阅读训练

More than 50,000,000 people live in the rainforeset of the world and most of them do not hurt the forest they live in. They eat the fruits that grow on the forest trees, but they do not cut them down. They kill some animals to eat, but they do not destroy them.     

The Care for the Disabled

We should care for those disabled people.In the world,some are lucky,and they have a healthy body;some are not so lucky,for them life is difficult and hard.     

Saving the Earth

As time goes by,humans are making the Earth sick.People cut down too many trees and leave more and more rubbish here and there.Factories let out their waste without doing anything to it.All of these have caused many serious problems.More and more good land has turned into deserts.Rivers and lakes have been polluted and the water in them becomes dirty and poisonous.     

维也纳之旅——感受美、享受美

It's Beautiful. Vienna is beautiful! While wandering around the city,it is impossible to not admire the architecture there! Not only the surroundings,but also the people are beautiful-inside and out! We met so many helpful and interesting people,from the local grocers to the zookeepers,everyone was very nice! What's more,the traditional Austrian 1)outfits are really something to see and they are worn proudly for festive occasions.We were in awe of how wonderful everyone looked in their lederhosen and dirndls!     

佳作

Trees are very useful to people.They give us wood and other products. They give us shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods.But in many parts of our country people haven' t realized that.They cut them down at will.They are usually too lazy or too careless to     

COMPREHENSION

正A We find many kinds of animals on the earth.Some animals,like tigers,and elephants,live in big forests.They are called wild(野生的)animals.Some others,like cows and dogs,live with man and we call them domestic(驯养的)animals.Animals are important to man.Man catches wild animals for fur(毛皮)and meat.Domestic animals give man food,too.They are more important than wild animals.Without them life would be hard.     

悠闲英语（五十三）On Flowers——巧语言花

Flowers are nice, and we love them. Now, with a stronger economy, people can enjoy a better quality of life; decorating rooms with and sending fresh flowers to friends and loved ones have become part of daily routines for many people. But, there are so many different kinds of flowers, roses, daisies, carnations so many different colors, red, yellow, pink, white..., and so many people you can bring flowers to, wife, girlfriend, parents, dinner hostess If you have a date tonight, what are you going to bring to the girl, a bouquet of roses or just a single one？ How about a carnation？ What color should you pick, red, pink, or yellow？ Today, we＇ll chat about a few popular flowers and their meanings.     

高考英语模拟试题(四)(英文)

Ⅰ.单项填空(共 15 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分) 1. We must manage to do our work better with ____ people. A. less money and few B. less money and fewer C. little money and less D. few money and less 2. It is not easy for me to find out our formal teaching building because the school ____ so much since I left. A. is changing B. has changed C. had changed D. should have changed 3. Vegetables are cheap ____ when they are in season. A. to buy B. to buy them C. to be bought D. buying them 4. …     

阅读理解四则(英文)

(A) A seeing-eye dog is a special dog which helps blind people walk along the streets and do many other things. We call these dogs seeing-eye dogs because the dogs are the eyes of blind people and help them to see. These dogs are usually sent to a special school to learn to help blind people for several years.     

Trees Are Useful to Man

Trees are useful to man in three impor-tant ways. They provide him with wood and other products;they give him shade;they help prevent drought(干旱)and floods. Unfortunately,in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third one is the most important. Two thousand years ago a rich and pow-erful country cut down its trees to build war-ships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire,however,without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the em-pire fell to p…     

Trees Are Useful to Man

Trees are useful to man in three impor-tant ways. They provide him with wood and other products;they give him shade;they help prevent drought(干旱)and floods. Unfortunately,in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third one is the most important. Two thousand years ago a rich and pow-erful country cut down its trees to build war-ships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire,however,without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the em-pire fell to pieces, the home c...     

A study on the Popular Words on Line——Take the Popular Words of Recent Years as Examples

Popular word on line is a kind of language form which is welcomed by netizens.The popular word on line is the most active part of network language.They are made of expressions what the internet users are established by usage.The popular words on line have a very strong nature of medium.They are the comprehensive products which come from the facts of social politics,economics,culture,environment and people’s psychological activities etc.of a certain time.The total amount of new emerging popular words on line is not so many every year,but the influence of them can not be belittled.This study focuses on the popular words on line with the cases of the popular words occured in recent years.It works on the reasons for their rapid spreading.The author summarizes their characteristics and put forward some ways for the guidance of the popular words on line.     

悠闲英语（四十五）

We love animals and especially love their babies. These little things are so cute and soft, and even a baby tiger looks as adorable as a small cat. But, I don＇t think we can just call them babies--they have their own names too. Today, let＇s look at the ＂official＂ names for some of the baby animals.     

Saving the Earth

As time goes by,humans are making the earth sick.People cut down too much trees ① and leave more and more rubbish here and there.Factories let out their waste without doing anything to it.All this has caused many serious problems.More and more good farmland has turned into desert,the rivers and lakes have polluted② and the water in them is dirty and poisonous.The air is less clean,even the temperature of the earth is higher than before.The earth is sick now.What should we do to save her?     

The Establishment of New Teaching-learning Mode in Language Learning

Deeply influenced by traditional teaching and learning mode, we still use inefficient ways to teach and learn. Teachers are still the domain, students are the sub domain. However, with the rapid development of society and the change of people’ s ideology, language teachers and learner got easier to find that they can not teach and learn in harmony, and many unexpected problems arose, which make them bewildered, so the following questions are often asked:how to teach and how to learn.     

Differences between Chinese and English Cultures Reflected in the Ex pressions Related to Animals

Cultural differences are permeating in any form of language,including some idioms related with animals.Cross-cultur al communication,which is the ultimate goal of the foreign language studying,has been more and more popular in the life of the people from different countries,yet people do so with a little or no awareness of cultural differences.Though people may feel comfortable with standard literary speech,they will probably find themselves in hot water when confronted with idiomatic ex pressions.Idiomatic expressions are a mirror of a distinct cultural connotation is of vital importance.The thesis confines the idiomatic expression only to the animals,for most of the animals are relatively familiar to human be ings and the idiomatic expressions are rich in both Chinese and English.These idiomatic expressions reflect cultural differences more than cultural similarities for each of them has its own origins and shows its own national coloring.The cultural differences can be mainly divided into three categories:cultural conflict,cultural adaptation,and cultural vacancy.Only by acquainting with and awareness of these cultural differences,can people use such idiomatic expressions appropriately and understand them correctly.As a matter of fact,culture and language are interdependent.The awareness of cultural backgrounds is essential for cross-cul tural communication.I hope that every learner will realize the great importance of cultural awareness,and every learner’s good intention will receive pleasing responses.     

完形填空练与析

Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is 1 for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same 2 night after night. One would 3 them to know their parts by heart and 4 have cause to falter (结巴) . Yet 5 is not always the case.     

Animal Stories

A Lion and four bulls There is a lion in a forest. Every day he goes out to look for food.The small animals in the forest are all afraid of him.Not far from the forest there are four bulls (公牛 ). They are good friends,and often go out together. The lion tries many times to catch them,but cannot do so. Every time he comes near,the four bulls stand     

Thomas Hardy and His Tragical Novels

In the late 19th century,there appeared many autstanding writers inEnglend.Among them,Thoma s Hardy was the most famous one.He gavethe world literature many delicious novels,plays and poems.And thecharacters dlescribed in his novels are so vivid and moved that they hadbeen stayed and will stay long for ever in the life of the people in the worldThonlas Hardy was born in Dorset,a Southern County of England,     

八年级英语期中测试题

测试时间:120分钟总分:100分! I. 语言知识应用( 共15小题, 每小题1分, 满分15分) ( )1. In this village, many people are cutting down the trees. So there are trees than before. A. few B. fewer C. little ( )2. I like music. I want to be a singer. I wish my dream can . A. come down B. come up C. come true ( )3. In winter, many people like to go on the ice. A. swim B. swimming C. skating ( )4. When my father met my mother the first time, he fell in love her. A. to B. with C. before ( )5. I twent…