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…     

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. ”…     

异曲同工集中练

People worry about the fact they often lose their keys. Now if you forget where your key is, you can find it quickly. Let‘s read the following. Yesterday Mr Smith lost his key in the room.“Where is my key?” he said to himself. He didn‘t know what to do. He thought hard and then had an idea. “Hello!” he said m a loud voice.     

单元同步考点精练(Units4～6)(英文)

U nit 4 1.(2004春招)H e looked around and caught a m an his hand i the pocketofa passenger. A .put B .to be putting C.to put D .putting 2.(2004春招 )In order to change attitudes em ploying w om e the governm entis bringing in new laws. A .about B .of C .towards D .on 3.(2000上海)W hat he has done is far from . A .satisfactory B .satisfied C .satisfaction D .satisfy 4.(N M ET 1998)—N ancy is not com ing tonight. —Butshe . A .prom ises B .prom ised C.will prom ise D .had prom ised 5.(…     

幽默四则(英文)

1.His FaultBilly:Mother,Bobby broke a window.M other:H ow did he do it?Billy:I threw a stone athim and he ducked.2.T he C areless D octorD octor:H ow are you now ,John,after your heartoperation?John:W ell,D octor,Im fine,butI seem to have two heartbeats.D octor:O h,dear,I w ondered where my wristwatch had gone.3.H ard W orkA bum approached a m an and asked for a dim e. The m an told himhe didn t have dim e but he d be glad to buy his breakfast.“M an,”the bum said,“Ive had three br…     

A New Key

People worry about the fact they often losetheir keys.NOW if you forget where your key iS.you can find it quickly.Let’s read the follow-ing.Yesterday Mr Smith lost his key in the room.“Where is my key?”he said to himself.He didn’tknow what to do.He thought hard and then had anloea.“Hello!”he said in a loud voice.“Hello!”a     

错短文改

A Clever IdeaO ne day the poor old m an lost hisw ay and1.telephoned the police station of help.A policem an2.asked the phone,“This is the policestation.W hat’s3.your trouble?”“I had lost m y w ayand can’t find4.m y house.Could you to help m ehom e?”“Stay where5.you do and we’ll send a car to takeyou hom e.”W hen6.the car reached at the old m an’shouse,his wife opened7.the door,cam e out,thanked the po-licem an.A fter the8.policem an drove away,his wife askedhim how he9.lost his w…     

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...     

Always Taking, Never Giving

Peter wondered why he didn t have m any friends.The reason was thathe was alw ays taking,never giving.O ne day Peter told B ill,“Id like to give a party on Saturday.Id like you to com e and bring M artha,too.”“Thanks,Peter.W e d be happy to com e.”“Perhaps you d like to bring your vi-olin.Y ou and M artha sing welltogether.Im sure everyone willw antyou to sing for us.”That was how Peter began to plan his party.N ext he asked another friend,Betty,to bring a cake.“Y ou m ake the be…     

I Am Here

Custom at Duquesne University dictatedthat if a professor was ten m inutes late, classwas canceled. One professor arrived early fora 9 a.m . lecture. H e placed his hat on hisdesk, and went to the faculty room . Beforehe knew it, it was 9:10. By the tim e he gotback to his classroom , it was em pty.The next day, he let his students haveit. “W hen m y hat is here,”he fum ed,“I’mhere!”The following day, the professor arrivedat 9 a.m . H e was m et by the sight of 28hats on 28 desks—and …     

Something Left

1One night,Tom wasaboutto go to bed when he heard the doorbellrang He opened the doorand saw Mike stood there Tom was frightened because he owed([藜u]欠)M ike a lotofm oney,and he didn’twantto return m oney to M ike郾2郾M ike went into the flat and said angrily,“ I have looked for you for a long tim e郾Now you have lived in such a big and beautiful flat郾W hy haven’t you returned the m oney to m e so far?”3郾“ I will return the m oney to you tom orrow郾Don’t be angry,” said Tom 郾 …     

完形填空练与析(英文)

Erik was a fourteen-year-old boy.Hethought he was a young man but his par-ents didn’t think so.They told him,“Whenyou begin to think about1others,you’ll be a young man.”One morning,Erik’s parents gave him2money to buy some hamburgers.He saw an old man there.The man lookedsick.Erik went up to him and found thatthe old man had lost his3andhadn’t had4for hisbreakfast.Erik took the oldman to the nearest restaurant.5the man ordered only aglass of water for himself.Erikfelt sorry for him,so he askedthe waiter to6...     

Quick Thinking

O ne day, Tony m et his friend,A lan, in the street. T ony w as quiterich,but A lan w as poor.T he tw o boysw alked along the streettogether. They talked about m any things.Tony liked to listen to m usic and hetold A lan about som e new songs. A lanliked reading, and he told Tony aboutsom e new books. They had the sam e friends, andthey talked aboutthese ,too. T hen Tony rem em bered som ething.“Ilentyou ten dollarslastw eek,”he said.“C an you giveitback tom e?” “I’m very sorry…     

My Father

My father works in a school near here.H e works hard andall his students say he is a good teacher.H e is very busy all day.At six o’clock,he gets up.Then hebrushes his teeth,washes his face and has his breakfast quickly.H e leaves hom e at seven every day.But he does not go to schoolby bike or by bus.H e walks.H e says,“I’m busy in the day andI don’t have m uch tim e for sports.So I m ust have som e sportson m y way to school.”H e likes walking.H e says,“W alking is agood sport.”H …     

幽默二则(英文)

D on t T alk W hile Y ou E atTom s father never lets his child say anything when he is having hism eal.O nce,the father found the boy was anxious to tell him som ething,so he allowed the boy to speak.Tom asked,“Can the flies be eaten,D ad?”The father was surprised,“W hy do you ask m e such a silly ques-tion?”Tom answ ered,“There was a fly on your food,but...but...you havesw allowed it!”“O h...O h...W hy didn t you tellm e sooner?!”the father asked.Six W ild A nim alsTeahcer:Jack…     

新目标英语八年级(上) Unit 8单元要点检测题

Ⅰ.词汇。A)根据句意和首字母提示,补全单词。1.We went to the Great Wall and h a greattim e last sum m er.2.—W ould you like to eat som ething e芽—No,thanks.I’m full.3.Do you think our team will w this footballm atch芽4.—W hat about going for a trip tom orrow芽—That s interesting选5.I am s to hear that you didn’t have fun onyour day off.B)用所给词的适当形式填空。1.Tom wants to be an穴act).2.The yard sale was kind of穴bore).3.D o you want to go穴swim)in sum m er芽4.H e hung out with his…     

掉进陷阱的老虎(英文)

1.O ne day,a tiger fell into a trap.H e cried,“H elp。H elp。”2.A m ouse saw him and said to anelephant,“Let’s help the poor(可怜的tiger.”The elephant said,“H e is going toeat you.”“B ut he needs our help,”saidthe m ouse.3.A snake cam e and said,“I can helhim .” The snake and the elephant helpethe tiger out.4. “Thankyou,m y friends,”said the tiger.“B ut I’m hotand hungrynow.” Suddenlythe tiger ate thesnake.The elephant and the m ouse w ere veryangry.They said,“Y ou’re a…     

Because I Pushed him In

1.Johnny was nineyears old,and he w as avery bad boy.2.O ne day,after he hadcom e hom e from school,John-ny’s teacher phoned his m oth-er.3.“M rs.Perkins,did you know thatJohnny saved a boywhile we w ere out for awalk this m orning?”4.M rs.Perkins w as very happy when sheheard this.A nd she said:“Johnny’s turninggood boy.”.95.“That was your teacher.W hy didn’tyou tell m e you had been such a brave boyand saved one of your friends when he fellinto the river this m orning?”6.Johnny …     

阅读理解专练(英文)

A A man once said how useless it was to put advertisem ents in thenewspaper.“Last week,”said he,“my umbrella was stolen from a Lon-don church. A s itw as a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising,butI didn t getit back.”“H ow did you write your advertisem ent?”asked one of the listeners,a businessm an.“H ere it is,”said the m an,taking out of his pocket a slip cut froma newspaper.The other m an took itand read,“Lost from the C ity Churchlast Sunday evening, a black silk um…     

俚语和成语,让你走出英语学习的黑暗(英文)

We don't use that much slang...or do we? When I was working out at the gym with a French friend of mine, Pascale, a friend of his came up and enthusiastically inquired, "What's up?" Pascale paused a moment, took a step backward and looked up, checking out the ceiling.Realizing he didn’tget it,Iquickly piped up and explained,“O h, that’s slang for ‘H ow are you?’”H e looked confused, obviously not understanding how “W hat’s up?”could possibly have anything to do w ith “H ow are …