完形填空训练

Mr. King lives in a village. He has a farm and_ 1_ hard on it. And he＇s very _2_ and has little time to travel（旅行）. This autumn he picked a lot of apples in his garden. He sold them in the town and got much money and was going to travel in London.     

A Dentist

Mr Baker was a strong man. He was a good footballplayer and spent a lot of time on the game when hestudied in a medical callege (医学院). But he was hurtonce when he was playing football with his friends. Hisright leg was broken in the accident and he couldn't playany longer. He was sorry for it and liked to watch thegame. Now the young man worked in a hospital. He was agood dentist (牙医) and many patients asked him forhelp. He was always busy and had little time to watchthe matches. He had to watch them on TV at home in     

幽默故事

A Mr Leonard was twenty-three years old and very rich.He was not married and he lived in two rooms in a small house in a city.Every summer he went down to the sea for a holiday.He stayed in small,cheap hotels,but he always wanted to have a clean,tidy room.He hated dirty places. One summer a friend of his said,"Go to the Tower Hotel in Whitesea.I went there last year,and it was very nice and clean." So Mr Leonard went to the Tower Hotel in Whitesea.But there was a different manager that year.     

A Surprise

Mr Dodds works in a bank (银行), and lives alone.He has a family in the next town: his sister lives there with her husband,and her son,Mark.Mr Dodds does not see his sister or her family from one year to the next,but he sends them Christmas cards,and he has not     

An E-mail Sent By Mistake

Mr. White left the snow-covered streets of New York for a vacation in Florida.His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day. When Mr. White arrived at his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick E-mail.But he couldn't find the piece of paper on which he had written her E-mail address.He tried his best to recall it.At last he typed it     

How foolish you are!

Christmas was coming. Mr Smith had no money to buy any presents for his children. His wife was ill and he spent a lot of money on her medicine. And the harvest was bad and all his family were going to be hungry the next spring. He was quite worried about it."We had only a cock,"said Mrs Smith one day. "You'd better take it to the town. Sell it there and buy some cakes and sweets for our children."     

阅读特训营

Honest Scales 1 The synagogue looked like any other synagogue in Poland．But near the door was a set of scales．Strangers often wondered about them．But the people of the town knew why they were there．2 Years back a drought,had come to the town．For months there had been no rain．Wells were dry．Gardens and farms were scorched．The people suffered thirst,and hunger．Some died．3 The jews of the town looked for help to their rabbi．And the rabbi prayed．But nothing happened. 4 One night the rabbi was alone,praying．He fell asleep．In his sleep he heard a voice say:"Your prayers will bring no help,There is only one man in town who can help.It is Kalman the grocer. You must call all the Jews to the synagogue and Kalman must lead the people in prayer．"     

I''''m Just the Poor Silkworm

Mr Clark lived in a small village.He had a few pieces of land at thefoot of a mountain.He worked hard and got some money. His wife diedand left a daughter to him.The girl’s name was Linda.She was clever andgood at her lessons. Mr Clark liked her very much and tried his best tosatisfy(使满意)her.He thought he was poor just because he had littleknowledge. So he sent her to a middle school in the town after she had     

如何致谢和答谢

Ted worked in a factory in a big town. He liked fishing very much, and was very good at it.Whenever he was free. he wouht go down to the small river behind the factory, and tried to catchsome fish, but there were very few there, because the water was dirty. Last summer he went to the seaside during his holidays and stayed at a small cheap hotel.     

阅读理解

(一)Mr Lewis was a dance teacher.He was a nice man and always had a lot ofstudents.One year he moved to a new town,and was soon teaching a lot of students inthe dance school there,but he decided(决定)to move again to a big city.     

He Was Driving a Tree

趣味阅读理解 Mr Black lives in a small town. He found work in afactory after he left the army (军队).He worked harduntil his wife died. And he felt lonely and began todrink. Of course it was dangerous for him and the boss(老板)told him to stop drinking. The man said he wouldsend him off if he didn't listen to him.     

What Were You Teaching?（高一适用）

Mr Jones moved to another town, and soon he needed a new doctor, so he went to see one. He sat down in the waiting room and looked around, seeing the doctor's degree certificate on the wall. Suddenly Mr Jones remembered: there had been a classmate of his with the same name in his class at school, and he had become a doctor!     

Jack and His Gold

Jack was a very rich man. He had got a bag of gold from business, but he did not know where to keep it. He was afraid that thieves might 1 his house and steal it away. One day when it was time to go to bed, he put the gold bag beside his pillow (枕头) and tied the bag to his arm. But he was awake all night because he was worrying about the gold. Finally, he 2 to hide the bag of gold in a hole near a tall tree in his back garden.“But the people m ay still know that there s gold in t…     

A "Good" Shot

Mr Richards was quite good at shooting with a rifle, hadtaken part in several competitions in his small town.He had neveractually won a prize,but each time he had done well,and once he hadcome fourth. Then he had to go to a big city on business for a month,and as he hadnothing much to do in the evenings there,he joined the local rifle club,     

Sometimes

Mr.Brown lived in a small town,but he gota job in a big city.so he moved there witll hiswife and his two children last Thursday. On the next day,Mr.Brown took his new carout of the garage and was washing it when aneighbor came.The neighbor stopped and lookedat the new car for a minute.Then Mr.Brownturned and saw him.     

成语典故(英文)

黔驴技穷There were no donkeys in Guizhou.Someone brought a donkey there from outside of Guizhou and then let it free at the foot of a mountain.When a tiger saw the big donkey and heard it give a loud cry for the first time,he was so frightened that he ran far away from it.Later,the tiger came back and got close to the donkey.Moreover(而且),he teased(戏弄)the     

There aren’t any crocodiles in the pond

Liu Hua's father contracted a pond(承包了一个池塘). The pond was very big. There were many flowers around it. There were some trees behind the flowers. It was a very beautiful place to travel. There were many different fishes in the pond. Liu Hua's father fed them every day and they could swim freely in the water. The place was very quiet. The fishes came out at times. One day, some young men from the city found the place. And they began to have swimming in the pond. Liu Hua's father adviced them. But they didn't listen to him. He had to write two words on a big sign(牌子): No Swimming. The next Sunday some other young men came and had swimming in the pond, too. He could not stop them swimming in the pond. He was very angry. People swimming in the pond were not good for the fishes to grow. He worried about his fishes. One Sunday morning Liu Hua told his father he could stop the people swimming in the pond. He told his father not to go to the pond and he could stay there by himself. When Liu Hua was playing, three young men came to the pond. "What a nice place it is!"one of them shouted. Then he saw Liu Hua and he came over to him.     

Where's the Young. Man Gone?

趣味完形填空 Mr Black has a company (公司) in New York andhis workers are building a 1 over a river near atown. He's strict with the workers and tells them to 2hard and get to the building site (工地) on time. Andseveral of them 3 because they were late. One summer afternoon it was very 4 outside.Mr Black came to the building site. He got off his 5and found all the workers working hard in the sun. He     

In the Fog

One morning there was such a thick fog that the drivers could hardly see the roads. Mr Brown was driving a car in the street. He was driving slowly, but still he was afraid that he might bump into a tree or something. Just then he saw a red car in front and decided to follow it.     

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.