Colin’s illness made him stay in bed all day. He became very bad-tempered and always shouted at others. Sometimes he even threw things at his servants (仆人).

One day, his best friends Mary and Dickon came to visit him as usual. Colin’s face was white, looking sad and tired. Mary and Dickon thought it was time to tell Colin about the secret garden.

“Colin, we’re going to take you to a special place, but you must keep it secret!” said Mary.

Colin’s eyes grew bigger, curious about the secret place.

The next day, Mary and Dickon carried Colin downstairs and put him in the wheelchair. Mary looked around to make sure that no one was watching. Then she picked up the key under a big bush and opened the door of the secret garden. Dickon pushed the wheelchair quickly inside.

In the garden, Colin looked round and round. He listened to the sweet sound of the birds singing, and he felt the warm sun on his face. His pale skin started to become pink as he breathed in the good, fresh air. That day, the world changed for Colin.

From then on, Colin even followed Dickon to do some simple exercise in the wheelchair. He went to the secret garden with Mary and Dickon nearly every day.

Something amazing happened in the secret garden that spring and summer. At first, everything turned green. Then the green changed to colours — blue, purple and red. There were flowers everywhere. The garden was so beautiful that Colin wanted to walk freely in it, but he was afraid that he couldn’t.

“I believe that there is magic in the garden. The magic made all the plants grow strong. It can make you grow strong too,” Mary said to Colin.

Encouraged by Mary, Colin tried to pull himself up out of his wheelchair. And with Dickon’s help, he stood up straight and tall.

“Look at me,” he shouted. “Just look at me!”

Colin stayed standing. Suddenly, he stopped feeling afraid.

“I’m not the poor boy who is always ill,” he cried.

— Adapted from The Secret Garden

1.29. What does the underlined word “bad-tempered” mean in Paragraph 1?

A Easy to get angry.

B Easy to get tired.

C Easy to get scared.

D Easy to get worried.

解析：选A。词义猜测题。原文定位：He became very badtempered and always shouted at others. Sometimes he even threw things at his servants.后文解释：他总是对别人大吼大叫，甚至朝仆人扔东西。这些行为都体现他很容易发怒、脾气坏。✅A 容易生气。❌B 容易疲惫，文中 sad and tired 是他生病的状态，不是 badtempered 含义；❌C 容易害怕、❌D 容易担忧，和 “大吼大叫、扔东西” 的行为完全无关。解题技巧：利用 and 之后的并列句子，通过行为推断形容词词义。

2.30. Where was the key to the door of the secret garden?

A On the bed.

B On the wheelchair.

C Under a flower.

D Under a big bush.

解析：选D。细节理解题。原文定位句：Then she picked up the key under a big bush and opened the door of the secret garden.翻译：她在一丛大灌木下面捡起钥匙，打开秘密花园的门。✅D 在一丛大灌木下面。❌A 床上面、B 轮椅上面，文中没有；C “一朵花下面” 偷换概念，原文是 bush 灌木，不是 flower 花。

3.31. What is the correct order of the story? a. Colin stayed in bed all day. b. Colin could stand with his friends’ help. c. Colin went into the garden for the first time. d. Colin was encouraged by Mary to grow strong.

A b-d-c-a

B a-c-d-b

C b-a-c-d

D a-d-c-b

解析：选B。细节理解・事件排序题。梳理事件先后顺序：a. Colin stayed in bed all day. 科林整日卧床（故事开头）c. Colin went into the garden for the first time. 科林第一次进入花园（故事中间，被朋友带入花园）d. Colin was encouraged by Mary to grow strong. 玛丽鼓励科林变强壮（花园看到美景之后）b. Colin could stand with his friends’ help. 在朋友帮助下站了起来（故事结尾）顺序：acdb，对应 B 选项。⚠易错提醒：做排序题，在原文标记每件事情的位置，按故事发展先后排列，不要凭印象。

4.32. What does the story mainly tell us?

A Exercise is good for health.

B Helping others is helping ourselves.

C Friends’ love helps one grow.

D Protecting the environment is important.

解析：选C。主旨大意题（道理推断）。整个故事主线：生病暴躁的科林，在玛丽、迪肯两位朋友陪伴、带领、鼓励之下，内心获得力量，从轮椅上站了起来。核心是朋友的关爱陪伴帮助人成长蜕变。✅C 朋友的爱促人成长。❌A 运动只是其中一小部分，不是文章主旨；❌B “帮助别人就是帮助自己”，文中没有互相帮助的对应情节；❌D 保护环境，全文完全没有涉及。解题技巧：记叙文道理题，抓住人物变化的根本原因，排除局部细节、无中生有的选项。