Matt grows the best vegetables in the village. He grows fruit too – big, sweet apples and oranges. And what else? Well, the biggest and the prettiest flowers.
Things grow in Matt’s garden all through the year. 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 gardens; but he does not have any friends. You might ask, “What is that?” Why doesn’t he have friends. I will tell you. People do not understand him. And they do not understand his garden. “Why not?” You will ask. “It is a very good garden, isn’t it?” It is a wonderful garden. Matt plants things in spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he does very little work. He sits in the garden with his small radio. And everything grows.
People ask, “How does Matt grow these 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 music nearly all day!” and that is all quite true. People cannot understand it, and so they don’t like it very much.
Matt likes music. But what about the garden? Who does the work? I will tell you another true thing: the music does the work. All plants love music; and Matt knows that.
Do you want big vegetables and the loveliest flowers? Well, just give your plants a lot of music.
小題1:There are not only vegetables and flowers, but also ________ in Matt’s garden.
A．plantsB．fruit treesC．a(chǎn)ntsD．crops
小題2:Matt makes a living by ___________
A．selling his vegetables, fruit and flowersB．growing trees in his garden
C．working in the marketD．helping other people growing plants
小題3: Everything in Matt’s garden grows well because  ______
A．he has a good garden
B．he is good at growing things and likes listening to the radio
C．music helps his plants a lot
D．he is very hardworking
小題4:People don’t like Matt because ____________
A．he doesn’t give them any vegetables or fruitB．he listens to the radio too much
C．they don’t understand himD．Matt doesn’t let them listen to his radio
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