This is a story about Geneva Emmons who got a prize for growing pumpkins.

Geneva Emmons saw a p (1)       of an 827-pound pumpkin in a newspaper and thought she could do b (2)       Nine years later,she took part in a pumpkin competition (比賽) in Oregon,USA. with a pumpkin of 1,262 pounds！

Geneva set the world's record for the biggest pumpkin and w (3)       worldwide fame. But how did she grow such a BIG v (4)       ？

Emmons said, "Good seed (種子) ，good soil ( 土壤) ， good w (5)       and good luck."

  Geneva Emmons is 1 (6)       to get enough help. She had an assistant who studied the soil,a husband who gave the technical (技術) help,and a son who b (7)       a cart (推車) to carry the pumpkin. The pumpkin set the record,but it was c (8)       ，because two other pumpkins were as h (9)       as 1,000 pounds.

  The pumpkin will be carved (雕刻) by some a        (10) of an art museum for kids in Washington.

1. p       2. b       3. w       4. v       5. w         6. 1       7. b       8. c     9. h      10. a       

1. picture/photo   2. better   3. won   4. vegetable   5. weather   6. lucky   7. built   8. close   9. heavy   10. artists

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