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

　　Matt grows the nicest vegetables in the village. He grows sweet pears and apples. And what else? Well, the biggest and the most beautiful flowers.

　　Things grow in Matt's garden all the year round. He cuts some flowers for his sitting room table, and, of course, he eats some fruit and vegetables. But he sells everything else in the market. Matt is not a poor man.

　　He knows a few other gardeners, but he has not any friends. People there don't understand him and his garden. Matt plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter in his garden. After that, he does very little work. He just sits down in the garden with his small radio. And then everything grows.

　　People don't know why Matt grows so wonderful things. Sometimes he waters the plants and most time he does nothing but listen to his radio under an old apple tree. He listens to the radio all day! But his plants grow the best! And it's quite true! People there don't understand it, so they don't like Matt very much. And so nobody would like to make friends with him.

　　Matt likes music. And all the plants love the music, too! Matt knows it well. So, he often sits in his garden and listens to his radio. It's the music that does the work.

(1) Matt grows not only the best vegetables and fruit but also the most beautiful ________.

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(2) Matt is not ________ in his village.

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(3) Matt does ________ work after planting things in spring, summer, autumn, and winter.

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(4) Why doesn't Matt have any friends there? Because ________.

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A．people there don't like him

B．people there don't like his garden

C．people there don't like vegetables and fruit

D．people there don't understand him

(5) Why does Matt often listen to the music in the garden? Because ________.

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A．he likes music and all the plants love music, too

B．he likes music very much

C．has has nothing to do and feels lonely (孤独的)

D．he has no friends there and feels lonely