三、閱讀測驗：
         I am new here. I don’t know anyone here. But an old woman lives next door. She is Mrs. Cooper. She usually gives me a bigbox of vegetables.
        She grows the vegetables on her small farm. There are tomatoes, potatoes, beans, and peas. They are the best vegetables to me.There are also some animals on her farm, such as horses, foxes, and cows. She lives alone. She has no family. But she is happy withher plants and animals. Sometimes, I can hear her talking to them. Maybe that is why they grow so big.
        One day, I stop seeing Mrs. Cooper. I see people taking many boxes from her home. Weeds grow on the farm. The plants looksad. I think Mrs. Cooper must be dead. So I pull the weeds. I water the plants. I even talk to them.
        Then a family moves next door. They are new here. They don’t know anyone. And I give them a big box of vegetables fromMrs. Cooper’s farm.
*lives 住 usually 經常 vegetables 蔬菜 grow 種植,成長 best 最好的 such as 例如 alone 獨自地 plant 植物
sometimes 有時候 hear 聽到 why 為什麽 stop 停止 weed 雜草 must 一定是 dead 死亡的 pull 拔
even 甚至 move 搬
【題組】29. What happens (發生) after Mrs. Cooper is dead?
(A) No one waters the plants.
(B) The writer takes care of (照顧) the farm.
(C) The animals move to a new place.
(D) The plants are dead, too.