英语短文阅读专练(英文)

A There was once a farmer who lived near a road. It was not a busy road, but from time to time, cars passed the farm. Near the farm gate, there was a large hole (洞) in the road. This hole was always full of water, and the drivers of the cars could not see how deep ( 深的) the hole was. They thought it was not very deep. Then when they drove into the hole, they could not drive out be- cause it was so deep. The farmer did not spend much time working on his farm. He spent most of it watching t…     

A Bad Farmer

There was once a farmer.He lived nearthe road.It was not a busy road,but fromtime to time,ears passed his farm. Near the farm gate,there was a largehole in the road.This hole was always full of     

Why does it rain on the road,too?

A small boy and his father were having a walk in the country when it began to rain. They did not have raincoats(雨衣)or umbrellas(伞)with them and there was not any place to hide(躲藏) from the rain, so they had to walk home. Soon they were all wet.     

Aladdin And The Wonderful Lamp

Mansur was a magician.He lived in Africa. He read in one of his magic books about a wonderful lamp hidden in a hole in the ground in China.Aladdin and his mother lived in China.They were very poor:They lived in a hut and often had not enough food to eat.One day Aladdin's mother said,"Go out into the field and get some flowers;we will sell the flowers and get money to buy food."So Aladdin went into a field to get flowers.Now the place where the lamp was hidden was in a hole in that field.     

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.     

“大”的表达种种

One day a huge rock fell from a mountain. The rock stopped in the middle of the road in a village. It was like a bigball. Some of the strongest men in the village tried to move therock. But no matter how hard they tried, they couldn‘t move it away. They tried to push it, they tried to roll(滚动) it and they tried topull it with rope, but nothing worked.     

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…     

The Story of Stone

This is a story which tells that there was a rich man who wished to do something for people. First he decided to find out whether they deserved his help. So he placed a very large stone in the center of a village, and hid nearby to see what would happen. One man came and complained1 about the stone in the road, but did not do anything.     

神啊,救救我!(英文)

Yesterday afternoon John and I were walking along a road where we heard someone shout “Help!Help!”He was in a lake,about a hundred feet from the shore.There was a small boat nearby.We knew immediately what happened. He had fallen out of the boat and could not swim good enough to reach it or to get to the shore.As we ran toward the lake I     

How to Make a Fire?

Long, long ago people made fires from lightning(闪电). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn't start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stones together could make a spark(火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing. They made a hole on a big piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and a…     

Beverage Can Stay-Tabs Pose Swallowing Risk

Tom and Nick were on vacation. They were driving along a deserted country road from the town of Kaysville to the town of Lyrmsville. They came to a multiple fork in the road. The sign post had been knocked down and they were faced with choosing one of five different directions,     

A Lucky Escape

This story concerns(有关)a spider(蜘蛛)and a certain general of ancient times who had lost a battle and,in the company of(在……陪同下)a faithful(忠诚的)servant,was trying to escape(逃脱)from the enemy.Both were extremely(极度,非常)tired,and both were hungry and thirsty,but they did not dare to go into any town for fear of (担心,害怕)being discovered and captured(捉)by the enemy.Toward evening they arrived at a mountain where there was a small cave.     

Sausages and Beans

Once Doctor Bruce and his wife had settled in Thorby,they decided they wouldlike to have their daughter,Jane,living at home.They took her away from theboarding school where she had been while they were abroad.Arrangements weremade for her to attend a local school.Jane did not regret leaving boarding school.She was glad of the opportunity to     

阅读理解一则(英文)

At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp. Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police,     

永远的纯真——《小飞侠彼得·潘》赏析

原作节选 That was the last time the girl Wendy ever saw Peter.For a little longer she tried for his sake not to have growing pains;and she felt she was untrue to him when she got a prize for general knowledge.But the years came and went without bringing the careless boy;and when they met gain,Wendy was a married woman,and Peter was no more to her than a little dust in the box in which she had kept her toys.     

Merry Widows

Mr Brown was at the theatre.He had got his ticket at the lastmoment,so he had not been able to choose his seat.He now foundthat he was in the middle of a group of American ladies,some of themmiddle-aged and some quite old.They obviously all knew each otherwell,as before the curtain went up on the play they had come to see,     

短文五则(英文）

A A taxi hit a truck. A policeman spoke to the taxi driver and the truck driver. He also spoke to Tom. He was a witness (目击者). This is what they said. TRUCK DRIVER: I was driving from the airport to Newton. A car crossed the road, so I slowed down. I did not stop. A taxi hit the back of my truck. Nobody was seriously hurt but both cars were     

完形乐园趣多多

In a faraway land named Bookville,there was a library.But it was not a 1 library,it was a floating (浮动的) library! Many people came to the library on boats.At night,a little mouse named Sam came out and took 2 from the librarians' desk,and took it into his hole.He wrote books for his whole life,but he had 3 shown them to anyone.     

Motorbike and I

My friends and I always find an excuse to ride a motorbike. I personally think it is one of the funniest things to do in Guilin.The first time I did it I had to admit I was a little bit nervous. I had never been on a motorbike before and I always thought there was a big possibility of failing off the bike, for the road was too bumpy.     

阅读理解精练(英文)

A Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family.The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the guest room.Instead the angels were given a space in the cold basement.As they made their bed on the hard floor,the older angel saw a hole in the wall and re-