钥匙还是接吻

A friend of mine was giving an English lesson to a class of adult who had recently come to live in the United States. After placing quite a number of everyday objects on a table, he asked various members of the class to give him the ruler, the book, the pen and so on. The class went very smoothly and the students seemed interested and serious about the work that they were engaged in until when my friend turned to an Italian student and said,"Give me the keys."The man looked surprised and somewhat at a loss. Seeing this, my friend thought that the student hadn't heard him clearly, so he repeated. "Give me the keys." The Italian shrugged his shoulders. Then, he threw his arms around the teacher's neck and kissed him on both     

Love Means Giving

M y brother,M ingm ing,is in the third grade.Every m onth he saves 20yuan of his pocket m oney to buy holiday presents for those he loves in the Project H ope School. O ne day,M ingm ing and I w ent to a nearby superm arket.H e picked up a hand basket and went off on his ow n while I was waiting patiently reading in a bench. H alf an hour later when he cam e up to the check- out counter,there was a sm ile on his face. M ingm ing reached into his pocket for m oney,but there was only ten yua…     

A Passage for Comprebension

A man named Smith was sitting on his roof during a flood, and the water was up to his feet. Before long a fellow in a canoe passed and shouted, "Can I give you a lift to higher ground? "No,thanks, " said Smith. "I have faith in God and he will save me." Soon the water rose to Smith's waist. At this point a motor boat pulled up and someone called out, "Can I give you a lift to higher ground? "     

五粒豌豆的故事

The shell burst,and the five peas rolled out into the bright sunshine.There they lay in a child's hand.The little boy said they were fine peas for his pea-shooter.And immediately he put one in and shot it out."Now I am flying out into the wide world," said the pea, "Catch me if you can," and he was gone in a moment."I," said the second, "want to fly straight to the sun." And went away."We will go to sleep wherever we find ourselves," said the two next, "We shall still be rolling onwards," They felt on the floor,and roll about before they go into the pea-shooter;but they were put in it. "We shall go farther than the others," said they."What is to happen will happen," said the last,as he was shot out of the pea-shooter;and as he spoke he flew up against an old board under a window of an old house,and fell into a little crevice.The moss closed round him,and there he lay.     

A TENTATIVE INTERPRETATION OF ALBERT CAMUS''''THE GUEST

Albert Camus(1913-1960)was a noted French essayist,novelist and playwright,whose talent as a writer and an artist won him the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957.World War I bereaved him of his father and he was brought up by his mother in strai-tened circumstances.Through education,Camus was able to overstep the boundariesof his environment.Under the influence of the philosopher Jean Grenier,he deve-loped a lifelong interest in literature and philosophy.The fact that he was a victimof tuberculosis,a disease that dogged him all his life,forced him to give up half way     

所得税官员(英文)

Recently, I was visited by a man who said he was an "assessor", a word which I did not then understand very well. I said I had never heard of his line before, but I was pleased to see him. I asked him to sit down, and he did.I could think of nothing particular to say. So I asked him if he was opening his shop in the neighbourhood.     

开心一刻(英文)

Fear of Heights A: I have a fear of heights. I never even once enjoyed the views from the plane window. B: I'm even worse. I dare not look out of the window when the plane is still on the runway. A: That's terrible. But I'm even hopeless. I get dizzy whenever I catch sight of an airmail envelope. Where Am I? Once an Englishman lost his way when he was driving in the country. He saw a farmer working in the field nearby, so he stopped his car and asked the farmer, "Excuse me, could you tell me where I am, please?" "Yes", the farmer looked at him and said, "you are in your car, sir. "     

Funny Questions

1.A friend of mine says to me that his son is only four years old,but can speak English fluently and clearly.Though I don't believe it,that's true.Why? 2.An orange fell to the ground dirtied.If there is no water,how can I clean it and eat it? 3.Neither a plane nor a bird am I,though you can see me in the sky.Full of water,yet not a river or the sea.What do you think I can be? 4.Jim wanted to go into the house.He brought out the key and opened the door.But whatever he did,he couldn't push the door.     

Who Stole Your Pig?

Mr King had a small piece of farm at the foot of the hill. He worked hard but the weather was sometimes wet andsometimes dry. And he was often worried about food and clothes. So he built a pigsty.behind his house. When he cameback from his field,he looked after his pigs. Christmas was coming. Mr King hadn't enough money to buy some presents for his children. He had to kill a fatpig and hung it up for the night. The next morning, when he was going to take it to the market, he couldn't find it. He     

STORIES

正A Bruce got on the bus early in the morning.He was going to the next town to visit one of his friends.He had got up very early,and he felt tired.Soon he fell asleep.A short while later,he woke up in the middle of a dream.In his dream,he was in a busy street.People were pushing him hard and pulling at his clothes.As he     

STORIES

Bruce got on the bus early in the morning. He was going to the next town to visit one of his friends. He had got up very early, and he felt tired. Soon he fell asleep. A short while later, he woke up in the middle of a dream. In his dream, he was in a busy street. People were pushing him hard and pulling at his clothes. As he woke up, he found that it wasn＇t only a dream.Somebody was really pulling at his coat pocket.     

阅读理解二则(英文)

(A) One day, Mr Black went into a restaurant. He put his coat on achair near the door. There was nothing in the pockets of his coat. Afterhis meal he put on the coat, then he found there was much money in oneof his pockets. He immediately realized that someone else had taken hiscoat away by mistake. “Whose coat is this?”he thought. He saw a waiternear the door, so Mr Black said to him, “Somebody put a lot of money inmy coat. I have no time to wait for him. I have to go. Return it to him,please.”The waiter took the money and went away. A moment later, an-other man came with a coat just like Mr BlackKs. “IKm sorry, ” said theman. “I took your coat and you got mine. Please give me my coat and the     

短文二则

A One day in1965,when I was a librarian at View Bidge School in Seattle a four-grade teacher came up to me.She had a student who finished his work before all the other students and needed a challenge."Could he help in the library?"she asked.I said,     

British Missionary Timothy Richard and Chinese Modern Education

I. A Brief Account of Timothys Life Story Timothy Richard was born in the prefecture of Kamarden Wales in British in 1845. In 1859, he was christened and became a believer of the Baptists in British. In 1865, he entered into Futwatul Theological Seminary, Harward. After his graduation, he became a Christianity clergyman. In 1870,he was sent to China by British Baptists to do missionary work in Yantai, where he got acquainted with Alexander Williamson and Calvin Wilson Mateer, and me…     

2005年高考全国卷Ⅱ英语完形填空题解析

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table ina restaurant,waiting for the food I had ordered to ar-rive.Suddenly I 36 that am an sitting at a tablenear the window kept glancing in my direction,37 he knew me.The man had a newspaper 38 in front of him,which he was 39 to read,but Icould 40 that he was keeping an eye on me.When the waiter brought my 41 the man wasclearly puzzled(困惑)by the 42 way in whichthe waiter and I 43 each other.He seemed even more puzzled as 44 went on and it became 45 that all the ...     

短文改错5题

一 One of Nasreddin' s friends loved money very much, and never gave something to anybody. Soon he became very rich. One day he walking near the river while he slipped and fell in. His friends ran to help him, and one of them knelt on the ground, holding out his hand and said, "Give me your hand, and I will push you out ! " The rich man' s head went down the water and then went up again, but he did not take his friend his hand. Again other of his friends tried, but again the different thing …     

The Monkey and the Cat

Once upon a timethere lived two friends a cat and a monkey. One day the monkey found some chestnuts in a fire. He wanted to eat the chestnuts but he was afraid of burning his hand so he took the cat to the fire and said "Look  here is a fine dinner for us. I have found these chestnuts but your claws are sharper than mine. So if you will pull them out of the fire we will have a great dinner together."The cat agreed to it,and began to pull the chestnuts out of the fire.Shebur…     

To Help a Blind Man

Last Monday was a sunny day. I got up early in order to get to schoo l early, because it was the first day of a week. On my way to school, I saw a ma n standing beside the street with a walking stick in his hand. He was wondering there and moved slowly. It seemed that he wanted to cross the street. At that ti me, a car passed by and nearly hit him. I ran to him only to find out that he wa s a blind man. It was not easy for a blind man to cross the street. I decided to lead him to the othe…     

水池边的牡鹿

A thirsty Stag went to a Pool to drink.As he saw hisown reflection(倒影)in the water,he was struck withadmiration(钦慕)for his fine antlers(角),but at the sametimc felt disgust for the weakness and slenderness of hislegs While he stood there,he was attacked by a Lion;buthe drew away from his pursuer,and kept his lead as theground over which he ran was open and free of trees But coming to a wood,he was caught by his antlersin the branches.and fell victim to his enemy “Woe is mel”he cried with his last breath,“I despisedmy legs which might have saved my life,but gloried inmy horns,which have proved my ruin.”     

小故事四则(英文)

At the Barber's Shop I go to the barber's shop（理发店）every two weeks．I don't like very long hair．When I go to the barber's shop，we al－ways talk a lot．He tells me all his news，and I tell him all mine．He meets a lot of interesting people in his shop every day and he likes to talk with most of them．So he always has lots of news for me．Every year the barber goes to France（法国）for two weeks for his holiday．And when he comes back to England，he has a lot of interesting and funny news．When he cuts my hair，he tells me about beautiful old cities and quiet little villages（宁静的小村庄），