A Survey on Readability

The readability means the extent to which the readers can read and understand the text without obstacles. With the re?view of research on readability both at home and abroad, the thesis finds the resea...     

Stored Blood Found to Lose a Life -Saving Gas

During the lunch hour at school, a group of five boys from Miss Jones＇ home visited a nearby lunch wagon. one of the five boys took a Mars bar without paying for it. When the boys were questioned by the school principal, they made the following statements in respective order.     

“too…to…”的肯定意义用法

An English traveller spent a few weeks in Sweden(瑞典). When he was about to return home, he found that he had only enough money left to get a ticket to England. Thinking the matter over, he decided that as it was only a two days‘ voyage(航行)he could get home without eating anything.     

Smart Home In Future

<正>When you’re not at home, many worries may start to crowd your mind. Did I turn thecoffee maker off? Did I lock the door? Are the kids doing their homework or watching televi-sion? With a smart home, you can quiet all of these worries.A smart home is a home with a communication network. This network connects devices（装置）,such as lights and TV sets, and allows them to be controlled from far away throughelectrical wiring, mobile phone communication or Wi-Fi over the internet.     

The value of a smile

A smile costs nothing,but gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he can get along without it , and none is so poor but that he can be made rich by it . A smile creates happiness in the home. fosters good will in business, and is the countersign of friend- ship. It brings rest to the weary,cheer to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and is nature's be…     

The only one who knows the answer

Mother:Why are you home from school so early? Son: I was the only one who could answer a question. Mother: Oh ,really? What was the question ? Son: Who threw the rubber at the headmaster?The only one who knows the answer     

NMET Model Test For Senior Three（一）

第一卷(三部分,共115分)第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。1.What does the man offer to do? A.To teach her. B.To give her a gift. C.To drive her back home.2.What is the man doing? A.Working in the garden. B.Writing something. C.Reading his report.3.Where does the conversation probably take place? A.At hospital. B.In the shop. C.At home.4.Wh…     

2008年第9期“讨论”(英文)

本回期复Do you still go to the movies?Screech Movie theatres are having trouble in getting people to go out to see a movie nowadays. The common explanation for the drop in theatre attendance was affordability of larger big screen televisions and home audio equipment. People are staying home to watch movies.     

阅读理解能力测试

(A)Paul每天上学都迟到,今天他给说了老师一个令人发笑的理由。阅读下文,看看他的理由是无知还是狡猾。Paul always goes to school late.It is eight ten in the morning.The students are having an Englishlesson in the classroom.Paul opens the door and goes in.“Paul,why are you late every morning?”his teacher asks.“Whattime do you leave(离开)home?”“I leave home at seven forty,”Paul answers.“Is your home far(远)from our school?”his teacher asks.“No,about ten minutes?walk.”“Then why are you la…     

Go Home Earlier

Teacher: Tomorrow morning, if any one of you can answer my first question, he or she will go home earlier. The next morning, the teacher comes into the classroom. He finds the blackboard daubed. He is very angry. Teacher: Who did it? Please stand up! Bob: It's me. Now I can go home. Good-bye, sir.     

开心一刻

A police officer found a drunkard on the roadside. After checking his ID card, the policeman decided to send him home. When they arrived, the police officer said: "Is this your home? " Pointing at a woman in the bed, the man rephed: "Sure, that's my wife. " Pointing at a man sleeping beside the woman, the astonished police officer asked "Who's that?" "That's me! You idiot! "     

ABOUT DRINKS

1.Tea is served.Make yourself at home.茶准备好了,请随便用吧。2.Would you care for a cup of tea?请喝杯茶好吗?3.How do you like your tea,with sugar?你要喝什么样的茶,加糖吗?4.The strong one without sugar.我要浓茶不加糖。     

浅谈Home,Family和House

home,family和house在汉语里都是“家”的意思。例如: My family lives there.我家住在那儿。 There’s no place like home.什么地方也比不上家。 Will you come to my house the day aftertomorrow? 你后天来我家吗?     

Humour and Jokes

I'll Change My Name At the age of 16, Edely decided to leave home and join a theater company. His father was appalled. A son of mine on the stage? It's a disgrace! he wailed. What if the neighbors find out?     

地理知识

(1)Q:Which is the world’s largest gulf?世界上最大的海湾是哪一个? A:The Gulf of Mexico.墨西哥湾。(2)Q:What is the home of an Eskimo?爱斯基摩人的家是什么?     

Mr.Knott and Mr.Watt

Mr. Knott has a job in a factory far from his home. So he was usually quite tired when he got home. At nine o‘clock one evening, when he was in bed, the telephone bell rang in the living room of his house. He went downstairs loathly, picked up the telephone and said, “This is Washington Street 165. Who‘s speaking, please?“     

短文六则

A①"I don’t think anyone has to be concerned that you can’t learn the social skills you need to get along with other students in school without brothers or sisters,"said one person from the study team."Anyone who can’t talk with brothers or sisters at home gets a lot of opportunities to develop social skills as they go to school."②The study was carried out in America.     

鲁宾逊漂流记(Ⅰ)

My name is Robinson Crusoe and Iwas bornin 1632.When I was still a little boy Iwanted verymuch to go to the sea.My parents would not let meleave home.So for a time I decided not to think of itany more.But one day I met a friend. He was going to sea on his father's ship. He asked me to go with him. Then 1 went on board the ship (上船) without     

从高考题谈“情态动词+完成时”

“情态动词+完成时”表示对已经发生的事情的推测、责备、后悔、惋惜等,是历年高考考查的重点之一。如: NMET2000第33题: I was really anxious aboutyou.You——home without aword.     

Trees Are Useful to Man

Trees are useful to man in three impor-tant ways. They provide him with wood and other products;they give him shade;they help prevent drought(干旱)and floods. Unfortunately,in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third one is the most important. Two thousand years ago a rich and pow-erful country cut down its trees to build war-ships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire,however,without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the em-pire fell to pieces, the home c...