阅读理解(英文)

Ⅰ.完形填空M r.H odge w as a1farm er.H e had hundreds ofchickens,and sold eggs and the m eatand gota lotof2them,buthe lived in a very3partofthe country,and he found4his hens(母鸡)laid5in thesum m er.So he decided to putair-conditionings(空调)into his chicken-house6they would lay wellallthrough the year and he could getm ore eggs and in that way earn m ore m oney.The owner ofthecom pany w hich7the air-conditioning cam e to see him,and w hen he saw M r.H odge蒺s house,hethoughtthathe m ightbe a…     

神奇的脚趾

In Italy, there is a m an nam ed Joseph C ardu, w hose toes arem agic:foretelling earthquakes and volcanic activities. Joseph has been living in the tow n of Janlear at the foot of E tnaafter he w as born. H e has a specialfeeling that the volcano is to eruptor the earth w illslightly quake as long as he feels pain in his toes.O nenight, a good pain w oke him up and he hurriedly w ent to the tow ngovernor, telling him there w ould be a catastrophe. T w enty m inuteslater, allthe tow nsm en …     

牧羊人、老虎与狐狸

A shepherd brought his sheep into the field to graze, and sat downunder a tree to rest.Suddenly a tiger cam e outofthe w oods.The shepherd picked up his staffand jum ped up.The tiger w as just about to spring at the m an when he saw the staffand got frightened. The tiger thought it was a gun. They stared at eachother,and neither dared to m ake the first m ove.A t that m om ent, a fox cam e running by. The fox saw that the tigerand the shepherd were afraid of each other and decided to turn th…     

A Boy, a Girl and a Bird

The spring was com ing.The sun shone brightly.A lot of beautifulflowers cam e out.The birds sang allday.M any people went to play in thepark.W hen X iao H ua w as playing near a road,he saw a little bird.H ewanted to catch it.H e went to the bird quietly and caught it at last.“Thats great.I have caughta beautifulbird,he said to him self.Then he”played w ith the bird very happily.Justthen,he saw a little girl crying very sadly.A policem an cam eup and said,“Little girl,don t cry.W hats …     

为他做同样的事

O ne day, a poor farm er took a bag of w heat to tow n. H e didn’tknow w hatto do w hen the bag felloffhis horse. The bag w as too heavyfor him to lift.H e hoped thatsom eone w ould com e and help him . B efore long a m an cam e over.Butthe farm er’s heartsank w hen hesaw the m an,w ho w as the great m an in tow n.The farm er w as afraid toask for help. A s soon as he cam e up to the farm er, the great m an got off hishorse and said,“Y ou need m y help,don’tyou? L etm e help you. ”…     

I really like this sentence

I really like this sentence: T he choic- es you m ake and the w ay you live now w illdeterm ine w hat your future w illbe. I can learn a lot of things from this sentence. N ow everybody in our class is a student. B ut after 20 years, w hat w ill they be like? N obody know s. I read a story recently. It w as interesting. It is about som eone m any years ago. H e know s w hat his future w ill be like and he is very w orried about it. E very tim ew hen he begins to w ork, he w ould think about…     

巧学妙记“一般过去时”

请阅读下面的短文,并注意句中的划线部分:①M any years ago,there w as a doctor in a sm alltown.H e was goodand kind.A t any tim e of the day and night,he was always ready to goand help the sick people.②E veryone in the town liked him and peoplealways wentto see him when there w as som ething wrong w ith them.A fter m any years the doctor becam e old.H e began to lose his m em-ory(记忆力),so he often forgot things.③W hen people noticed(注意到)this,they did notgo to see him any m ore.“H e m ay…     

On His Way to School

One afternoon, when Jim was on his way to school, he saw a littlegirl standing near a tree,crying.The girl looked sad.“W hats wrong withher?”Jim said to him self.H e went to her.The little girl told him that shewent the wrong w ay and she did not know how to go back hom e. Jimthought thather parents m ust be w orried now. So he decided to help thegirlgo hom e.H e took the girl to the nearest police station. Just then, the littlegirls parents cam e to the police station,too.W hen they saw …     

一位改变学生命运的老师

Steve,a twelve-year-old boy w ith alcoholic parents,w as about to be lost forever,by the U.S.education sys-tem.R em arkably,he could read,yet,in spite of hisreading skills,Steve was failing.H e had been failingsince first grade,as he w as passed on from grade tograde.Steve w as a big boy,looking m ore like a teenagerthan a twelve year old,yet,Steve w ent unnoticed untilM iss W hite.M iss W hite was a sm iling,young,beautiful red head,and Steve w as in love。For the first tim e in his younglife,he couldn’t ta...     

短文改错精练(英文)

A O ne day during W orld W ar Ⅱ W in- ston Churchill was having a 1. im portant m eeting in D over.W hen the m eeting w as beginning, 2. Churchill walked out of looking a bit tired.A news reporter 3. ran up to Churchill. H e asked the great m an a lot of question 4. about the m eeting. H e eager to have som e 5. late new s for his newspaper.C hurchill looked 6. at the m an, listened to his questions, but then 7. said to him in a low voice,“Can you keep a 8. secret?” The reporter w as e…     

The Earth and the Sun

Long ago a m an was thinking aboutthe sky.H e had beenwatching the sun for days.H e began to see it in a new way.“The Earth is going around the sun,he said.At that tim em ostpeople thought the sun w ent around Earth.They thoughtEarth was the biggest and best thing in the sky.The m an said,“Im ustwrite a book.Itm ightm ake peopleangry.But I m ust tell the truth.The m an did write abook.But he never saw it printed.H e died in1543.The bookwas printed later thatyear.People were angry when …     

“过去完成时”专项训练(英文)

1.The class before Tom into the classroom.A.began;w as walking B.had begun;walkedC.begins;walks D.was beginning;w alked2.I the dinneralready by the tim e m y parents reached hom e yester-day afternoon.A.had cooked B.cookedC.have cooked D.was cooking3.H e s already gone hom e.B ut before he,he all the m is-takes in his com position.A.left;has corrected B.has left;correctedC.had left;corrected D.left;had corrected4.I any of Piccaso s paintings before I visited the artm useum.A.have never …     

I''''M ORLONSEL SIMPSON!

The persona of this story was a boy in a gutter(贫民区)of San Francisco.Because of cacotrophia(营养不良),he got sick with his leg.H e couldn’t stand with his legstraight.A nd his calf(小腿)was even worse shrink(萎缩).But in his little soul,he got a dream only believed byhim self—he would becom e an all-powerful(全能的)playerof A m erican football.The boy was a fan of Jim Brown,a legendary foot-ball player.H e always went to the court to cheer his i-dol.But he was too poor to buy a ticket…     

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…     

阅读理解练与析

(A)Wu Junqi has long been linked to alcohol.Of course he s not adrunkard(醉鬼),he actually rarely has a drink.The33-year-old m an isa bartender(调酒师)in a pub named“Shock”in Beijing.Wu s“m orning”starts at7p.m.and his day usually finishes at twoin the m orning.Standing in front of a shelf full of bottles of alcohol(酒精),he m akes one cocktail(鸡尾酒)after another for his custom ers.“I m ake a cocktailto m atch the custom ers age,m ood and even theclothes he w ears,”said W u.H e star…     

不定式专练(英文)

1.The general wouldn t allow the boy the tree to see what the en-em y was doing.A.risk clim bing B.risking to clim bC.risk to clim b D.to risk clim bing2.W e watched the m en the tree and as w e were w alking aw ay weheard it with a trem endous crash.A.sawing;to fall B.saw ing;fallC.saw;fall D.to saw;falling3.The students are all gone.B ecause of the bad weather,the teacherperm itted them early.A.leave B.to being leavingC.to leaving D.to leave4.A re you sure the students use the new com p…     

The Call of the Wild(Ⅲ)

3.T he w ild anim alThe wild anim al was strong in Buck,and as hetraveled across the snow,it grew stronger and stronger.A nd as Buck grew stronger,he hated Spitz m ore andm ore,although he w as careful never to start a fight.B ut Spitz w as always show ing his teeth to Buck,trying to start a fight.A nd B uck knew that if he andSpitz fought,one of them w ould die.The fight alm ost happened one night w hen theystopped by Lake Laberge.There w as heavy snow and itw as very cold.The lake w as …     

The Laziest Man on the Farm

A farmer had ten em ployees on his farm,and none of them w as asenergetic as the farm er thought he should be. He hitupon a plan whichhe believed would cure them of their lazy habits.“Men,”he said one m orning,“I have a nice,easy job for the lazi-estm an on the farm .W ill the laziestm an step forward?”Instantly nine ofthe m en stepped forward.“Why don'tyou step to the frontw ith the rest?”the farm er inquiredofthe rem aining one.“Too m uch trouble,”cam e the reply.The Laziest Man o…     

三明治的来源

In every language there are w ords that have som e interesting storiesbehind them .The word “sandw ich”for exam ple,is very com m on in E ng鄄lish. If we want to know the story behind it, w e m ust know som ethingabout an English noblem an nam ed Sandwich who lived in the 18th century. Sandwich w as rich, but he liked to play card for m oney. H e oftenplayed for 24hours,and did not even stop to have his m eals.H e orderedhis servants to bring him som e m eat and bread and he played while eat鄄ing. H e put the...     

The Taxi Driver Found His Long-lost Son（高一适用）

A taxi driver has found the son he last saw 34 years ago-as a fare in the back of his cab. The chance of reunion came when Barry Bagshaw, 61, picked up a fare at a motel near Brighton in southern England. A short time into the journey, the woman accompanying the man in the back found the driver's identity and noticed he had the same surname as her boyfriend. "The