《2025年新课程同步练习册九年级英语上册外研版》

Ⅴ. 阅读理解
(2024·江苏淮安改编)Mary began to like her life here. Every morning, she went outside after breakfast and spent most of the day in the grounds. The cold wind brought pink to her face. And she finished all of her food each evening. She was much healthier. After dinner, she liked sitting near the fire and talking to Martha.
“Why does Mr Craven hate the locked garden?” Mary asked once.
“It was Mrs Craven's garden and she loved it. She looked after the flowers together with Mr Craven. No gardeners were allowed in.”
“But what happened?” Mary asked.
“There was an old tree in the garden with a branch(树枝)like a seat, Mrs Craven often sat there, reading and talking. One day, the branch broke and she fell down. She was badly hurt and died soon. Mr Craven locked the garden and never talked about it.”
Mary seldom felt sorry for anyone, but now she understood how sad her uncle must be.
The wind roared around the house, and the doors and windows banged. Mary listened, and through the noise she thought that she heard a child crying.
“Can you hear someone crying?” she asked Martha.
Martha seemed pretty nervous. “No,” she answered. “It's only the wind or the servant who works in the kitchen. She's got a toothache. Perhaps she's crying. I'm going to check if she needs any help.” After the words. Martha left the room quickly.
When Martha left her alone. Mary decided to explore the house. She went quietly along corridors and up and down stairs. In the silence of the house she heard again the sound of a child crying. She stopped to listen at a door, but then another door opened and Mrs Medlock came out, “What are you doing here?” she said, and she took Mary by the arm and pulled her away. “Get back to your room at once.”
—Adapted from The Secret Garden
1. From paragraph 1, we know B.
A. Mary seldom went outside
B. Mary became much healthier
C. Mary felt bored with the life
2. Mr Craven B after his wife died.
A. locked himself in the garden
B. never talked about the garden
C. cut down the tree in the garden
3. Why did Mary explore the house after Martha left? A
A. To find where the crying came from.
B. To know the house better.
C. To help the servant in the kitchen.
4. What can you infer(推断)from the passage? B
A. Mrs Medlock was very kind.
B. Martha didn't tell the truth.
C. Mary knew her uncle well.

答案： 1.B 2.B 3.A 4.B