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 ！

Geveva 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(shù))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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