八、阅读表达。(每小题2分,共8分)
The next two days it rained and it was very windy,so Mary couldn't go outside. Then,on the third morning when she opened her eyes and looked out of the window,she had a big surprise. She called to Martha,"Martha! Come and look at the moor(荒野)!"
There was no wind or rain and the sky was deep blue.
"Yes," said Martha with a smile. "The spring's coming."
After breakfast,Martha went to visit her mother for the day. Mary felt lonely in the house without her,so she went outside into the bright sunshine. She ran round and round the fountain ten times and soon she started to feel better. Ben Weatherstaff was in the vegetable garden. He didn't look angry that day,so she went to speak to him.
"The spring's coming," he said to her. "Can you see those green points in the earth?"
Mary looked.
"What are they?" she asked.
"They're spring flowers—crocuses,snowdrops and daffodils."
The robin(知更鸟) appeared and sat on the ground near them.
"Is spring coming in the secret garden too?" Mary asked Ben. "Or are all the flowers dead?"
"Ask the robin," said Ben Weatherstaff. "He's the only one who knows." And he went back to work.
The robin was hopping around on the ground. Mary was watching him when she saw something on the earth. It was an old key. "The key to the secret garden!" she whispered excitedly.
—Adapted from The Secret Garden
1. What was the big surprise on the third morning?
There was no wind or rain and the sky was deep blue. /The spring was coming.
2. How did Mary feel better when she was lonely?
She went outside into the bright sunshine, and ran round and round the fountain ten times.
3. Where was Ben Weatherstaff?
He was in the vegetable garden.
4. 新考法
情节推断 What do you think Mary would do next?
She would open the door of the secret garden.