There are＇t any crocodiles in the pond

Liu Hua＇s father contracted a pond（承包了一个池塘）, The pond was very ,There were many flowers around it. There were some trees behind the flowers. It was a very beautiful place to travel.     

Going to the Sun during the Night

When the Americans were getting ready to send their first men to the moon, an old Irishman was watching them on television in the bar. There was an Englishman in the bar, too, and he said to the Irishman, ＂The Americans are very clever, aren＇t they？ They are going to send some men to the moon. It＇s a very long way from our world.＂     

底价

There was a man who loved fine art. He loved it so much that he lived for it. It had become his whole life, and had literally engulfed him. He would work really hard to save up some money, just so he could buy another piece of fine art. He would buy Rembrandt's, Picasso's and many others' works of fine art.The man had been widowed some years before but he had a son. As he raised his son, he included him in his hobby of collecting art. As his son grew, he also became a great art collector. His dad was very proud of him.Collecting fine art was something that they both loved to do and it brought them very close together.Some years passed by and their country suddenly engulfed in a war. The son, like so many other young men, enlisted and went off to serve his country. He had been gone for some time, and then it happened.     

短文改错五题(英文)

一Once there was a king.He liked to write stories.Hethought his stories were good,so he likes to show them topeople.If people were afraid to criticize the king'sstodes,they all said that his stories were very well.One day,a king showed some of his best st…     

一九九六年上半年全国高等教育自学考试英语试题(公外)(续上期)

Passage 2 At one time, Einstein travelled over the States,giving lectures on the theory of relativity.He travelled by car, and became quite friendly with chauffeur.The chauffeur always listened to Einstein's lecture which he gave over and over again.One day he told Einstein that he knew the lecture so well that he was sure he could give it himself.Thinking this was amusing, Einstein said that,as nobody knew him in the place where he had to give his next lecture,perhaps the chauffeur could give the lectrue in his place.That evening they went along to the lecture hall.Both Einstein and the chauffeur wore dark blue suits and ties.Everybody applauded the chauffeur as he took his place on the stage.The lecture was a huge success.The chauffeur didn't make a single mistake or hesitation.When it was over,he collected the papers and put them in Einstein's bag.Then he started to leave,followed quietly by Einstein a few paces behind.Just before they got to the door,a man stopped them. He introduced himself to the     

一罐金子(英文)

Once a farmer was put in prison. Even though(即使)this farmer was in prison,he wasn't a bad man. He hadn't done anything wrong. At this time the king's men were collecting money. The king needed money so that he could fight wars and the people had to pay a lot of taxes(税). Now this farmer didn't have any money. He told this to the king's men. When they came to his house,he said,"I can't give you any money. I am such a poor man that I've hardly got enough to live."The king’s m en laughed. …     

Beethoven

Beethoven was a famous pianist. He was born on December 16, 1770. He grew up in Germany. When he was young, his father taught him to play the piano. He was a very clever boy.In 1787, he went to school and became a music teacher. In 1802, he could hear nothing, but he wrote some pieces of music.Once, Beethoven was walking in a street. Suddenly, he stopped, because he heard some-     

新床

A man called Zhang bought a new bed.He paid a lot of moneyfor it and he wanted to show it to all his friends.But he did notknow how to show it to all his friends.Then,one day,he thought of away.He told everyone that he was ill and he stayed in bed.In awhile.his friends came to visit him.They all went into his bedroom.One of them,a man called Wu,had just bought some new shoes andhe was very proud of them.Sitting next to Zhang’s bed,he lifted uphis feet and put his shoes on top of the bed so that Zhang could seethem.After a few minutes of nobody saying anything,Wu said,“Well,what’s wrong with you?”     

The Stories Written by a King

Once there was a king.He liked to write stories.He thought his storieswere good,so he liked to show them to people.As people were afraid to criti-cize(批评)the king’s stories,they all said that his stories were very good.     

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…     

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.     

Why don''''t you buy a watch

John lived with his mother in a rather big house, and when she died, the house became too big for him, so he bought a smaller one in the next street .There was a very nice old clock in his first house, and when the men came to carry his furniture to the new house , John     

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.     

The Bear,The Rabbit And The Golden Frog

Mr. Bear and Mr. Rabbit didn't like each other very much. One day, while walking through the woods, they came across a golden frog. They were amazed when the frog talked to them. The golden frog admitted that he didn't often meet anyone, but, when he did, he always gave them six wishes. He told them that they could have 3 wishes each.     

STORIES

It was time for Mr Bell to close his shop. He was checking his money.His son Tom, who was 15, then, a big man walked into When Tom came back, Tom could see the gun in the had just gone outside to the shop with a gun in his buy a newspaper. Just hand. he could hear the man asking his father for money. man＇s hand, but the man didn＇t see or hear Tom.     

I don''''t like tins

A pair of lions lived in the prairie three months ago. One day when they were walking,they were caught by some people. And they were carried to a zoo. They began to live in a big iron cage from then on.They couldn't walk about. They couldn't eat fresh meat.They couldn't run and jump. They were not happy. They were shy when people came to see them at first. Then they became very angry. They lay down and went to sleep in the day time.The feeder was angry with them. He fed them less and less …     

高一课文配套改错专练

Unit 21 Karl MarxKarl Marx learned some English at the school, but when he reached at England and made London as the base for his revolutionary work, he found his English was too limited and begin to work hard to improve it. He made so rapid progress in English that he could write a book in English the followed year. He found Russian was also very important in 1870s     

Where's the Young. Man Gone?

趣味完形填空 Mr Black has a company (公司) in New York andhis workers are building a 1 over a river near atown. He's strict with the workers and tells them to 2hard and get to the building site (工地) on time. Andseveral of them 3 because they were late. One summer afternoon it was very 4 outside.Mr Black came to the building site. He got off his 5and found all the workers working hard in the sun. He     

狮城名称之由来(英文)

Singapore or Singapura, which means "Lion City", was once called Temasek. Do you know how the country got its name?Sang Nila Utama was a "raja" (king) from Sumatra, Indonesia. One day, he set out on a voyage with thirty men to explore some islands. He was looking for a suitable place to build a city.He first landed on Riau Island. The chieftain of the island gave him and his party a warm welcome. They enjoyed the chieftain's hospitality for several days. One day, they went out hunting. They saw a queer animal and Sang Nila Utama ran after it. Chasing it for some time, he came to a huge rock. Standing on it, he looked across the sea. He was delighted to see an island not far away. One of his followers told him that it was called Temasek.     

Sign Language

An Englishman was once travelling in Italy. He could not speak Italian. One day he went to a restaurant and sat at a table. When the waiter came, the Englishman opened his mouth, put his fingers into it, took them out again and moved his lips. By doing these he meant, "Bring me something to eat." The waiter soon brought him a cup of tea. The Englishman shook his head and the waiter understood him to say that he didn't want tea, so he took it away and brought him some coffee. The Englishman…