In 1956 Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue 1 . One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet （小鹦鹉）on my finger, I wanted to show Perky what the sky looked like. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my horror , Perky flew off. The enormous, blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue 2 and suddenly he had gone, clipped wings and all.
I told Kathy about Perky's disappearance and I was anxious that she would blame me. But , unexpectedly, Kathy managed to 3 me. With fake optimism, she even tried to convince me that Perky would find a new 4 . But I was far too clever to 5 that such a thing was possible.
Decades later, I watched my own 6 growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the 7 of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the best of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed（宣称） to 8 the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. Then Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and ___9___that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.
"The best thing about Sweetie Pie," he said, "was the 10 we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just 11 down and landed on my finger."
When I was finally able to 12 , we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all 13 . It seems our two families had been 14 long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, "You were 15 ! Perky lived!"
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
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I Heard It Alice Zucchimi: Poems About the Garden
Junnita Havill
Illustrated by Christine Davenier
2006, Chronicle Books, $15.95. ages 4 to 8. Reviewer: Jean Boreen, Ph. D.
Busy in the Garden
George Shannon
Pictures by Sam Williams
2006. Greenwillow/ HarperCollins. $15.99 and $ 16.89
Ages 3-5. Reviewer: Sheilah Egan.
The Biggest Fish in the Lake
Margaret Garney
Illustrated by Janet Wilson
2001, Kids Can Press, $ 15.95. Ages 4 to 8. Reviewer: Sue Reichard.
The Little Fish that Got Away
Bernadine Cook
Illustrations by Crockett Johnson
2005 (orig, 1956), HarperCollins, $14.99. Ages 3 to 7. Reviewer: Barbara I. Talcroft.
A Grand Old Tred
Mary Newell Depalma
2006, Arthur A Levine Books/Scholastic, $ 16.99. Ages 2 to 5.
Tree of life: the incredible biodiversity of life on earth
Rochelle Strauss
Illustrated by Margot Thompson
2004,
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56. This picture book explores the life of a tree that has deep roots，long arms，and many children. She provides shelter for many animals and bears fruit. The author uses colorful, simple，yet detailed watercolor illustrations to convey her words. The charming pictures show the many aspects in the life of a tree down to the caterpillars that eat the leaves. It is good for pre-school children.
57. This charming picture book highlights the life of a garden，from planting seeds to harvesting. With the narrator as guide，the reader is led through a variety of free verse and occasionally rhymed poems that fill in the story of a garden and its inhabitants. The pictures. delightful watercolors in bright pastels，add to the whimsical feel of the poems. Young readers will certainly enjoy this fun and fanciful text.
58. This is a story from 1956 which introduces a little boy who likes to go fishing with a tree limb， a woman，and a pin. Although he never catches anything，on this particular day he finally does hook three big ones，but the little one gets away. The boy pulls them home in his wagon and his mother cooks them for supper. The swinging rhythms of the text and the good humor evident in the illustrations remain fun for the youngest readers.
59. This useful，attractive，oversize volume uses its height well，employing a tree metaphor to show the earth’s various kinds of life and how all living things. from bacteria to the largest mammals，are related. Each spread covers one branch of the animal kingdom. To make the enormity of species understandable. Strauss equates individual species（e. g. ，1 0，000 bacteria）with one leaf on the tree.
60. This is a story about how a grandfather teaches his eager granddaughter to catch speckled trout from the stream in springtime. After a whole day on the lake，only Grandpa is lucky. The next morning the young fisherman hurries to the dock alone，and soon she hooks the catch of a lifetime. Young readers will appreciate this story that celebrates the special bond between the older and younger generation，while brilliant watercolor illustrations capture the beauty of the natural world
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科目：高中英语 来源：同步题 题型：阅读理解
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I Heard It from Alice Zucchini: Poems About the Garden Juanita Havill Illustrated by Chirstine Davenier
2006,Chronicle
Books, $ 15.95.
Ages 4 to 8.
Reviewer: Jean Boreen, Ph. D.
B
Busy in the Garden George Shannon Pictures by Sam Williams 2006,Creenwillow/HarperCollins, $ 15.99 and
$ 16. 89.
Ages 3 ~ 5.
Reviewer: Sheilah Egan.
C
The Biggest Fish in the Lake Margaret Carney Illustrated by Janet Wilson 2001,Kids Can Press, $ 15. 95.
Ages 4 to 8.
Reviewer: Sue Reichard.
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The Little Fish that Got Away Bemadine Cook Illustrated by Crockett Johnson 2005 ( orig. 1956), HarperCollins, $ 14. 99.
Ages 3 to 7.
Reviewer:Barbara L. Talcrofe
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A Grand Old Tree Mary Newell DePalma 2006,Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic, $ 16. 99.
Ages 2 to 5.
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Tree of Life: the incredible biodiversity of life on earth Rochelle Strauss Illustrated by Margot Thompson 2004,
Toronto: Kids Can Press, $ 16. 95.
Grades 3 to 6.
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