Napoleon Was Ⅲ

Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his examinations, and he was told that he would have to leave the university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.     

The Rain Washes the Dishes雨洗盘子

Jack went to school to study history,but when he finished his first year,he didn‘t pass the exam and the teacher said to him, “You have toleave school.”     

He Is “Good”At History

Jack went to school to study history, but when he finished his first year, he didn't pass the exam and the teacher said to him, "You have to leave school." When the boy's father heard the news, he was worried. He came to the school to see the teacher. He found the teacher in the office and asked the teacher to let Jack study in the school the next year.     

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…     

STORIES

A John was the only son of a wealthy American businessman.Usually he was taken to school by the driver in his father's beautiful car before the driver took his father to the office.One evening father told him that he had to go to the airport early the next morning,so he would need the car in the time that John had to go to school.He said that John's mother,who had another car,would still be in bed at the time he had to leave the house."Well,how shall I get to school if you need your car and Mum's still in bed?" John asked.     

短文改错练与析

After I finished the middle school this year, I began to look for work. Now several month later,I still hadn't found the job that I was interested. Last Sunday morning I received a phone call from a man calling him Mr. Smith. He said to me on the phone, "I hear you do very well in your studies. I may have a job for you." I entered his office with a beaten heart. How I hoped that I would go through the job-hunting talk but he     

At the Court

A man had to go to court, and he asked his lawyer which judge would be hearing (审理) the case. His lawyer told him and asked:“Do you know him?”The man answered:“No, but I wanted to know his name so that I could send him a dozen bottles of good wine.”     

The Three Little Pigs and the Big Friendly Wolf

Once upon a time there were three little pigs who lived with their mother and father on a farm．One day the youngest pig thought that he would go and build himself a home．When he had only gone one kilome－ter he found a pile of straw（稻草）．It took him a whole day to build the house，but when it was finished it didn't look like a house，so he fixed it up．About a week later，the other pigs decided that they would go and build houses too．The second oldest pig made his house of sticks（树     

Humour

1.A man went to see his doctor because he was suffering from a miserable cold. His doctor prescribed (开药) some pills, but they didn't help. On his next visit the doctor gave him a shot (注射),but that didn't do any good, either. On his third visit the doctor told the man to go home and take a hot bath. As soon as he finished bathing he was to throw open all the     

阅读特训营

Mario Capecchi: The man who changed our world The genetics research that won Mario Capecchi a share of this year's Nobel Prize for medicine may well help to define the science of the 21st century. But the man himself was marked, in extraordinary ways, by the turbulent(动荡的) history of the century before. Mr Capecchi's grandfather, a German archaeologist, was accidentally gunned down by his own men during the First World War. His father, an Italian aviator, was killed in the Second World War. He himself spent that war poor in northern Italy after his American mother was arrested and sent to the Dachau concentration camp-a survival tale all the more remarkable for the fact that he was just four years old when his mother was taken away. One might imagine, after a start like that, that he would develop into an artist-one thinks of Roman Polanski, who survived the Warsaw Ghetto-or a politician. Indeed, Mr Capecchi first intended to study political science when, at length, he got around to a university education. But with his quiet manner and clever mind, he rose to the top of his chosen field in the medical sciences.     

SHORT MEMORIES

During the 1920s,Dad worked hard tosupport our family, but there was very littlemoney left over. One day,I noticed the sole was almost off one of his shoes and he was putting a cardboard in its place so he could go to work. After he went to bed that night, I quickly took his shoes and went out to the     

英语平台(英文)

A Clever Dog A dog owner claimed that his pet,when given money,would go to the news stallto buy a paper.His friend insisted on a demonstration and handed the dog somemoney.The dog trotted off.but an hour later he had still not returned with the paper.“How much did you give him?”asked the owner.“Five dollars.”     

The Last Ticket

Last year,Tom left school.He came toLondon to1ajob.Hewentfromone companytoanother but2wanted him.At last he had littlemoney.He had to go back to his small hometown.So he came to the station.He felt3andtired.It was very late at night and4was full ofpeople.…     

A Story of Jack London

The great American writer Jack London was often in great need ofmoney when he began to write his books.He worked very hard then,butit did not help him. Once he promised a New York magazine to write a story for it,but hewas busy at that time and could not keep his promise.The leader of the     

亚历山大·格拉汉姆·贝尔——伟大的电话之父

Alexander Graham Bell probably wouldn't know what to make of a 1)selfie,but he started the 2)communication 3)revolution with his telephone back in the 1870s.He was really fascinated by sound and speech as the son of a professor of 4)elocution.With his father's encouragement,he even worked with his older brother Melville on creating a talking machine that changed the way we communicate.     

HUMOUR AND JOKES

A Once upon a time, there was a man who wanted to steal a neighbour's doorbell. But he clearly understood that while his hand touched the bell, it would ring and something terrible would happen to him. The ringing could be heard by others. So he covered his ears with something, thinking that everything would be all right and that he could get the doorbell without any trouble. But what happened was that he was caught on the spot for stealing the doorbell of his neighbour.     

完形填空练与析

During Christmas break from college, a young man wanted to borrow his father蒺s car to drive to a New Year蒺s Eve 1 to be held in Vermont. The father was 2 about the son hitting one of the roadblocks that people set up all over the place on New Year蒺s Eve. The 3 that was reached was that the son would be allowed to use the car, but he would not drink at all.So he drove to Vermont, got completely 4 and attempted to drive home. On the way home he hit a roadbl…     

英语第三册学习指导与测评(Unit 20～24)

一、重点知识与主要功能项目 1.Grammar A.过去将来时态 Jim said that he would return to England the nextweek。 B.过去完成时态 Bob said that he had finished his homework。 C.和疑问词连用的动词不定式短语 I really can't decide where to go for my holiday。     

信箱钥匙

AbstractOnce an Englishman went to the seashore for his summer holidays.He asked his housekeeperto post 1 letters that he would receive during his absence.She promised him 2 that. The Englishman rested 3 .A month passed but he received no letters.He thought it strange and he rang 4 his housekeeper. "Why didnt you post me my letters?" "Because you didnt 5 me the key of the letter-box,"was the reply. The Englishman 6 and promised to send her the key.In some days he pu…     

Would与used to的用法区别一二

would与used to,是英语的特别的助动词。当表示过去的习惯行为时,用法大体相同,可以互相代替,句子所表示的意思不会发生多大差异。也正因为此,在同一段落中常可同时使用would与used to。例如: The old man Would go every day to the park to feed the birds.=The old man used to go every day to the park to feed the birds. 这个老人过去每天常去公园喂鸟。 Sometimes he used to tell us of his expeditions through the woods and fields round his home, and how he explored the solitary brooks and ponds; and then he would describe the curious animals and birds he saw.