27.There was nothing for Mary to do in the house,so every day she walked in the gardens.She did this before breakfast,and the fresh air made her hungry.She was so hungry that she even ate the porridge and enjoyed it.
After breakfast,Mary walked in the gardens and on the moor.She spent most the her time outdoors and began to feel healthier and happier than she had felt for a very long time.
One day,she walked around the wall without a door.Suddenly,she heard a bird singing.She looked up,and the robin was sitting on a branch that hung over the wall.She was pleased to see the bird and talked to it.
"You live in that garden,don't you?" she said. "But no one can go in because there isn't a door.I want to know what's behind this wall."
The next morning,when Martha brought her breakfast,she asked, "Martha,why isn't there a door in the wall of one of the gardens?"
"No one is allowed in there," Martha answered. "Even Mr.Craven never goes in there."
"But why not?What's wrong with the place?"
"I don't know for certain," Martha answered,but the story is that when Mr.Craven married,he and his young wife were very happy.They used to spend a lot of their time together in that garden reading and talking.Then one day,a branch of a tree fell down and hit Mr.Craven's wife on the head.The next day she died." "Oh,that is such a sad story," Mary said.
And then she thought something,but as she was thinking those things,she heard a cry. "What was that?" she asked Martha.Quickly,Martha answered, "Just the wind." "No,it wasn't," Mary said. "It did not sound like the wind.And I heard a door shut somewhere."
"If it wasn't the wind," Martha answered, "then it was Betty in the kitchen.She has a toothache." Mary looked at Martha and thought, "She is not telling me the truth.She knows something she doesn't want me to know."
(1)What did Mary do before breakfast every day?
A.Walked in the gardens.
B.Heard the birds sing.
C.Walked around the wall without a door.
D.Listened to Martha's stories.
(2)Mary was curious (好奇的) about
.
A.where the bird lived
B.why Betty cried in the kitchen
C.how Mr.Craven's wife died
D.what was behind the wall without a door
(3)Which is the right order of what happened in the story?
a.The girls heard a strange cry.
b.Mary saw the robin on a branch.
c.Martha told Mary how Mrs.Craven died.
d.Mary knew Martha was not telling the truth.
A.b a d c
B.b c a d
C.a(chǎn) d c a
D.a(chǎn) b c d
(4)What was the strange sound?
A.The wind.
B.Betty's crying.
C.Martha's voice.
D.It's a secret.We don't know.
(5)Which of the following is True?
A.Martha can go into the garden.
B.A branch of a tree fell down and hit the robin.
C.Mary thought she heard a door shut somewhere.
D.Mr.Craven didn't love his wife and killed her.