GONE WITH THE WIND Author: Margaret Mitchell ¥25 (in bookstores) ¥18 (online) Gone With the Wind is a best-seller, which tells a story that happened in the American Civil War. Scarlett Ohara is a woman in the story who is full of energy. She is strong and saves her family but is very selfish at the same time.

A LITTLE PRINCESS Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ¥18.3 (online) Motherless Sara Crewe was sent home from India to school at Miss Minchin’s. Her father was very rich and she lived a rich and comfortable life. Then her father died and Sara lost everything. She had to learn to do with her changed life. Her strong character made her able to fight successfully against her poverty(贫穷) and the scorn(嘲笑) of her fellows. It’s an excellent book with 4 tapes for children

PETER PAN Author: J.M Barrie  ¥15 (in bookstores) ¥12 (online)    It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, John, and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up. The children are happy and lovely. (with 2 tapes)

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN  Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe ¥20 (in bookstores)    The most famous novel in American history, Uncle Tom’s Cabin talked about the struggle between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as powerful today as when it first came out 150 years ago.

THE SECRET GARDEN Author: Frances Hodgson Burnett ¥35 (in bookstores)  ¥30 (online) Mary Lennox, a sickly orphan(孤儿), finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked? And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature, the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life.

小题1:All of the following books have children as their main characters except _______.

A．PETER PAN	B．GONE WITH THE WIND
C．A LITTLE PRINCESS	D．THE SECRET GARDEN

小题2:We can know from the passage that _________.

A．there are only three books with tapes

B．we can buy 5 kinds of the above books in bookstores

C．two of the books are written by Frances Hodgson Burnett

D．THE SECRET GARDEN is ¥5 cheaper in bookstores than online

小题3:Mary brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life with the help of ______
a. the power of hope  b. friendship    c. her uncle      d. Nature’s magic

A．a, b, c

B．a, c, d

C．b, c, d

D．a, b, d

小题4:Which of the following about the books is mentioned in this text?
A What Sara did to help her fellows
B Why Peter Pan wouldn’t grow up.
C What kind of woman Scarlett is.
D How Marry Lennox came into her uncle’s house.
小题5:This text is most probably taken from a __________.
A newspaper  B science magazine  C storybook  D book guide