阅读理解

Walt Disney(沃尔特·迪斯尼) was born in Chicago(芝加哥) in 1901.He enjoyed drawing.He was very poor.He drew pictures in his dad's garage(车库).One day a mouse came into the garage and played on the floor.Disney gave him some bread. Then the mouse came up and sat on his desk.In this way,the mouse and the poor artist became good friends.Later Disney went to Hollywood(好莱坞).He worked very hard,but he was not known(出名) to many people.     

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.     

Walter Raleigh and Smoke

Doctors tell us not to smoke,but a lot of people smoke tobacco every day.Long ago,no one in England smoked but the Americans did.Walter Raleigh was a famous man, in the days of Queen Elizabeth.He traveled widely and learned to smoke.Then he returned to Egland,but he did not stop smoking.He smoked secretly in his room.When anyone came in,he quickly put his pipe away,but one day he was not quick enough.A man came in and found smoke in his room.More smoke was coming from Raleigh.He ran out of the house and told evrybody about it.     

Love——the most important thing

Jack was a rich young man.One day,he was1very happily down astreet.Suddenly from his car came a terrible sound.He felt2,so he stoppedhis car and looked around.He saw a child standing nearby with a few small stonesin his hand.He jumped3the car and found a(凹痕)in the door.He wasso4that he caught the boy and shouted at him,     

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.     

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.     

Three Fables

The Fox and the Lion When the fox first saw the lion,he was terribly frightened.He ran away,and hid himself in the woods. The second time,however,he came near the lion.He stopped at a safe distance,and watched him pass by.     

幽默二则(英文)

I Save 20 Cents Less Bill is a doorman. He works in a factory, and he usually comes home at seven every evening. Last Friday he came back home very early, and he was very angry. He shut the door very hard, went into the living room and sat down. His wife…     

幽默三则

A Drinker's SuccessA heavy drinker realized the harm done to him by wine and made up his mind to give up drinking. One day he went shopping in the town near his home. He was determined to come back home without even sipping(呷)a drop of wine. Shopping over, he passed by a wine shop. "Here is a place to test myself," he thought, and went away. He felt encouraged with this first success . He came to another wine shop, and did the same, bravely. He was very glad. Finally he came to his favorite wine shop near his house. He went into it and drank happily to celebrate his success in abstinence from wine(戒酒)all day.     

雾都孤儿(4)

Oliver stayed a prisoner alone in the dark room for a week.He criedbitterly all day,and when the long night came,he spread his little handsover his eyes to shut out the darkness,and tried to sleep.He was givenfreezing water to wash with,and was beaten dajly by Mr Bumble in front of     

A CROW WITH THIRST

A Crow, half-dead with thirst, came upon a pitcher which had once been full of water; but when the Crow put its beak into the mouth of the pitcher he found that only very little water was left in it, and that he could not reach far enough down to get at it. He tried, and he tried, but at last had to give up in despair. Then a thought came to him, and he took a pebble and dropped it into the pitcher.     

READINGS

Good luck Xiao Ming lived in a town. He worked in a big factory. There was a big park in the middle of the town. He often went to the park on Sundays. Xiao Ming went to the park on his bike yesterday. He was unhappy because his licence was taken back by the policeman the day before yesterday. He was thinking about it while he was riding. Suddenly a bike hit him. He and the other man fell off their bikes. The man hurt his face and Xiao Ming hurt his hands. He got up quickly and came over t…     

巧克“长篇六论”

[例文]Last Sunday afternoon, I was in a bookshop.Suddenly I saw a short man behind me. He stole my purse and ran out of the shop. I followed him but he ran faster than me. I shouted ＂stop thief! stop thief!＂ A policeman came to help. Then a woman came and told us ＂I saw him. He ran along the street and then turned right at the first crossing.＂ The policeman started to run and he ran faster than me. Soon he stopped the thief and I got my purse back.     

Come With Me，Sir

David Moore taught science in a school.He needed some expensive books,and so he 1 them.He 2 them in his car in a quiet street.Then he bought 3 things at other shops.At six he came back to the car,one window was 4 and the books were not there. That night he wrote a letter to 5 .The next day he went to the police. One Friday,people read this 6 the newspaper"Have you any old books?I buy old and modern books.Open all day on Saturday.David Moore…     

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse

Once two mice (老鼠) were good friends. One lived in the city, the other lived in the country (乡村). After many years, the city mouse came to see the country mouse. The country mouse took him to his house in a field. He gave him the nicest food that he could find. The city mouse said,     

A lion and a mouse

One fine day in spring, a mouse came out to the lawn and enjoyed the sun. Surprisingly what he thought to be grass was actually Lion's mane.The Lion awoke from his nap and shouted."What luck? I am hungry and a mouse is in font of me! I should eat you!"Please, Lion! Don!t eat me! If you just let me go, I would not forget this."What? You will repay me?"The Lion laughed at the mouse. But as he pitied at the little mouse, he set the mouse free."Go, go!"Thank you, thank you!"     

Humour Page

Passage 1Joe was walking on the beach in San Francisco when he came across an ancient lamp half-buried in the sand. He picked it and began to rub it absent-mindedly."PUFF!" Out came a billow of smoke and a huge levitating genie!"Oh blessed mortal!" thundered the genie, "I shall grant you one wish for releasing me!"     

The Elephant Did It!

A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a cirus which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, “I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!” Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage.     

幽灵男孩:逃离困住他的躯体

Lulu Miller (Host):When Martin Pistorius was a little boy growing up in South Africa,he was mostly thinking about 1)electronics. Joan Pistorius (Martin's mother):He was always going to be an electric man,as he told me,when he grew up.And the...and then... Miller:Martin's life took an unexpected turn. Rodney Pistorius (Martin's father):He had just turned 12. Miller:He 2)came down with a strange illness. Rodney:He was sleeping whenever we didn't wake him up.Eh,he was 3)permanently lying down in the 4)fetal position.     

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