D
When the doctor arrived later that morning, he was very surprised. Colin was sitting on the sofa looking at one of his books. He was talking to Mary.
“So, you were ill last night, Colin,” he said.
“I’m better now—much better,” Colin answered in his young Rajah voice. “I’m going out in my wheelchair soon if it is fine. I want some fresh air. ”
The doctor left without saying anything else. That night Colin slept well. He dreamt about the garden again, and Dickon and his animals.
Early the next morning, Mary ran into his room. “Dickon is here with the fox cub and the crow and two squirrels and a newborn lamb!” she cried. “Listen! Did you hear that caw-caw sound?”
Just then Martha opened the door. “Dickon and his animals are here, sir,” she said. Colin looked very excited.
Dickon came in. The newborn lamb was in his arms and the little red fox walked next to him.
Soot sat on his left shoulder and a squirrel sat on the other. The other squirrel was looking out of his coat pocket. Colin stared as Dickon gave him the newborn lamb.
“What is it doing?” cried Colin. “What does it want?”
“It wants its mother,” said Dickon, smiling.
He took a baby’s bottle from his pocket. He pushed the bottle into the lamb’s mouth. The lamb drank the milk, and then it fell asleep.
Colin and Mary asked Dickon questions about the names of flowers. He knew exactly which ones were already growing in the secret garden.
“I’m going to see them,” cried Colin. “I can’t believe it!”
The next day, Dickon pushed Colin’s wheelchair slowly and carefully. Mary walked next to it. They went across the lawn to the long path near the wall. Then Dickon stopped pushing the chair.
“And look!” Mary moved the ivy branch. “Here is the door. ” Dickon pushed him in quickly.
When they were inside the garden, Colin looked round and round. He saw the walls and the earth and the trees with their new green leaves. In the grass under the trees there were flowers—gold and purple and white. The trees were covered in pink and white flowers. The sun was warm on his face. Mary and Dickon stared at him. He looked different. His face was pink, not white. “Mary! Dickon! I’m going to get well!” he cried. “And I’m going to live forever and ever!”
—Adapted from The Secret Garden
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C
)12. What does the underlined word “Soot” refer to?
A. The squirrel. B. The newborn lamb.C. The crow. D. The fox cub.
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A
)13. Which of the following sentences is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Colin felt excited when he knew Dickon and his animals came.
B. Mary pushed Colin in his wheelchair to the secret garden.
C. Colin walked across the lawn to the long path by himself.
D. Dickon knew little about the names of flowers in the secret garden.
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A
)14. What might be the correct order of what happened in the story?
a. Colin felt better after he saw the sights of the garden.
b. Colin was ill last night.
c. Dickon pushed Colin in his wheelchair to the secret garden.
d. Colin slept well and dreamt of the secret garden again.
e. Dickon and his animals visited Colin.
A. b-d-e-c-a B. b-e-d-c-a C. b-a-d-e-c D. a-b-e-d-c
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C
)15. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?
A. It was difficult for Colin to sleep well.
B. Colin didn’t like to live with Mary.
C. Dickon was very friendly to animals.
D. The secret garden had no flowers or trees.
