited to see the keyhole. |
| C．Because she was punished by her uncle. | D．Because robin hopped around all the time. |
| A．For 2 or 3 hours. | B．For a year. | C．For a century. | D．For 10 years. |
| A．She was curious (好奇的) and brave. | B．She had a bad temper. |
| C．She was as beautiful as her mother. | D．She was so silly. |
