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…     

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.     

The Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci was a famous(著名)artist (艺术家)and (?) in Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries (世纪).He was a student in Florence, where he (?) paintings (绘画)and design(设计).He began a lot of paintings, (?) he didn't finish many of them. His (?) of the Mona Lisa is the (?) famous one in the world. Leonardo was (?) in many things. He wanted to know about (?) he saw. He thought the sun (?) around the earth. He wrote music. (?) designed a flying machine 400 years before the first one flew. Many people didn't understand his     

苏格拉底

Socrates was born in Athen,Greece.He was one of the wisest and bravest teachers in the world.All his life he was poor because he never asked his pupils to pay for what he taught them.He taught for the love of wisdom,not for money.Unlike other philosophers,Socrates was interested in how ordinary people ought to behave and think.He did not just tell his pupils what he thought they should do,in face,he was fond of saying that he himself knew nothing.Instead,he would talk about their answers and make them talk too.     

短文改错

Li Bai was one of the most famous poet in China. 1All Chinese children know him.They like his poems, 2and don't like his habit of drinking too much wine. 3One evening he was taking a walk at the edge of a 4lake.The moon was shining bright.He wished to write 5a poem about the moon.He steped into a small6boat,and let it to float on the Lake.He got 7     

An Exciting Day

One Wednesday morning 1 eleven o'clock, Tom was walking down Main Street. 2 he heard the sound of gun (手枪), he 3 the sound must come from the bank.He ran to the bank and 4 a man coming out of the bank. The man was 5 and fat 6 red hair.What's more,he carried a bag and a gun in his hand. Before Tom could do _7_,he had run into the street and disappeared(消失)among people.     

贪婪的人(英文)

Mr Read lived in a town by the sea.He has a few shops in the centerthere.He managed(管理)them carefully and got a lot of money.He was veryrich but he didn’t think he was the richest in the town.So he tried to get moremoney.Once Mr Read was asked to dinner.He heard there was a circustrope(马戏团)in the town which had nothing strange except a five–legged(五条腿的)cow.But people were interested in it and most of them went to see it.On his way home,Mr Read heard an old woman saying there liv…     

Humour Page

Passsge 1:It was one of those days in the Wild West. A rugged cowboy with a horrible scar on his face and a shiny gun at his belt rode very slowly into a dusty town as if he was a dead man. He left his horse outside the bar and stepped inside. The bar was full of people. They all gave the stranger a look in a brief moment of silence before they went back to their own drinking and laughing. The stranger ordered a glass of cold beer, gulped it down and walked out slowly-only to find his horse missing.     

Who Stole Your Pig?

Mr King had a small piece of farm at the foot of the hill. He worked hard but the weather was sometimes wet andsometimes dry. And he was often worried about food and clothes. So he built a pigsty.behind his house. When he cameback from his field,he looked after his pigs. Christmas was coming. Mr King hadn't enough money to buy some presents for his children. He had to kill a fatpig and hung it up for the night. The next morning, when he was going to take it to the market, he couldn't find it. He     

STORIES

Bruce got on the bus early in the morning. He was going to the next town to visit one of his friends. He had got up very early, and he felt tired. Soon he fell asleep. A short while later, he woke up in the middle of a dream. In his dream, he was in a busy street. People were pushing him hard and pulling at his clothes. As he woke up, he found that it wasn＇t only a dream.Somebody was really pulling at his coat pocket.     

"David Copperfield": Perfect Reflection of Dickens'''' Creative Ideas

Charles Dickens（1812—1870）was the most popular and internationally known as an Engilsh novelist. Being the greatest representative of the English critical realism, he gives us a most vivid picture of the everyday life of the ordinary people of his time. He created a large number of characters , well drawn, full of life and unforgettable.He has suffered so bitterly himself as a child and had seen so much evil that he burned with the desire to fight it to the end .While presenting a truthfu…     

STORIES

正A Bruce got on the bus early in the morning.He was going to the next town to visit one of his friends.He had got up very early,and he felt tired.Soon he fell asleep.A short while later,he woke up in the middle of a dream.In his dream,he was in a busy street.People were pushing him hard and pulling at his clothes.As he     

A Teacher of the Old School

My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headteacher of a school for boys between the ages of thirteen and eighteen. I know that he was a kind and gentle man at heart, because when I was young(and he was old), he gave me presents, and sat me on his knee, and told me stories. But I believe the boys at his school were afraid of him.     

趣味阅读一组

Where is China？ Mike has a new toy bus. He wants to playwith it in school, but it＇s time for class and he hasto go to the classroom. It＇s ten twenty now. MrClark comes into the classroom of Class Four. Heputs up a map on the blackboard in his geographyclass. He wants to tell his students about China.＂China is one of the most famous countries,＂theteacher says, ＂Look! It＇s here. The Chinese aregood people and they＇re our friends.＂ Now Mr Clarksees that all his students are looking at the map, butMike is looking in his desk.     

A Story of Little Quyuan

Quyuan is a great poet(诗人)in China .When he was a little boy,he saw many poor* people.They were hungry every day.He wanted to help them.One day,he found a big rock* near his house.There was a hole* in the rock.     

英语成语自学

BIG FROG IN A SMALL POND Glen was a leader in his high school. He enjoyed it when peoplerecognized him in school and on the street. He was unhappy when hewas in a group of people who did not know him. When it was time for Glen to choose a college, he decided to go toKnox College, which was very small, rather than a large school. He     

A MONSTER

In the summer of 1980,a Spanish tourist, Gaspar Garner.went to Great Britain.He want- ed to spend his summer holiday there.When he was traveling in Scotland,he decided to visit Loch Ness.the famous lake where people say there is a monster(怪兽).But while he was go- ing across the lake in a boat,his bag fell into the water.In the bag there were his passport, car keys,pen and all his money.Loch Ness is 150 metres deep,so he didn't expect to see the bag again!Even though they were important for him.     

Brad Pitt

With long brown hair, deep blue eyes, tall and thin figure,Brad Pitt seems to be a born actor.He made his apperance in a film in 1991. Though he was in the film for only 14 minutes, people flooded me cinema to see him. In his next film, Pitt played the role of a fisherman. To make     

惊魂报纸

About more than a hundred years ago,a man woke up and got his newspaper from the door.He sat down to read the newspaper.To his horror and surprise,he read his name in the 1)obituary column.The newspaper reported his death by mistake.At first,he was shocked.But after some time,he figured it out and wanted to find out what people had said about him.